The Southbury Public Library Youth Services department is pleased to announce its event list for November 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:
Take or Make Craft (All Ages) – Saturday, November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 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.
Dot Stickers Activity: Patterns, Numbers & Shapes (Ages 2-5) – Saturday, November 1, 10:30-11:30am, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Let's discover shapes, numbers and patterns and build fine motor skills, all while having fun! Local parent and library patron Christina will lead children and their caregivers through an engaging sticker activity that encourages learning during creative play.
Soccer Skills Clinic with PHS (Ages 2-4) – Sunday, November 2, 12:30-1:30pm, Saturday November 15th, 9:30-10:30am, & Sunday, November 16th, 12:30-1:30pm, Storytime Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. The talented coach and members of the girls' Pomperaug High School soccer team are offering a soccer skills series for children ages 2-4! Participants will learn basic skills of the sport while strengthening motor skills and having fun! The program will end with a calming storytime. This is a three-session series, held on the following dates: Sunday, November 2, 12:30-1:30pm; Saturday, November 15th, 9:30-10:30am; Sunday, November 16th, 12:30-1:30pm. Please be advised that these programs will be held in our Storytime Room on the second floor, and our elevator is out of order at this time.
Drop-In Storytime (All Ages) – Monday, November 3, 10, 17, 24, 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, November 6, 13, 20, 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.
Miniature Cottage Craft (Ages 2-5) – Thursday, November 6, 4-5pm, 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.
Saturday Family Storytime (All Ages) – Saturday, November 29, 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.
Tiny Food Explorers (Ages 2-5) – Monday, November 10, 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.
Crash Course Cooking: Pumpkin Ravioli (Grades 1-5) – Saturday, November 15, 1:30-2:30pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Discover your inner pasta chef and learn to make the seasonal recipe, Pumpkin Ravioli, from scratch! This program will contain wheat/gluten and dairy. It is required that a parent or other adult accompany their children during the program to assist with tasks like kneading and rolling dough.
Babies & Books (6-24 months) – Tuesday, November 18, 25, 10:30-11am, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Babies & Books is a 6-week lapsit program for children 6 to 24 months and their parents/caregivers. Listen to short stories and songs, and enjoy a small craft or sensory play.
The Poop Museum (Ages 4-11) – Tuesday, November 18, 4:30-5:30pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. The Poop Museum covers the serious science of poop and pooping, and is delivered with the silliness that you might imagine accompanying a program about poop. It's the perfect combination of fun, and fabulous, fascinating facts, so that kids (and parents) never forget what they learned.
Food Explorers: Apple Fritters (Ages 6-11) – Wednesday, November 19, 5-6pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Food Explorers for a fall dessert program! You’ll be making Apple Fritters and practicing your knife skills to create this tasty treat, served with maple syrup. Recipe is nut free but will contain eggs, dairy and gluten.
LEGO Club (Grades K-5) – Thursday, November 20, 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.
Family Trivia Night (All Ages) – Friday, November 21, 6:30-8pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for another Family Trivia night! Work together as a family team to answer our trivia questions! We'll have a variety of topics, including kid-centric knowledge, general information, and questions aimed at parents, too. The family who answers the most questions correctly will win a $100 gift card to Riverview Cinemas!
Teen Programs:
Minute to Win It (Grades 6-12) – Thursday, November 6, 6-7pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Minute to Win It is back! Fast-paced and fun, you’ve got one minute to succeed in these silly challenges! Everyone wins because they’re as fun to play as they are to watch.
Beaded Plants Craft (Grades 6-12) – Thursday, November 13, 6-7pm, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us to make a mini house plant out of beads! We'll have a variety of beads and all the other supplies you'll need, plus tiny pots to put them in. These un-bead-leaf-able crafts are almost as easy to make as they are to take care of.
Teen Crochet Club (Grades 6-12) – Tuesday, November 18, 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.
Cute Animals Hangout (Grades 6-12) – Thursday, November 20, 6-7pm, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Come hang out with a variety of cute animals, both furry and scaly! Meet, interact with, feed snacks to, and pet a variety of animal friends including bunnies, ferrets, sugar gliders, snakes, a bearded dragon, and more.
Family Trivia Night (All Ages) – Friday, November 21, 6:30-8pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for another Family Trivia night! Work together as a family team to answer our trivia questions! We'll have a variety of topics, including kid-centric knowledge, general information, and questions aimed at parents, too. The family who answers the most questions correctly will win a $100 gift card to Riverview Cinemas!
Reading Programs for Children & Teens:
November Monthly Mini Reading Challenge (Grades K-12) – November 1-30, 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/