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The Children's Room offers reading materials at every level: from picture books to easy readers to chapter books. We have puppets, puzzles, graphic novels, movies and themed literature kits. All you need to learn more about the world around you is in our nonfiction section. Come explore today!
We have programming again
And you can participate while you are home!
And you can participate while you are home!
Online Activities for Kids!
Check out our library calendar for the links to register.
These are programs being offered by other libraries that we thought might interest you.
If you are interested in these, and possibly more opportunities, please check the library's even calendar as other events might be added as we receive notice about them.
Check out our library calendar for the links to register.
These are programs being offered by other libraries that we thought might interest you.
If you are interested in these, and possibly more opportunities, please check the library's even calendar as other events might be added as we receive notice about them.
Story Time Programming is available
We miss seeing you all at the library and we don't know when we will be able to continue our
in person programming. In order to help families fill that gap, we are offering Story Times that you can do at home.
10 Step Story Time is for ages 3-5 and
Infant Story Time at Home is for Infants and Toddlers.
The 10 Step Story Time is a program you pick up at the library that includes a guide and materials.
Each book noted for the story time will be available online, so everyone can have access to the story whenever they need it. All of the Story Time themes are noted in our library calendar.
Registration is required and the link can be found right in the calendar listing. You register for the story time for the following week, registration will end the Friday before and materials will be available for you to pick up beginning that Monday.
There is no maximum amount of participants so, if you want to keep this as a social opportunity for the children, you can make your own Story Time groups and I can make sure everyone has materials and can participate!
Here is an example of what the 10 Step Story Time guide looks like. I will have additional theme related materials if you would like more opportunities to extend the learning and engage the children beyond what is in the guide.
in person programming. In order to help families fill that gap, we are offering Story Times that you can do at home.
10 Step Story Time is for ages 3-5 and
Infant Story Time at Home is for Infants and Toddlers.
The 10 Step Story Time is a program you pick up at the library that includes a guide and materials.
Each book noted for the story time will be available online, so everyone can have access to the story whenever they need it. All of the Story Time themes are noted in our library calendar.
Registration is required and the link can be found right in the calendar listing. You register for the story time for the following week, registration will end the Friday before and materials will be available for you to pick up beginning that Monday.
There is no maximum amount of participants so, if you want to keep this as a social opportunity for the children, you can make your own Story Time groups and I can make sure everyone has materials and can participate!
Here is an example of what the 10 Step Story Time guide looks like. I will have additional theme related materials if you would like more opportunities to extend the learning and engage the children beyond what is in the guide.
Infant Story Time at Home is a program for Infants and Toddlers to have literacy-based activities that are easy and fun for parents to do at home.
There activities are found in the READsquared program. You must register with READsquared and join the Infant Story Time at Home program. The activities will be noted under the program's "missions." Each week I will release a new "mission." Each mission will focus on a Mother Goose rhyme - no book is needed, the rhyme is included in the "mission." Along with the rhyme to recite, there are 2 other activities to enjoy that are inspired by the rhyme. There is rhyming, singing, movement and more in every "missions."
If you are interested in participating, the link to the READsquared registration page is located in the drop down menu under the Children's Room header. Register for the program, visit each week whenever works best for you, and there will be a quick and fun story time waiting for you!
There activities are found in the READsquared program. You must register with READsquared and join the Infant Story Time at Home program. The activities will be noted under the program's "missions." Each week I will release a new "mission." Each mission will focus on a Mother Goose rhyme - no book is needed, the rhyme is included in the "mission." Along with the rhyme to recite, there are 2 other activities to enjoy that are inspired by the rhyme. There is rhyming, singing, movement and more in every "missions."
If you are interested in participating, the link to the READsquared registration page is located in the drop down menu under the Children's Room header. Register for the program, visit each week whenever works best for you, and there will be a quick and fun story time waiting for you!
New Program for School Age Children on READsquared
Here's another challenge for all our readers out there...
