By Jan Pease
It may be time for warm hoodies, crackling fires, and
colorful leaves, but I draw the line at pumpkin spice in anything but pumpkin
pie. That said, it’s time to look at the
fall schedule for children, tweens and teens at the library.
On the second Monday of each month, tweens and teens ages
10 and up are invited to Maker Space starting at 3:30 p.m. The projects are different, interesting, and
free.
Fourth Mondays are reserved for Teen Gaming Night. Teens 12 and up are invited to come to the
library at 6:30 to play a variety of board games.
Every Wednesday at 10:15, parents and toddlers are
invited to come to Toddler Time, a story time that is planned for little ones
up to age three, but older siblings are always welcome. Mom, Dad, or a caregiver must attend this
story time with the toddlers. This story time does not include an art project.
Third Thursdays of each month are reserved for Beginner
Book Club for grades 1-3. Come right
after school, at 3:15. The September
book is “The Twits,” and copies are available at the desk.
Brickheads, our Lego building club, meets every Thursday
night at 6:30. Children should be at least
4 years old to attend. We use our library
Legos, so all you have to bring is your imagination.
Every Friday morning, the library offers Story Time at
10:00. This story time is planned for
children aged 3-5. We sing, act silly
with Jim Gill, read a wonderful book, and do an art project.
Second Saturdays of each month, tweens and teens 10 and
up are invited to teen programming from 1:30-3:30. They tend to do interesting things, like
learning how to manipulate green screens or computer coding. There are several months with fifth
Saturdays, so a second teen program is offered on those Saturdays.
Watch for announcements about other special events that
may pop up now and again. For example, later
this month the library will celebrate Harry Potter’s 20th Anniversary. Please join us for the Harry Potter
Anniversary Party, September 29th from 1:30-3 p.m. Please
wear your best wizarding robes to this special event.
A long ago director of Pioneerland Library System told me
that he thought Litchfield’s children’s department had an “ambitious” amount of
programs for young people. Yes, yes we do!
