11/13/2025 - Children’s and Teen Programs for December 2025 The Southbury Public Library Youth Services department is pleased to announce its event list for December for children and teens. All programs are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library. For more information and to register online please visit our website: www.southburylibrary.org/events. Children’s Programs: Drop-In Storytime (All Ages) – Monday, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 10:30-11am, Kingsley Room, No Registration Required. Join Jen for an all-ages storytime! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs, and a small craft will be available to make with us or take home. Tunes & Tales (Recommended for Ages 5 & Under) – Thursday, December 4, 11, 18, 10:30-11am, Kingsley Room, No Registration Required. Join Jen for a morning filled with music and stories! Children will sing, dance, and enjoy a thematic craft. Main Street Ballet Presents Storybook Nutcracker: An Interactive Event (All Ages) – Thursday, December 4, 6-7pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. The Main Street Ballet is back to kick off the holiday season with an interactive event based on the holiday classic. Learn the story of the classic ballet "The Nutcracker" and try your hand at a few steps. This program is geared towards young children and does not show the complete ballet, just selections. Participation is not mandatory. Yoga For Kids (Ages 5-11) – Friday, December 5, 4-5pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. CT Yoga instructor Nick Switz, certified with five years of experience and training from Radiant Child Yoga, guides children through a playful class. The class is guided throughout with yoga-based games and captivating stories, fostering creativity, cooperation, and body awareness. Nick’s goal for the class is for the kids to express themselves through breath, movement, and play. The class ends with a calming guided story, offering a moment of reflection. Take or Make Craft (All Ages) – Saturday, December 6, 13, 20, 27, Second Floor, While Supplies Last. Stop by the Youth Services Department on Saturdays this month to make a thematic paper craft. Make it here or bring it home. Crayons and glue available in the library. Appropriate for all ages. Young children may need assistance. Tiny Food Explorers (Ages 2-5) – Tuesday, December 9, 11am-12pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Tiny Food Explorers for some fun with food! Come and explore new flavors and textures while playing games all about food and MyPlate! You’ll make a hands-on healthy snack that even the pickiest of eaters will enjoy. Saturday Family Storytime (All Ages) – Saturday, December 13, 10:30-11am, Brown Room, No Registration Required. Spend your Saturday morning at the library for a special family storytime! We will share some stories and songs together. Parents, caregivers and older siblings are encouraged to join in for this family event. Snowman Holiday Scene Craft with the Southbury Garden Club (Ages 7-11) – Saturday, December 13, 11:30am-1pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join the Southbury Garden Club to create a scenic snowman holiday craft! Winter Tree Perspective Painting with Miss Laleh (Ages 7-11) – Saturday, December 13, 1:30-2:30pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join talented art teacher Miss Laleh for a fun afternoon learning to paint a Winter Tree perspective. Laleh Golafshani is a local artist, illustrator, and art teacher. LEGO Club (Grades K-5) – Tuesday, December 16, 4:30-5:30pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for an afternoon of LEGO fun! We’ll provide the LEGO bricks, and you bring the creativity! You can free build, or work off of instructions. Miniature Cottage Craft (Grades 2-5) – Thursday, December 18, 4:30-5:30pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us to make your own miniature cottage! Have fun and be creative while designing the cottage layout and add miniature furniture and accessories. Food Explorers Baking (Grades 2-5) – Monday, December 29, 10am-12pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Food Explorers for a special holiday themed baking workshop! You’ll be making two delicious recipes from scratch: Cookies & Cream Pop-Tarts & Gingerbread Pies. These recipes are nut free but do contain eggs, dairy and gluten. Family Giant Games Afternoon (All Ages) – Tuesday, December 30, 1-3pm, Kingsley Room, No Registration Required. Join us for an afternoon of Giant Games! Drop in between 1-3pm to enjoy a variety of traditional, larger than life, board games. This event is perfect for families or a group of friends Teen Programs: Teen Crochet Club (Grades 6-12) – Tuesday, December 2 & 16, 6:30-7:30pm, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for our crochet (and knitting) club, open to both new and experienced crafters alike. If you’re already working on a project, bring it with you. If you’re new to knitting and crocheting, get started with us! We will have basic knitting and crocheting supplies available. Attend one or both meetings. DIY Felt Bookmarks (Grades 6-12) – Tuesday, December 9, 6-7pm, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us to make felt bookmarks! These are easy to make and infinitely customizable. We'll have multiple colors of felt, along with several patterns. These bookmarks require some very simple hand sewing we can teach you