HELP US COVER THE LIBRARY WINDOWS IN SNOWFLAKES!
For every minute you read, we will add a "snowflake" to our library's windows. Each week I will post a total of all minutes read, (how "deep our "snow" is), and then I will add a "snowflake" for each minute.
How long will it take until we've covered all the windows in the children's room?
Will we cover every window in the library with "snowflakes?"
You can help us do it!
Let's show EVERYONE in Plainville how much our patrons read! Sign up and log your reading - Each week I will post the minutes read in the Children's Room window and add a new "snowflake" for each minute too.
Can we reach 3,000 minutes in 2 months? Who knows how "deep" the "snow" will go!
HELP US COVER THE LIBRARY WINDOWS IN SNOWFLAKES!
For every minute you read, we will add a "snowflake" to our library's windows. Each week I will post a total of all minutes read, (how "deep our "snow" is), and then I will add a "snowflake" for each minute.
How long will it take until we've covered all the windows in the children's room?
Will we cover every window in the library with "snowflakes?"
You can help us do it!
Let's show EVERYONE in Plainville how much our patrons read! Sign up and log your reading - Each week I will post the minutes read in the Children's Room window and add a new "snowflake" for each minute too.
Can we reach 3,000 minutes in 2 months? Who knows how "deep" the "snow" will go!
And don't forget all of this fun stuff!
These programs are all "on hold" until we can meet together again - let's hope we can start these soon!
These programs are all "on hold" until we can meet together again - let's hope we can start these soon!
Monster Squad: Calling all monster enthusiasts! Join Leader Laura Lupin as we explore a different monster each month. Let's learn about cryptids and creatures, share some stories, then have a fun activity to tie it all together. Registration is not required and all interested parties ages 6 - 12 are welcome to attend. This program will run the first Friday of every month from 4 - 5 pm.
Neptune
Join him in the Children's Room on the first Wednesday of every month from 3-4pm. Bring a book or pick one of ours to read to Neptune.
Reading aloud to dogs helps children of all abilities gain confidence in reading!
Join him in the Children's Room on the first Wednesday of every month from 3-4pm. Bring a book or pick one of ours to read to Neptune.
Reading aloud to dogs helps children of all abilities gain confidence in reading!
Family Card Game Night meets once a month on the second Wednesday from 6 - 7 pm. Each month will feature a card game that you can play with your whole family that does not require keeping tally with a pen and note pad. Everything you will need to play each game is just a deck of cards and willing players.
Chapter Cubs = Its a book club that is just right for you! A different book will be chosen each month, everyone will have 4 weeks to read the story, then we will meet to share our thoughts and ideas about the book. We will explore a different book genre each month, from Biography to Science Fiction, hopefully we will have something to inspire everyone to participate! This club will meet on the third Friday of most months from 4 - 5 pm and the books to be read will be made available, at Miss Laura's desk, at least 4 weeks before each meeting. Registration is required when the book is checked out and the reading level of each chosen book will be approximately a third grade reading level. I will also identify the title of the book each month on our Calendar of Events and on my monthly email to the For Kids @ Plainville Library subscribers.
Chapter Cubs runs the second Friday of the month from 4 - 5 pm.
Chapter Cubs runs the second Friday of the month from 4 - 5 pm.
Phonics Night is on the third Wednesday of the month. It is a night full of games that help improve literacy skills from pre-readers to advanced. You can drop in and do a letter hunt throughout the library, put together words puzzles, build silly sentences, play Scrabble Jr. or many other language based games and activities.
F.A.I.R. - Family Adventures In Reading = We will build book knowledge as we delve into great stories: exploring the format, text, illustrations and other aspects of books, as well as help you grow your personal library at home. A maximum of 6 families can register per each F.A.I.R. session where we will discuss the book, read the story, share ideas and thoughts and do a related craft. Each family is welcome to take their copy of the session book home to help build their home library. This activity will be on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 4 - 5 pm.
