The Southbury Public Library Youth Services department is pleased to announce its event list for March for children and teens. All programs are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library. For more information and to register online please visit our website: www.southburylibrary.org/events.
Children’s Programs:
Drop-In Storytime (All Ages) – Monday, March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 10:30-11am, Kingsley Room, No Registration Required. Join Jen for an all-ages storytime! We'll share books, rhymes, and songs, and a small craft will be available to make with us or take home.
Family Giant Games Night (All Ages) – Tuesday, March 3, 17, 6-7pm, Youth Services Department, No Registration Required. Join us for an evening of Giant Games! Drop in between 6-7pm to enjoy a variety of traditional, larger-than-life, board games. This event is perfect for families or a group of friends; if a team is not made of middle schoolers and above, an adult must be present.
Tunes & Tales (Recommended for Ages 5 & Under) – Thursday, March 5, 12, 19, 26, 10:30-11am, Kingsley Room, No Registration Required. Join Jen for a morning filled with music and stories! Children will sing, dance, and explore musical instruments.
Food Explorers: Peaches & Cream Cups (Ages 6-11) – Thursday, March 5, 4:30-5:30pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Food Explorers for a sweet and simple dessert! Get a taste of spring with Peaches & Cream Cups, filled with layers of crushed graham crackers, juicy peaches and homemade whipped cream. Recipe is nut free but will contain dairy and gluten.
Tiger Watercolor Art with Miss Laleh (Ages 7-11) – Thursday, March 5, 4:30-5:30pm, Storytime Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join talented art teacher Miss Laleh for a fun afternoon learning to create a watercolor and tissue paper tiger! Laleh Golafshani is a local artist, illustrator, and art teacher.
Navigating Big Feelings and Identifying Trusted Adults (Grades K-5) – Thursday, March 5, 6:30-8pm, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Elementary-aged children will engage in conversations, activities, and crafts focusing on identifying big feelings, learning about some options to safely work through their big feelings, and identifying the Trusted Adults in their lives who they can go to for help. There will also be a nut free snack. While this event is happening, there will be a screening and discussion of Screenagers: Elementary School Edition for adults in the Kingsley Room.
Take or Make Craft (All Ages) – Saturday, March 7, 14, 21, 28, Youth Services Department, While Supplies Last. Stop by the Youth Services Department on Saturdays this month to make a thematic paper craft. Make it here or bring it home. Crayons and glue available in the library. Appropriate for all ages. Young children may need assistance.
Yoga for Kids (Ages 6-10) – Saturday, March 7, 10:30am-11:30am, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. CT Yoga instructor Nick Switz, certified with five years of experience and training from Radiant Child Yoga, guides children through a playful class. The class is guided throughout with yoga-based games and captivating stories, fostering creativity, cooperation, and body awareness. The class ends with a calming guided story, offering a moment of reflection.
ARTuesday (Recommended for Ages 5 & Up) – Tuesday, March 10, 5-6pm, Storytime Room, No Registration Required. Do you love art? Join us for a playful, messy, and expressive art experience where there is no right or wrong. Come play and experiment with a variety of art mediums and themes. Smocks recommended. Please wear something you don't mind getting messy.
Yoga for Kids (Ages 2-5) – Friday, March 13, 10:30-11:15am, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. CT Yoga instructor Nick Switz, certified with five years of experience and training from Radiant Child Yoga, guides children through a playful class. The class is guided throughout with yoga-based games and captivating stories, fostering creativity, cooperation, and body awareness. The class ends with a calming guided story, offering a moment of reflection.
Ashurst Academy of Irish Dance (All Ages) – Saturday, March 14, 1-1:45pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with us! The Southbury Public Library is thrilled to welcome back the Ashurst Academy of Irish Dance! Watch the talented professionals demonstrate their moves and learn a few steps. This program is intended for children but all are welcome.
Makerspace Morning (Ages 5-12) – Saturday, March 21, 10-11:30am, Storytime Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us to explore, think, and create in our mobile makerspace! Choose from a wide range of materials to create something new and unique, or complete a craft project using provided instructions.