how to do. These also make great gifts if you are looking to give something to friends or family for the holidays. Teen Baking: Lattice Pies & Butterscotch Trifles (Grades 6-12) – Monday, December 29, 1-3pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Food Explorers for a special holiday themed baking workshop, featuring Lattice Pies & Butterscotch Trifles! You’ll learn how to make your own chocolate pie crust (from scratch) and create your own lattice cover for your pie, while also making your layered butterscotch trifles. These recipes are nut free but do contain eggs, dairy, and gluten. Reading Programs for Children & Teens: December Monthly Mini Reading Challenge (Grades K-12) – December 1-31, In Person and Online at southburylibrary.beanstack.com. Join us on Beanstack for our next Mini Monthly Reading Challenge, themed Fall into Reading! Read for five hours (about 1-3 books for elementary, middle, and high school readers) and get a SurPRIZE. New this month: you can track your reading on a paper bookmark instead of on Beanstack and adults can join in, too! 1000 Books Before Kindergarten (Birth to Entering Kindergarten) – Ongoing, On Paper and Online on Beanstack. Read a book (any book!) to your newborn, infant, or toddler and keep track with a paper log or on Beanstack. Repeats count! 1000 books may seem like a lot, but if you read 1 book a day for 3 years, that’s 1095 books! 10 books a week for 2 years is 1040 books, and 3 books a day in one year is 1095 books. Every book you read you get one sticker, and if you finish you can get a certificate, small prize, and your picture on our wall of fame if you’d like! Pick up a paper log from the children’s department or visit southburylibrary.beanstack.com to get started online. For 0 to Entering Kindergarten. 100 Books Before Graduation (Grades 9-12) – Ongoing, Online at Beanstack. Read 100 books before High School Graduation! 100 books may seem like a lot (and it is), but it works out to about 1 book every 2 weeks. When you sign up, get a special tracking bookmark to fill out as you read. Make it to half way and get a $5 Gift Card to Dunkin' or The Bakery. Read 100 books and get a special throw blanket! Every 10 books you read, pick out something from the prize box (pins, pens, animal sticky notes, and more!). Please visit the Southbury Public Library website at www.southburylibrary.org/events for program details and registration information. Visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SouthburyLibraryYouthServices/ Archives
The Southbury Public Library Youth Services department is pleased to announce its event list for December for children and teens. All programs are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library. For more information and to register online please visit our website: www.southburylibrary.org/events.
Children’s Programs:
Drop-In Storytime (All Ages) – Monday, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 10:30-11am, Kingsley Room, No Registration Required. Join Jen for an all-ages storytime! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs, and a small craft will be available to make with us or take home.
Tunes & Tales (Recommended for Ages 5 & Under) – Thursday, December 4, 11, 18, 10:30-11am, Kingsley Room, No Registration Required. Join Jen for a morning filled with music and stories! Children will sing, dance, and enjoy a thematic craft.
Main Street Ballet Presents Storybook Nutcracker: An Interactive Event (All Ages) – Thursday, December 4, 6-7pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. The Main Street Ballet is back to kick off the holiday season with an interactive event based on the holiday classic. Learn the story of the classic ballet "The Nutcracker" and try your hand at a few steps. This program is geared towards young children and does not show the complete ballet, just selections. Participation is not mandatory.
Yoga For Kids (Ages 5-11) – Friday, December 5, 4-5pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. CT Yoga instructor Nick Switz, certified with five years of experience and training from Radiant Child Yoga, guides children through a playful class. The class is guided throughout with yoga-based games and captivating stories, fostering creativity, cooperation, and body awareness. Nick’s goal for the class is for the kids to express themselves through breath, movement, and play. The class ends with a calming guided story, offering a moment of reflection.
Take or Make Craft (All Ages) – Saturday, December 6, 13, 20, 27, Second Floor, While Supplies Last. Stop by the Youth Services Department on Saturdays this month to make a thematic paper craft. Make it here or bring it home. Crayons and glue available in the library. Appropriate for all ages. Young children may need assistance.
Tiny Food Explorers (Ages 2-5) – Tuesday, December 9, 11am-12pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Tiny Food Explorers for some fun with food! Come and explore new flavors and textures while playing games all about food and MyPlate! You’ll make a hands-on healthy snack that even the pickiest of eaters will enjoy.
Saturday Family Storytime (All Ages) – Saturday, December 13, 10:30-11am, Brown Room, No Registration Required. Spend your Saturday morning at the library for a special family storytime! We will share some stories and songs together. Parents, caregivers and older siblings are encouraged to join in for this family event.
