The Northborough Library Children’s Department has a variety of programs scheduled this month. Follow the Library on Facebook and Instagram. Please consult the library website for any updates or changes in programming or contact the Library directly at 508-393-5025 x4. Registration from the library’s events page may be needed.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
- Stargazing: Monday, September 19, 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Ellsworth Park. Explore the early fall sky! Learn about the best stargazing apps and how to use the library telescope. Then take a peek through the telescope (or your phone) to view planets, stars and the moon. This program is best suited for families with elementary-aged students. Registration is required.
- STEM Corner: Thursday, September 22, 12:30-3:30 p.m. It’s an early release day! Pop into the STEM Corner this afternoon to complete an engineering challenge. This month, you will build a structure with marshmallows and make a marshmallow popper. All supplies provided. Registration not required.
- What is Racism Worskhop: Saturday, September 24, 10-11 a.m. Kids notice a lot, including skin color. They sense that it matters and they have questions about how and why. Explore how racism isn’t just one thing, but a problem with many parts working together–problems that take more than individual kindness to solve. Breaking down the fundamental concepts of skin color, race, racism, and injustice, kids will learn how they can help to notice and disrupt racist systems. Geared towards elementary-aged children and their families. Please register. The workshop is led by Wee the People, a Boston-based social justice project for children ages 4-12. Launched in 2015 by two Black mothers, WTP organizes free, interactive workshops and events that explore activism, resistance and social action through the visual and performing arts: music, dance/movement, theater, graphic arts, spoken work and storytelling. Funding provided by the TJX Corporation.
- The ABCs of Racism: Fostering Conversations and Action about Race and Justice with kids (Parent & Educator Workshop): Monday, September 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. From cradle to grave, by every metric of wellbeing we can measure–education, employment, health, housing–research tells us that deep racial disparities persist in our society. Research also tells us that children begin to notice and assign meaning to skin color by the age of 2. This makes racial literacy a critical part of preparing our children to lead lives as engaged, equity-minded problem solvers in the world. Geared for White or multiracial audiences, this workshop explores fundamental concepts of systemic racism, the barriers that block us from engaging with kids around race and racism, the social science of race awareness in children, and strategies to start and sustain antiracist and action in school and at home.
- Costume Swap: Saturday, October 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. National Costume Swap Day encourages the pirates, princesses, dragons and wizards to trade costumes. Celebrate the day by bringing your old costumes to swap with other families in the community. Bring your clean, gently used store-bought or homemade costumes to the library anytime starting Monday, September 19 through Saturday, October 1. Then visit the library on October 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. to choose your costume for this year’s Halloween festivities. Everyone is welcome. No registration is required.
MONDAYS
- LEGO Club: September 12, 3-5 p.m. Drop by for LEGO Club! Kids an free-build or complete our challenge of the week.
- Pokemon Trading Card Game; September 26, 1-4 p.m. Learn to play the Pokeman Trading Card Game. Experts from One Up Games will be on hand with all the supplies, including your very own starter deck of cards, to teach you how to play the game. Learn tips, tricks, layout, strategy and more during this 3 hour workshop. Recommended for ages 8+. Please register.
TUESDAYS
- Music Mashup: September 13, 30, 37; 10-10:30 a.m. An engaging and interactive program developed for families with children 2-5. Instruments, scarves and other toys will be used while we read, dance to music and make some noise. No registration required.
- Art Club: September 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Art enthusiasts in grades 3-5 are invited to join Miss Lindsay to explore different mediums and complete an art project. Wear comfortable clothing that can get stained. Please register.
WEDNESDAYS
- Mother Goose on the Loose: September 14, 21, 28; 9:45-10:15 a.m. or 10:30-11:00 a.m. This early literacy program supports your child’s development through story, songs, rhymes, bouncing and fingerplays. Musical instruments and puppets will further children’s early learning skills. Best suited for children birth-2 with a favorite adult. No registration required.
- Read to Finnegan: September 14, 21, 28; 3:30-4:15 p.m. Sign up to read to our very special “read” dog. Finnegan is trained to sit with your child and listen to them read. This kind of support from lovable pups can foster your child’s self confidence, build reading skills and it’s just plain fun. Please register.
THURSDAYS
- Preschool Story Time: September 15, 22, 29; 10-10:30 a.m. or 1-1:30 p.m. (no PM class on Sept. 22). For preschoolers ages 4-5. A story time with a little independence. Join us for stories and a fun craft or activity. No registration required.
FRIDAYS
- Toddler Time: September 23, 30; 10-10:30 a.m. Explore a weekly theme while enjoying age and developmentally appropriate stories, songs, movement activities and fingerplay. Geared towards children ages 2-3 with a favorite adult. No registration required.
- Toddler Zone Playtime: September 23, 30; 10:30-11:30 a.m. Head over to the Room of Requirement – it’s time to play! The room’s door will be closed and special toys brought out for use only during this time. Families with toddlers ages 1-3 are welcome.
SATURDAYS
- Crafternoon Kits: September 17; 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Drop by the library every Saturday to pick up the materials for a fun new art project. Crafternoon kits are available for pick up while supplies last on the designated dates. Sponsored by the Northboro Junior Woman’s Club.