Children’s Events

Make-Your-Own Pudding Slime

September Family Take & Make Activity - SOLD OUT!

Available beginning September 5*

OWL's Family Take-and-Make Activity for September is to Make-Your-Own Pudding Slime! We all know that slime can be messy and end up in unfortunate places around the house, but slime is also relaxing, calming, and regulating. Additionally, making your own slime encourages connection among family members and stimulates creativity--it's also a fun introduction to chemistry.

*While supplies last

Rhyme Time

Wednesdays at 10:30 AM

Through November 15
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.

September Saturday Storytime

Saturdays At 10:30 AM

Beginning September 9
Fun for everyone!

Join Mrs. Tricia for Saturday Family Storytime - filled with books, songs, crafts, and more!

For the month of September we will meet outside, as the weather allows, with the following
Fall-tastic themes:

September 9 - Back to School

September 16 - Apples

September 23 - Falling for Fall

September 30 - Leaves

Come Read & Relax with Kermit the Dog

Tuesday, September 12: 4:00 - 4:45 PM

For Ages 4 to 12

Join Dr. Caroline and Kermit the dog once a month to share books and relax into reading! Kermit is a certified therapy dog and reading with him is fun and relaxing. The session will begin with a relaxing after school reset. During this 45 minute program we will feature books about dogs, a dog craft, and some information about why reading is so doggone good for us.

Geography Club

Friday, September 8: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Registration Required - R egister here for this Friday Class
or
Saturday, September 9: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Registration Required - Register here for this Saturday Class

For 9 - 12 year olds, but all ages are welcome!

Join Mrs. Tricia for this all new monthly culture club especially suited for 9 - 12 year olds. Each month we will focus on a different country or region. Members will arrive ready to share something from that location - a dish, a song, a story, facts & figures, whatever they are most passionate about.

September 8 & 9: We will focus on Australia

Classic Book & Craft Club

Friday, September 15: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Registration Required - R egister here for Friday's class
or
Saturday, September 16: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Registration Required - Register here for Saturday's class

For 9 - 12 year olds, but all ages are welcome!

Join Mrs. Tricia for this all new monthly book club especially suited for 9 - 12 year olds. Each month we will discuss a classic children's literature title while completing a related craft. Themed snacks will also be served.

Featured Book: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Featured Craft: "Rip & Stick" Camp Lantern

About the Book: Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods - all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever.

We will also make a lantern craft and enjoy jerky, fruit, and trail mix.

Young Writers Club

Friday, September 22: 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Registration Required - R egister here for Friday's class
or
Saturday, September 23: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Registration Required - Register here for Saturday's Class

For 9 - 12 year olds, but all ages are welcome!

Join Mrs. Tricia for this all new monthly writing club especially suited for 9 - 12 year olds. At our first meeting participants will be given a word that will act as their springboard for 20 minutes of free writing. We will then share our pieces and provide supportive commentary for our fellow writers.

Beginners Watercolor Club

Friday, September 29: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Registration Required - register here for Friday's Class
or
Saturday, September 30: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Registration Required - register here for Saturday's Class

For 9 - 12 year olds, but all ages are welcome!

Watercolors have been popular for centuries because of qualities such as transparency of color and spontaneity. Water moves the colors, changes the values and creates luminosity that is not found in other mediums. During this session with Dr. Caroline, you will learn some fundamentals and create a beautiful watercolor of bamboo trees and maybe even add a panda!

All materials included.

No Sew Monsters!

October Family Take & Make Activity

Available beginning October 2*

Our October Family Take and Make is a seasonal craft that is fun for everyone! No Sew Monsters! It's impossible not to love these soft, adorable--and just a little bit spooky--monster creations. Grab your kit today!

*While supplies last

Positive Discipline: A Talk

With Melissa Hay, Certified Positive Discipline Teacher

Live, In-Person

Tuesday, October 3 at 7:00 PM

Registration is required. Register here

Positive Discipline is a method of child guidance developed by Jane Nelson, that is based on the psychology of behavior principles and the idea that every human seeks dignity and respect. It is designed to teach young people to become responsible, respectful, and resourceful members of their communities. Positive Discipline teaches important social and life skills that are deeply respectful and encouraging for children and adults (including parents, teachers, childcare providers, youth workers, and others).

