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Children’s and Tweens & Teens Programs

January 2020
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			1 Library Closed, New Year's Day Wed, Jan 1, 2020All Day The Library is closed all day in observance of New Year's Day. We will reopen tomorrow, Thursday, January 2, 2020, with our regular hours at 9:00 a.m. iCal Library Closed, New Year's Day	2 Informal Robotics Meet-Up Thu, Jan 2, 2020 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Come to our informal robotics meet-up and get a self-guided, hands-on experience with building and coding robots! We’ll provide the robotics kits, you bring your curiosity! This event is intended for caregivers and kids to participate together, with kids eventually becoming self-directed. If possible, please bring a laptop with the software provided by LEGO installed: https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/wedo-2/software Feel free to explore the program and familiarize yourself with the software by watching some of the tutorial videos before you attend and meet-up! Grades 2-8. No registration required, but sharing of supplies might be requested. iCal Informal Robotics Meet-Up	3 Once Upon a Cuento: Bilingual Story Time Fri, Jan 3, 2020 10:30 am Once Upon a Cuento: Bilingual Story Time » 10:30 a.m. Enjoy songs, stories, and fingerplays designed to increase interest and engagement with the Spanish language. Presented by Bilingual Endeavors of Wakefield. Ages 0-5. No registration required. iCal Once Upon a Cuento: Bilingual Story Time	4
5	6 Time for Stories Mon, Jan 6, 2020 10:00 am Time for Stories » 10:00 a.m. Join us for stories, finger-plays, songs, and a craft. Ages 2-5. No registration required. iCal Time for Stories Wonderful Watercolors Mon, Jan 6, 2020 4:00 pm Wonderful Watercolors » 4:00 p.m. Bring your creativity to the library to make some beautiful artwork with watercolor paints. Ages 4-9. No registration required. iCal Wonderful Watercolors	7 Teen Advisory Board Tue, Jan 7, 2020 3:00 pm Teen Advisory Board » 3:00 p.m. We’re planning new library activities, and we need your help! If you’re in high school, come to the Young Adult area after school to share your ideas about what you’d like to see and do at the library. Snacks will be provided. For anyone in grades 9-12 and/or ages 14-18. No registration required. iCal Teen Advisory Board	8 Mother Goose Story Time Wed, Jan 8, 2020 10:00 am Mother Goose Story Time » 10:00 a.m. Join us for a lap-sit story time filled with songs, stories, fingerplays, and nursery rhymes, followed by a group playtime. Ages birth to 24 months. No registration required. iCal Mother Goose Story Time	9 Tween Advisory Board Thu, Jan 9, 2020 2:30 pm Tween Advisory Board » 2:30 p.m. We’re planning new library activities, and we need your help! If you’re in middle school, come to the Young Adult area after school to share your ideas about what you’d like to see and do at the library. Snacks will be provided. For anyone in grades 5-8 and/or ages 10-14. No registration required. iCal Tween Advisory Board Informal Robotics Meet-Up Thu, Jan 9, 2020 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm Come to our informal robotics meet-up and get a self-guided, hands-on experience with building and coding robots! We’ll provide the robotics kits, you bring your curiosity! This event is intended for caregivers and kids to participate together, with kids eventually becoming self-directed. If possible, please bring a laptop with the software provided by LEGO installed: https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/wedo-2/software Feel free to explore the program and familiarize yourself with the software by watching some of the tutorial videos before you attend and meet-up! Grades 2-8. No registration required, but sharing of supplies might be requested. iCal Informal Robotics Meet-Up	10	11
12	13 Cancelled: Time for Stories Mon, Jan 13, 2020 10:00 am Time for Stories » 10:00 a.m. Join us for stories, finger-plays, songs, and a craft. Ages 2-5. No registration required. iCal Cancelled: Time for Stories Cancelled: Girls Can Do Anything Mon, Jan 13, 2020 3:30 pm Cancelled: Girls Can Do Anything » 3:30 p.m. Women and girls have been behind many scientific discoveries, inventions, social movements, and other achievements. Children and teens of all genders (not just girls!) ages 7+ are invited to listen to a book to learn about one or more of these women at this special storytime. A short discussion will follow for those interested. No registration required. iCal Cancelled: Girls Can Do Anything	14 Cancelled: Video Games Tue, Jan 14, 2020 3:00 pm Video Games » 3:00 p.m. Everyone needs some time to play games, have snacks, and hang out with friends. We’ll provide a few different game options to choose from. Play and have some fun! Grades 6-12/ages 11-18. No registration required. iCal Cancelled: Video Games	15 Cancelled: Mother Goose Story Time Wed, Jan 15, 2020 10:00 am Mother Goose Story Time » 10:00 a.m. Join us for a lap-sit story time filled with songs, stories, fingerplays, and nursery rhymes, followed by a group playtime. Ages birth to 24 months. No registration required. iCal Cancelled: Mother Goose Story Time Mother Goose Story Time Wed, Jan 15, 2020 10:00 am Mother Goose Story Time » 10:00 a.m. Join us for a lap-sit story time filled with songs, stories, fingerplays, and nursery rhymes, followed by a group playtime. Ages birth to 24 months. No registration required. iCal Mother Goose Story Time Reading with Rabbits - Registration Full Wed, Jan 15, 2020 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Reading with Rabbits » 4:00 p.m. Land’s Sake Farm will be bringing rabbits for children to touch and interact with. Join us to listen to a rabbit-themed story time, create a fuzzy paper plate rabbit, and learn about rabbit behavior and anatomy. Registration for this event is full and we are not accepting any drop-ins. If you are registered and can no longer come, please call the library at 781-334-5411 so we can open a spot to someone on the waitlist. Thank you everyone for your interest! iCal Reading with Rabbits - Registration Full	16 Lego