Tiny Food Explorers (Ages 2-5) – Tuesday, March 24, 11am-12pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Tiny Food Explorers for some fun with food! Come and explore new flavors and textures while playing games all about food and MyPlate! You’ll make a hands-on healthy snack that even the pickiest of eaters will enjoy!
LEGO Club (Grades K-5) – Tuesday, March 24, 4:30-5:30pm, Storytime Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for an afternoon of LEGO fun! We’ll provide the LEGO bricks, and you bring the creativity! You can free build, or work off of instructions.
Read with SPG: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (Ages 1-5) – Wednesday, March 25 , 10:30-11:30am, Storytime Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Enjoy an interactive read-along led by a Speech Language Pathologist! Using this fun thematic book, the SLP will demonstrate how shared reading builds vocabulary, expands language, and encourages participation - all while having fun!
Family Trivia Night (All Ages) – Friday, March 27, 6:30-8pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for another Family Trivia night! Work together as a family team to answer our trivia questions! We'll have a variety of topics, including kid-centric knowledge, general information, and questions aimed at parents, too. The family who answers the most questions correctly will win a $100 gift card to Riverview Cinemas!
Babies & Books (Ages 6-24 months) – Tuesday, March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, and May 5, 10:30-11:30am, Storytime Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Babies & Books is a six-week series lapsit storytime for children 6 to 24 months and their parents/caregivers. Listen to short stories and songs.
Teen Programs:
Family Giant Games Night (All Ages) – Tuesday, March 3, 17, 6-7pm, Youth Services Department, No Registration Required. Join us for an evening of Giant Games! Drop in between to enjoy a variety of traditional, larger-than-life, board games. This event is perfect for families or a group of friends; if a team is not made of middle schoolers and above, an adult must be present.
Teen Crochet Club (Grades 6-12) – Tuesday, March 3, 17, 6:30-7:30pm, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for our crochet (and knitting) club, open to both new and experienced crafters alike. If you’re already working on a project, bring it with you. If you’re new to knitting and crocheting, get started with us! We will have basic knitting and crocheting supplies available. Attend one or both meetings.
Cute Animals Hangout (Grades 6-12) – Tuesday, March 24, 6-7pm, Brown Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Come hang out with a variety of cute animals, both furry and scaly! Meet, interact with, feed snacks to, and pet a variety of animal friends including bunnies, ferrets, sugar gliders, snakes, a bearded dragon, and more.
Food Explorers: Apple Cheesecake Eggrolls (Grades 6-12) – Thursday, March 26, 4-5pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join Food Explorers to make Apple Cheesecake Eggrolls using a food you may have never used: rice paper wrappers! Make a delicious apple filling, soak your rice paper wrappers, and learn how to roll them into a sweet treat. Egg rolls will be cooked on the griddle, not fried. This recipe is vegetarian and nut-free, but will contain dairy and gluten.
Family Trivia Night (All Ages) – Friday, March 27, 6:30-8pm, Kingsley Room, Registration Required - Space Limited. Join us for another Family Trivia night! Work together as a family team to answer our trivia questions! We'll have a variety of topics, including kid-centric knowledge, general information, and questions aimed at parents, too. The family who answers the most questions correctly will win a $100 gift card to Riverview Cinemas!
Reading Programs for Children & Teens:
March Monthly Mini Reading Challenge (Grades K-12) – March 1-31, In Person and Online at southburylibrary.beanstack.com. Join us on Beanstack for our next Mini Monthly Reading Challenge, themed Fall into Reading! Read for five hours (about 1-3 books for elementary, middle, and high school readers) and get a SurPRIZE. Continuing this month: you can track your reading on a paper bookmark instead of on Beanstack and adults can join in, too!
1000 Books Before Kindergarten (Birth to Entering Kindergarten) – Ongoing, On Paper and Online on Beanstack. Read a book (any book!) to your newborn, infant, or toddler and keep track with a paper log or on Beanstack. