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Winter 2021J A N | F E B

P R O G R A M S S P O N S O R E D B Y T H E F R I E N D S O F T H E F A R M I N G T O N L I B R A R I E S

TOTALLY TODDLERSAges 12 to 26 months. Registration Required.

Together you and your little one will enjoy music,stories, fingerplays and rhymes in this “at home”program, sent right to your email! You will alsopick up a special activity bag to use during thesession. Join our weekly Zoom meeting if youcan for a quick “hello” and some music &movement we can do together.

Receive link to Zoom meetings upon registration.Your bag will be available for pickup January 4, 5,or 6. NOTE: There is no class on Jan 18.

MON, Jan 4, 11, 25 & Feb 1, 8, 10:00 AM┃Virtual

STORYTOTSAges 2-3. Registration Required.

You and your little one are invited to enjoy aweekly story or flannel board, fingerplays, songs,puppet play, and crafts in this “at homestorytime.” Once registered, you will receiveweekly emails on Tuesdays with videos andactivities to do at a time convenient for you. Youwill also pick up a special bag of craft items tomake with your preschooler.

Craft bag will be available for pickup January 4, 5, or 6.

TUE, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 & Feb 2, 9 ┃Virtual

BITE- SIZED SCIENCEAges 3 to 6. Registration Required.

This program offers a fun way to learn simplescientific concepts and conduct experiments.Put your science hats on and explore!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR EACH INDIVIDUALPROGRAM. Activity bags with instructions foreach program will be available for pickup at theMain Library on each Tuesday morning and willbe held for one week.

TUE, Jan 5, 19 & Feb 2┃Take Home

BUSY BAGSAges 2 to 4. Registration Required.

Keep your preschooler busy while you cookdinner, clean the bathroom, or help your olderchild with school work. These easy-to-assemblekits will focus on math, literacy, and finemotor/sensory development. Registrants willpick up their kit at the library and receive videoinstructions via email.

INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR EACHBUSY BAG EVENT.

WED, Jan 6, 20 & Feb 3┃Virtual

REGISTRATION STARTS DECEMBER 21

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OH, BABY!For caregivers of babies ages 0 to 12 months.Registration Required.

Each Thursday we will email you a PDF offingerplays and rhymes, book suggestions,early literacy tips, library services, polls &trivia questions, and video links all gearedtoward caregivers & babies. On the last daywe’ll meet together on ZOOM! Link for theZoom meetup on Feb 11 will be sent uponregistration.

THU, Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 & Feb 4, 11 ┃Virtual

ALPHABET ON THE RUNAges 3 to 5. Registration Required.

Have fun getting to know the ABCs! This earlyliteracy program focuses on the alphabet byintroducing children to a different letter of thealphabet each week. Sign up and receiveweekly emails with printables and videos.

A grab-and-go craft package will be availableat the Main Library on each Friday morningand will be held for one week for those whohave registered .

FRI, Jan 8, 15, 22, 29 & Feb 5, 12┃Take Home

FRIDAY SURPRISE!Ages 2 to 5. Registration Required.

Join us for a very short Zoom program Fridays at10:00 where each week children and theircaregivers will meet a children’s librarian who willshare stories, songs to dance to, puppets...whoknows what, it’s a surprise!! What we DO know isthat it will be interactive and lots of fun.

Zoom link sent upon registration.

FRI, Jan 8, 15, 22, 29 & Feb 5, 12 10:00 AM┃Virtual

STORYTIME AT HOMEAges 3 to 6. Registration Required.

Each Thursday we will email you a PDF ofrhymes, fingerplays, activities, craft ideas,games, links to stories being read by MissEricka, and more, all based on a theme! Printout yourself or request to pick up printedpages at the library.

THU, Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 & Feb 4, 11 ┃Virtual

PICASSO TO GO!Ages 2 to 4. Registration Required.

Each week pick up a take-home art project foryour child to complete with parental guidance.Each project will explore a different artmedium and will aim to focus on both earlyliteracy skills and fine motor skills. Aprerecorded storytime will be sent via emaileach week on Thursday.

NOTE: Take and Make bags will be available onThursday morning and will be held for oneweek.

THU, Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 & Feb 4, 11 ┃Take Home

INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGEPlease call the library at 860-673-6791 or check www.farmingtonlibraries.org for up-to-date information.


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SNACK ATTACK CLUBGrades K-6. Registration Required.

Do you love making (and eating) snacks? So dowe! Registrants will receive an email on MondayJanuary 25, February 1, and February 8 with arecipe and link to a video of a children'slibrarian making the snack.

Follow along with your family, and send usphotos of you and your finished product [email protected] if you'd like tobe featured on our Facebook page. Bon appetit!

MON, Jan 25 & Feb 1, 8 ┃Virtual

POLISH STORYTIME AT HOMEAges 0 to 7. Registration Required.

Speak to your child in the language you knowbest! Join Miss Eva for a virtual Polish Storytime.Registered families will receive a link to thestory video and a PDF of rhymes, songs andactivities. Make sure you register with the emailaddress to receive the Polish Storytime atHome.

MON, Jan 11, 25 & Feb 8┃Virtual

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DIAL-A-STORYAll ages. No registration required.

Call 860-673-6791, choose option 8, and thenchoose what type of recording you'd like tohear: a picture book story, a poem, arelaxation story (great for helping kids to winddown and relax), a Polish language story orpoem, or a joke/riddle. Listen to all five!

Recordings will change weekly each Tuesday.


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HOMESCHOOLING IIParent/Caregiver. Registration Required.

Learning at home is an adventure, but it canbe overwhelming! Join Linda Hincks of WrenHomeschool Consulting to find out howseemingly different topics can help you toteach about the interconnected world. (Forexample, cooking is equal parts science, math,culture, and history - there’s so much yourchild can learn!)

Zoom link provided upon registration.

THU, Jan 7, 6:30 - 7:30 PM┃Virtual

FIVE LITTLE SNOW PEOPLE DIGITALESCAPE ROOMGrades 1 to 6. Registration Required.

Have fun challenging yourself to solve sevenonline logic puzzles featuring the rhyme FiveLittle Snow People sent right to your email.Beat the clock and break out of the escaperoom!

FRI, Jan 29┃Virtual

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KIDS CARE CLUBGrades K to 6. Registration Required.

Do you want to make a difference during thepandemic? Have you wondered how you couldhelp someone in your community? TheFarmington Libraries Kids’ Place iscollaborating with Services for the Elderly tohelp some of our most isolated andvulnerable citizens. We will be making smallcrafts that will be distributed to senior citizensto lift their spirits, encourage them to staystrong, and remind them that they are notforgotten. You can make a difference!

January - Hanging Yarn HeartsPick up begins MON, Jan 11, return completedcraft by MON, Jan 18


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TIPS AND TRICKS FOR REMOTELEARNING FROM A HOMESCHOOLVETERANParent/Caregiver. Registration Required.

Schooling at home and homeschooling aredifferent, but there's also a lot of overlap. Getsome tips and tricks for remote learning from20-year homeschool veteran Linda Hincks.We'll talk about how to relieve stress for kidsand adults alike and revive energy for learning. Bring your questions and concerns - let's talkabout what's most useful for you!

Zoom link provided upon registration.

THU, Feb 4, 6:30 - 7:30 PM┃Virtual

PINE CONE BIRD FEEDERSAges 5 and up. Registration Required.

Celebrate National Bird Feeding Month bymaking pinecone feeders for our featheredfriends! Pick up your bag with pinecones,peanut butter, bird seed, and a plastic knife.

**PLEASE NOTE THAT PEANUT BUTTER WILL BEUSED**

Craft bag will be available beginning Mon, Feb1 and will be held for one week.

MON, Feb 1┃Take Home

ANIMAL LOVE STORIES WITHRIVERSIDE REPTILESAll Ages. Registration Required.

Special event for National Take Your Child tothe Library Day...or in this case, Take theLibrary to Your Child Day!! Join RiversideReptiles Education Center for a journey intothe wonderful world of reptiles. Learn moreabout these secretive animals and whether ornot they experience love and friendship. Thisprogram will be held on the Zoom platform.

Instead of registering each child, you willregister as one family and enter how manypeople in your family will be attending. Zoomlink will be sent upon registration.

SAT, Feb 6, 2:30-3:30 PM┃Virtual

NATIONAL PIZZA DAY!Ages 5 and up. Registration Required.

Make your very own pizza pie craft whilelearning basic math skills: fractions! Registrants will receive a video link to a verysilly story called Pete’s a Pizza - you can act itout with your family!

Craft bag will be available for pickup on Tue,Feb 9 and will be held for one week.

TUE, Feb 9┃Take Home


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POLAR BEAR OR PANDA BEAR?Ages 3 and up. Registration Required.

Which would you like to be? Join Miss Paulavia Zoom for stories and puppets, and thenpick up everything you need to make your veryown polar bear or panda bear mask after theprogram. Send us a photo of your animal maskwhen complete!

