Raised Salt Painting
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April Family Take & Make - SOLD OUT!
Beginning April 1*
Raised salt painting, also known as “salty watercolors,” is a fun process art activity to do with family and friends. It is easy to set up and the results are beautiful!
* While supplies last
OWL Marvelous Makers: Drop-in Craft Corner
Saturdays - Beginning in April
With new materials added every Saturday families will have the opportunity to explore new ways to create art using media like armature wire, pastels, and paint sticks alongside the always available crayons, markers, construction paper, scissors, and glue.
Each week we will provide a prompt for inspiration but Marvelous Makers are encouraged to follow their imagination wherever it may take them! You can bring your art home or we will display it right here in the Children’s Room.
Rhyme Time
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM
Through May 29*
Perfect for up to 36 months, but fun for everyone!
Lots of rhymes, a sprinkling of songs, and one or two shared board books round out this library program that is perfect for little ones who need to get those wiggles out. Stay to play! After the rhymes, stay for some unstructured play time with other kiddos.
*No Rhyme Time April 24
Preschool Storytime
Thursdays at 10:30 AM
Through May 30
Perfect for 3-5 year olds, but fun for everyone!
Join Mrs. Tricia for a classic library storytime--books, songs, bubbles, and more! Come for early literacy skills, social connections, and fun! We will have process-based art activities after each week’s stories and songs.
Lego Club
Thursday, April 18 from 1:30 - 2:30 PM
All ages are welcome! Drop-ins are welcome!
Do you love LEGO?! Come to OWL on the third Thursday of each month for LEGO Club! We will have a theme or prompt to direct your build. This month we will have a single afternoon session during school vacation week. Drop-ins welcome!
Now & Then: Family Book Club
Friday, April 26: 1:30 - 2:30 PM OR
Tuesday, April 30: 7:00 - 8:00 PM
All ages are welcome!
Registration is required - Register here for April 26 session
Registration is required - Register here for April 30 session
Join us for this all new book club created for caregivers and their children to participate in together! Over the course of each month read a new-ish book with a classic feel, then–if you have the time and inclination–read the classic book that influenced and/or inspired it. We will meet to discuss the books at the end of the month while enjoying tea and cookies. Books are available for pickup at the beginning of each month.
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
It’s five days before Christmas and the Vanderbeeker children — Isa, Jessie, Oliver, Hyacinth, and Laney — should be dreaming about sugar plums and presents. But when Mr. Beiderman, their seriously unpleasant landlord and third floor neighbor, says they need to leave their brownstone apartment by New Year’s, there are suddenly more pressing worries. And the Vanderbeekers aren’t the kind of kids who will sit by sucking candy canes while some grouchy old man kicks them out of the home and Harlem neighborhood they love.
All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
Meet the All-of-a-Kind Family -- Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie -- who live with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century.
Together they share adventures that find them searching for hidden buttons while dusting Mama's front parlor and visiting with the peddlers in Papa's shop on rainy days. The girls enjoy doing everything together, especially when it involves holidays and surprises.
But no one could have prepared them for the biggest surprise of all!
Third Thursday Lego Club
Thursday, May 16: 1:30 - 2:30 PM OR 3:30 - 4:30 PM
All ages are welcome!
Registration is required: Register here for the 1:30 PM session | Register here for the 3:30 PM session
Do you love LEGO?! Come to OWL on the third Thursday of each month for LEGO Club! We will have a theme or prompt to direct your build. 2 sessions are available. Registration is appreciated.
Birds on the Move!
Saturday, May 18: 10:30 - 11:30 AM
All ages are welcome!
Registration is required - Register here
After a brief introduction on Spring migration we will head outside to spot birds using the tools in OWL’s circulating birding backpack! Additional binoculars will be available for use during this family-friendly program.
OWL’s Children’s & YA Audio Program
Do you love listening to audiobooks but no longer have access to a CD player?
We can help! Check out one of our 5 circulating CD players and receive a free pair of earbuds and a retro prize from our 90s time capsule! You will also receive a prize for any Juvenile or Young Adult CD audiobooks that you check out. Prizes include koosh balls, mini troll dolls, and slap bracelets all harkening back to the decade when portable CD players were all the rage.
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