Friday Family Movie Night = We've extended our hours until 6 on Friday nights so what kind of fun can we have? How about a cool Family Friendly Movie on Friday Night! Come in your PJ's, bring a snack..or a pizza dinner, and hang out with us at the library as we show our latest movie release! The show will start at 4 pm and run approximately 80 - 100 minutes so you will definitely be done by 6 pm. This program will run on the 4th Friday of the month and each movie title will be noted on our Calendar of Activities and in the monthly email to the subscribers to the For Kids @ Plainville Library newsletter.
Hello Home School Families!
We have a special page for homeschool information under the Children's Room heading. On that page you will find a wealth of information that may be helpful to homeschool families. I also have a special email list for homeschoolers so I can pass on any information I receive about about special classes or learning opportunities. If you would like to be added to that email group please email me and I will add you to my list!
We usually have a monthly meeting which I alternate between and afternoon time and an evening time - some months we will meet at 6 pm on the fourth Monday and the next month we will meet at 1 pm on the fourth Wednesday. Please check our library Calendar of Events so see when our next
scheduled meeting will be. I am always interested in hearing how we at the library can better help
our homeschool community so please, to not hesitate to email or call me with your questions, comments, or suggestions.
We have a special page for homeschool information under the Children's Room heading. On that page you will find a wealth of information that may be helpful to homeschool families. I also have a special email list for homeschoolers so I can pass on any information I receive about about special classes or learning opportunities. If you would like to be added to that email group please email me and I will add you to my list!
We usually have a monthly meeting which I alternate between and afternoon time and an evening time - some months we will meet at 6 pm on the fourth Monday and the next month we will meet at 1 pm on the fourth Wednesday. Please check our library Calendar of Events so see when our next
scheduled meeting will be. I am always interested in hearing how we at the library can better help
our homeschool community so please, to not hesitate to email or call me with your questions, comments, or suggestions.
Infant and Toddler Story Time – for ages 0-2 – Monday afternoons at 1:30 pm and Tuesday mornings at 10:30 am. We are celebrating Mother Goose by reading, retelling and dancing to the rhymes! We will also do rhymes and finger plays each week.
Preschool Story Time – for ages 3-5 – Monday mornings at 10:30 am and Tuesday afternoons at 1:30 pm. We will explore weekly themes though picture books with music and movements, perhaps some poems and finger plays too. There will also be an activity or game to enrich our exploration of the theme.
All story times are open to everyone who would like to attend and, although I have geared the story times to specific ages, no one will ever be excluded from attending. My expectations have been, and always will be, that everyone participates as they want and we have fun together. Please check the calendar for all dates.
Preschool Story Time – for ages 3-5 – Monday mornings at 10:30 am and Tuesday afternoons at 1:30 pm. We will explore weekly themes though picture books with music and movements, perhaps some poems and finger plays too. There will also be an activity or game to enrich our exploration of the theme.
All story times are open to everyone who would like to attend and, although I have geared the story times to specific ages, no one will ever be excluded from attending. My expectations have been, and always will be, that everyone participates as they want and we have fun together. Please check the calendar for all dates.
Play with a Purpose Area: In our children's room we have a dramatic play area where we have theme based activities in a pretend play environment. This area is specifically for social interaction and imaginative play and we change themes to allow for different experiences. This is a language rich area specifically intended to promote language learning, either through use of language during interactive play or identification of language and pre-reading skills through clean up and organization of play area. When children play in this area they should be interacting with parents and other children, growing their communication skills, acting out scenarios they identify from the adult world, working on social skills, and learning cooperation as they work with others to clean up the play area.
Lego Club for ages 5 and up
Meet up with some friends to build with the library Legos and we will display your creations. The Club meets the second Saturday and the following Monday of each month. Please check calendar for date
Meet up with some friends to build with the library Legos and we will display your creations. The Club meets the second Saturday and the following Monday of each month. Please check calendar for date