You will receive a Zoom link upon registration. Craft bag will be available after the Zoomprogram and will be held for one week.

MON, Feb 22, 10:00-10:30 AM┃Virtual

If the library is closed due to inclementweather, virtual program schedules

are subject to change

INCLEMENT WEATHER

VIRTUAL CARTOONING EVENT: LET'SDRAW ANIMALSGrades 3 to 6. Registration Required.

Join award-winning cartoonist andhumorous illustrator Rick Stromoski andlearn to draw a variety of our furry, hoofed,and feathered friends in this FUN andINTERACTIVE virtual program!

Zoom link will be sent upon registration.

WED, Feb 24, 6:30-7:30 PM ┃Virtual

CLIFFORD'S VALENTINEAges 5 to 8. Registration Required.

Do you love Clifford? You will receive your veryown book along with activities and a Valentine’sDay craft to share and spread your love.

Bag will be available beginning Wednesday Feb.10 and will be held for one week.

WED, Feb 10┃Take Home

ARM KNITTING FOR BEGINNERSAges 7 and up. Registration Required.

With two skeins of yarn and your very ownarms you can make a cozy, warm cowl inabout an hour. Miss Paula will guide youthrough each step in a prerecorded videothat will be emailed to you. Pleasepurchase two (2) skeins of bulky or chunkyyarn prior to class. Send us a photo of yourfinished project - we’d love to see it!

FRI, Feb 26┃Virtual

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MESSY MONDAY PICK-UP CRAFTSAges 2-5. Registration Required.

Let’s get messy at home (but not too messy!) with these take-home crafts. (Most materialswill be in the take-home bag, but pleasehave some at home such as glue sticks,washable markers, etc.)

Craft bags will be available for pickup forone week.

Pull String Painting : Pull-string painting isa fun and different way to paint!MON, JAN 11┃Take Home

Painted Heart: Do you have a specialsomeone to make a valentine for? Maybeyour parent or grandparent? Let’s paint aspecial wooden heart...maybe you’ll want tokeep it for yourself!MON, Feb 9 ┃Take Home

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DRESS UP THE WINDOWS AT BARNEYWITH A SNOWFLAKE!All ages. Registration Required.

Let’s make Barney Library a winterwonderland. Register to pick up thebeginnings of a beautiful snowflake. Cut itout and decorate at home any way that youlike. Pick up begins on Jan 4. Return yourcreation on Jan 11 and watch our windowsfor some winter time joy!

MON, Jan 4 - 11┃Take Home

MOVERS AND GROOVERSAges 0-4 with caregiver. Registration Required.

Are you ready for some Moving and Groovingwith Miss Amy? Let's have a virtual party! We willread one of our favorite books and dance to themusic we all love.

TUE, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 & Feb 2, 9, 9:30 AM┃Virtual


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CELEBRATE THE MONTH!Ages 2-5 with caregiver. RegistrationRequired.

Join Miss Amy for a special Zoom storytimeand a craft to make at home! (Mostmaterials will be in the take-home bag, butplease have some at home such as gluesticks, washable markers, etc.) Zoom invitesent upon registration.

January - Snowman StorytimeMON, Jan 11 ┃Take HomeTUE, JAN 19 10:30-11:00 AM ┃Virtual

February - Penguin StorytimeMON, Feb 8 ┃Take HomeTUE, Feb 23 10:30 -11:00 AM┃Virtual

BARNEY IN A BAG: FUN CRAFTS FORSCHOOL-AGED KIDSAges 5 & up. Registration Required.

Register to pick up your take-home craft kit.(Most materials will be included but you willneed to have some materials at home suchas glue, crayons or markers.

Pony Bead Snowflakes: Let’s make abeautiful beaded snowflake to hang in yourhouse! This one won’t melt. Craft will beavailable for pick up starting on Jan 12 andcan be picked up any time during our openhours that week.TUE, JAN 12┃Take Home

Sun Catchers: Let’s brighten up winter andcatch some rays of the winter sun! Craft willbe available for pick up starting on Feb 19and can be picked up any time during ouropen hours that week.TUE, Feb 9 ┃Take Home

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860.673.6791 • www.farmingtonlibraries.orgPart of the Farmington Village Library Association

Library Hours

Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri 9:30 AM - 2:00 PMWed 2:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Sat & Sun CLOSED

MAIN LIBRARYMon, Tue, Thu 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM

Wed 2:30 PM – 7:00 PMFri CLOSED

Sat 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

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Please check for current library “open” hours when planning to pick upany items, as hours are subject to change.

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