Melissa Hay, Director of Education at Washington Montessori School and certified Positive Discipline Teacher, will guide participants through the key aspects of the Positive Discipline method. By engaging challenges with a positive approach, you will help children learn how to handle situations more effectively and gain lifelong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills in the process. Everyone will leave with a few new tools for your toolbox.

This program is co-sponsored with the Washington Montessori School.

Come Read & Relax with Kermit the Dog

Tuesday, October 10: 4:00 - 4:45 PM

Geography Club

Friday, October 13: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Registration Required - R egister here

For 9 - 12 year olds, but all ages are welcome!

October 13: We will focus on Scandinavia!

October Saturday Storytime

Saturdays at 10:30 AM, October 14 & 28

Fun for everyone!

Join Mrs. Tricia for two extra special Family Saturdays this October! Come for stories, songs, and a thematic craft and snack.

October 14 Theme: Pumpkins

October 28 Theme: Halloween

Classic Book & Craft Club

Friday, October 20: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Registration Required - R egister here

For 9 - 12 year olds, but all ages are welcome!

Featured book: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Featured craft: Mini Anne Hats

Join Mrs. Tricia for this all new monthly book club especially suited for 9-12 year olds. Each month we will discuss a classic children’s literature title while completing a related craft. Themed snacks will also be served.

This month, we will read and discuss Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery–Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne's influence in some way.

We will also make a mini Anne hat and enjoy raspberry cordial and tea cakes.

Family Halloween Party at the Litchfield Community Center

Friday, October 20: 5:00 - 8:00 PM at LCC
Registration Required - R egister here

All Ages are Welcome for our Spooky Story Halloween Party at the Litchfield Community Center!

Join us and the Moore's in your best Halloween costume for some spooky stories, Halloween snacks, and a fun craft provided by the Litchfield Girl Scouts!

Young Writers Club

Friday, October 27: 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Registration Required - R egister here

For 9 - 12 year olds, but all ages are welcome!

Join Mrs. Tricia for this all new monthly writing club. This month we will prepare for National Novel Writing Month’s Young Writers Program.

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. Why do it? For 30 wild, exciting, surprising days, you get to lock away your inner editor, let your imagination take over, and just create!

NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program (YWP) takes a joyful, focused approach to creative writing and makes it accessible to young writers, educators, and families.

Beginners Watercolor Club

Friday, November 3: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Registration Required - register here for Friday's Class
or
Saturday, November 4: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Registration Required - register here for Saturday's Class

For 9 - 12 year olds, but all ages are welcome!

Watercolors have been popular for centuries because of qualities such as transparency of color and spontaneity. Water moves the colors, changes the values and creates luminosity that is not found in other mediums. During this session, you will learn some fundamentals and create a beautiful watercolor of birch trees!

All materials included.

Letters Are Characters: A Learn to Read Program

November 4 - December 31

8-week remote program with in-person options - Registration Required

Best for children ages 4 - 7 & their parents/caregivers

Share the JOY of reading with your emerging reader! Join the fun by enrolling in our Letters Are Characters Learn to Read Program!

Reading well is the most essential skill that we can teach our children. Letters Are Characters is an innovative play-based program designed to get every type of learner ready to read. It is coupled with an essential reading curriculum for parents/caregivers.

Fill out the form below to enroll in the eight week remote program.

Each week you will receive weekly email guidance to help your young reader not only learn to read but enjoy doing it! Once you are registered, come into the Library to pick up your Letters Are Characters hardcover book and kit that are required to utilize throughout the program.

The book needs to be returned to OWL upon completion of the program but your Letters Are Characters workbook, letter dough, crayon rocks, and a yellow drawstring backpack to hold your supplies are all for you to keep! Then, join us for optional in-person and zoom sessions scheduled.

To register, fill out this form.

Brought to you by the Oliver Wolcott Library through the generosity of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation.

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.

MORE Information about Zoom:

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Still having difficulty understanding how to access Zoom: email [email protected] and we will go over it with you.

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