Robotics Thu, Jan 16, 2020 2:30 pm Lego Robotics » 2:30 p.m. Have you ever heard of Lego Robotics? Have you ever wanted to try it? Lego Robotics is a fun way to get hands-on STEM learning. In this session, learn to build and program a robotic car using Legos and EV3 Mindstorms software. The session will run for two hours. Grades 5-8. Space is limited; please register by emailing Lauren at lfox@noblenet.org. iCal Lego Robotics Informal Robotics Meet-Up Thu, Jan 16, 2020 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm Come to our informal robotics meet-up and get a self-guided, hands-on experience with building and coding robots! We’ll provide the robotics kits, you bring your curiosity! This event is intended for caregivers and kids to participate together, with kids eventually becoming self-directed. If possible, please bring a laptop with the software provided by LEGO installed: https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/wedo-2/software Feel free to explore the program and familiarize yourself with the software by watching some of the tutorial videos before you attend and meet-up! Grades 2-8. No registration required, but sharing of supplies might be requested. iCal Informal Robotics Meet-Up	17	18
19	20 Library Closed, Martin Luther King Day Mon, Jan 20, 2020All Day The Library is closed all day in observance of Martin Luther King Day. We will reopen tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21 with our regular hours at 9:00 a.m. iCal Library Closed, Martin Luther King Day	21 Harry Potter Trivia Tue, Jan 21, 2020 3:00 pm Harry Potter Trivia » 3:00 p.m. Are you still waiting for your letter to attend Hogwarts? Do you know everything about the spell and characters in the Harry Potter books? Compete by yourself or with a partner to prove that you deserve a prize for being a Harry Potter trivia master! Grades 6-12. No registration required. iCal Harry Potter Trivia	22 Mother Goose Story Time Wed, Jan 22, 2020 10:00 am Mother Goose Story Time » 10:00 a.m. Join us for a lap-sit story time filled with songs, stories, fingerplays, and nursery rhymes, followed by a group playtime. Ages birth to 24 months. No registration required. iCal Mother Goose Story Time Video Games Wed, Jan 22, 2020 3:30 pm Video Games » 3:30 p.m. We’ll provide video games for you to play - just show up and have fun playing. Come with friends or make some new ones! Ages 5-10. No registration required. iCal Video Games	23 Bad Art Competition Thu, Jan 23, 2020 2:30 pm Bad Art Competition » 2:30 p.m. When you do art, do you like to glue pom poms randomly, pull things apart, and make really ugly drawings? Then this is the art competition for you! Create some really bad art and maybe you’ll make it into our Bad Art Hall of Fame. Grades 5-8/ages 10-14. No registration required. iCal Bad Art Competition Informal Robotics Meet-Up Thu, Jan 23, 2020 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm Come to our informal robotics meet-up and get a self-guided, hands-on experience with building and coding robots! We’ll provide the robotics kits, you bring your curiosity! This event is intended for caregivers and kids to participate together, with kids eventually becoming self-directed. If possible, please bring a laptop with the software provided by LEGO installed: https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/wedo-2/software Feel free to explore the program and familiarize yourself with the software by watching some of the tutorial videos before you attend and meet-up! Grades 2-8. No registration required, but sharing of supplies might be requested. iCal Informal Robotics Meet-Up	24	25
26	27 Time for Stories Mon, Jan 27, 2020 10:00 am Time for Stories » 10:00 a.m. Join us for stories, finger-plays, songs, and a craft. Ages 2-5. No registration required. iCal Time for Stories	28 Button Maker Bonanza Tue, Jan 28, 2020 3:00 pm Button Maker Bonanza » 3:00 p.m. Show off your style by making some buttons! We’ll provide some premade pictures or you can make your own to turn into buttons using a button maker. Grades 6-12/ages 11-18. No registration required. iCal Button Maker Bonanza	29 Mother Goose Story Time Wed, Jan 29, 2020 10:00 am Mother Goose Story Time » 10:00 a.m. Join us for a lap-sit story time filled with songs, stories, fingerplays, and nursery rhymes, followed by a group playtime. Ages birth to 24 months. No registration required. iCal Mother Goose Story Time Word Puzzles and More Wed, Jan 29, 2020 3:30 pm Word Puzzles and More >> 3:30 p.m. It’s National Puzzle Day! Join us to try your hand at paper puzzles such as crosswords, word searches, logic puzzles, and more. Get a sticker for each one you complete! Ages 5+. No registration required. iCal Word Puzzles and More	30 Chip Taste Test Thu, Jan 30, 2020 2:30 pm Chip Taste Test » 2:30 p.m. Maybe you have one chip brand that’s your favorite… but have you ever compared? We’ll get similar flavors of different chip brands. Your task? Taste them (without knowing which is which!) and decide which has the best flavor. What chip will win? Grades 5-8/ages 10-14. iCal Chip Taste Test Informal Robotics Meet-Up Thu, Jan 30, 2020 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm Come to our informal robotics meet-up and get a self-guided, hands-on experience with building and coding robots! We’ll provide the robotics kits, you bring your curiosity! This event is intended for caregivers and kids to participate together, with kids eventually becoming self-directed. If possible, please bring a laptop with the software provided by LEGO installed: https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/wedo-2/software Feel free to explore the program and familiarize yourself with the software by watching some of the tutorial videos before you attend and meet-up! Grades 2-8. No registration required, but sharing of supplies might be requested. iCal Informal Robotics Meet-Up	31 Ukulele Story Time Fri, Jan 31, 2020 10:30 am Ukulele Story Time » 10:30 a.m. Sing along with some songs played on the ukulele and listen to some stories. Ages 0-3. No registration required. iCal Ukulele Story Time

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