April News 2017

Children’s Programs
Registration is required for some programs as noted. You may register online, in
person at the children’s and teen’s services desk or call 412-366-8100, extension 123.
BABY TIME!
Monday mornings at 9:30 a.m.
Bring your baby (6 months through 12 months, or not yet walking) to enjoy a short storytime filled with songs, rhymes,
movement, bubbles and parachute fun, then stay and play. No registration necessary, just drop in.
STEM STORYTIME (Formerly Science-Tots)
Each Monday through April 24 10 a.m. OR 1 p.m.
It’s time again for STEM Storytime. Each storytime is related to a STEM theme with stories, songs, games and an experiment for children between
three and five years old and their caregivers. No registration is required for this program. We will meet under the tree in the Children’s Department.
PRESCHOOL BLOCK PARTY
Monday, April 3 from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Preschoolers age three to five with their grown-ups are invited to come and build social skills, STEM knowledge, and vocabulary while playing
with wooden blocks, magnet tiles, Lincoln Logs and more! Only two rules: no throwing blocks, and no knocking down someone else’s creation. No
registration required.
INTERNATIONAL CARROT DAY
Tuesday, April 4 between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Drop in to see how we are celebrating all things carrot! Face painting and carrot science (10:30-11:30 a.m.; 1:30-2:30
p.m.), carrot snacks, carrot coloring, carrot hat contest*, and other carrot activities.
*Carrot hat contest-make a carrot hat, take a picture of yourself or someone else wearing the hat, email the picture to
Jeanne Bondi at bondij@einetwork.net. Pictures will be posted to Wilbur Fezziwig’s Facebook page for voting! Picture’s
must be received by April 1.
*Hats can be made from carrots or to simulate carrots.
MISSION…
Tuesday, April 4 at 4:30 p.m.
Ready for your next Mission? If you are in third, fourth or fifth grade and you like to solve problems, find out how things work and create things
from your imagination, sign up for some engineering fun. This is an hour-long adventure and registration is required.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME!
Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. OR 10:30 a.m. until April 26
Meeting Room 148-1
Children ages three to five along with their care giver can come on down to the Library for a 30-minute storytime. Children
can enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and rhythms. This program runs at the same time as our Storytime Tots, but is meant for
children in (or about to enter) preschool. No registration required.
STORYTIME TOTS
Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. OR 10:30 a.m. until April 26
Meeting Room 148-2
A “wiggler” program of songs, action rhymes and stories for parents, toddlers and young preschoolers who might not be ready to be on their
own in the Preschool Storytime. This program runs at the same time as our regular Preschool Storytime, but is just a tad shorter. No registration
required.
STORYTIME FOR LITTLE WIGGLERS
Wednesday Evenings at 6:30 p.m. until April 19
Library fun for babies, toddlers and their grownups! Rhymes, stories, tickles, bounces, music and movement to promote
pre-reading and beginning social skills. No registration needed, just drop in. Pajamas welcome.
MUSIC & MOVEMENT
Each Thursday at 10:30 a.m. until April 20
Music & Movement is back! This program will take place under the tree in the Children’s Department. Children able to
sit through a thirty-minute storytime with music, simple instruments, scarves and dancing are welcome to join us. No
registration required.