Snowman Holiday Scene Craft with the Southbury Garden Club (Ages 7-11) – Saturday, December 13, 11:30am-1pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join the Southbury Garden Club to create a scenic snowman holiday craft!
Winter Tree Perspective Painting with Miss Laleh (Ages 7-11) – Saturday, December 13, 1:30-2:30pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join talented art teacher Miss Laleh for a fun afternoon learning to paint a Winter Tree perspective. Laleh Golafshani is a local artist, illustrator, and art teacher.
LEGO Club (Grades K-5) – Tuesday, December 16, 4:30-5:30pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for an afternoon of LEGO fun! We’ll provide the LEGO bricks, and you bring the creativity! You can free build, or work off of instructions.
Miniature Cottage Craft (Grades 2-5) – Thursday, December 18, 4:30-5:30pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us to make your own miniature cottage! Have fun and be creative while designing the cottage layout and add miniature furniture and accessories.
Food Explorers Baking (Grades 2-5) – Monday, December 29, 10am-12pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Food Explorers for a special holiday themed baking workshop! You’ll be making two delicious recipes from scratch: Cookies & Cream Pop-Tarts & Gingerbread Pies. These recipes are nut free but do contain eggs, dairy and gluten.
Family Giant Games Afternoon (All Ages) – Tuesday, December 30, 1-3pm, Kingsley Room, No Registration Required. Join us for an afternoon of Giant Games! Drop in between 1-3pm to enjoy a variety of traditional, larger than life, board games. This event is perfect for families or a group of friends
Teen Programs:
Teen Crochet Club (Grades 6-12) – Tuesday, December 2 & 16, 6:30-7:30pm, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for our crochet (and knitting) club, open to both new and experienced crafters alike. If you’re already working on a project, bring it with you. If you’re new to knitting and crocheting, get started with us! We will have basic knitting and crocheting supplies available. Attend one or both meetings.
DIY Felt Bookmarks (Grades 6-12) – Tuesday, December 9, 6-7pm, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us to make felt bookmarks! These are easy to make and infinitely customizable. We'll have multiple colors of felt, along with several patterns. These bookmarks require some very simple hand sewing we can teach you how to do. These also make great gifts if you are looking to give something to friends or family for the holidays.
Teen Baking: Lattice Pies & Butterscotch Trifles (Grades 6-12) – Monday, December 29, 1-3pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Food Explorers for a special holiday themed baking workshop, featuring Lattice Pies & Butterscotch Trifles! You’ll learn how to make your own chocolate pie crust (from scratch) and create your own lattice cover for your pie, while also making your layered butterscotch trifles. These recipes are nut free but do contain eggs, dairy, and gluten.
Reading Programs for Children & Teens:
December Monthly Mini Reading Challenge (Grades K-12) – December 1-31, In Person and Online at southburylibrary.beanstack.com. Join us on Beanstack for our next Mini Monthly Reading Challenge, themed Fall into Reading! Read for five hours (about 1-3 books for elementary, middle, and high school readers) and get a SurPRIZE. New this month: you can track your reading on a paper bookmark instead of on Beanstack and adults can join in, too!
1000 Books Before Kindergarten (Birth to Entering Kindergarten) – Ongoing, On Paper and Online on Beanstack. Read a book (any book!) to your newborn, infant, or toddler and keep track with a paper log or on Beanstack. Repeats count! 1000 books may seem like a lot, but if you read 1 book a day for 3 years, that’s 1095 books! 10 books a week for 2 years is 1040 books, and 3 books a day in one year is 1095 books. Every book you read you get one sticker, and if you finish you can get a certificate, small prize, and your picture on our wall of fame if you’d like! Pick up a paper log from the children’s department or visit southburylibrary.beanstack.com to get started online. For 0 to Entering Kindergarten.
100 Books Before Graduation (Grades 9-12) – Ongoing, Online at Beanstack. Read 100 books before High School Graduation! 100 books may seem like a lot (and it is), but it works out to about 1 book every 2 weeks. When you sign up, get a special tracking bookmark to fill out as you read. Make it to half way and get a $5 Gift Card to Dunkin' or The Bakery. Read 100 books and get a special throw blanket! Every 10 books you read, pick out something from the prize box (pins, pens, animal sticky notes, and more!).
Please visit the Southbury Public Library website at www.southburylibrary.org/events for program details and registration information. Visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SouthburyLibraryYouthServices/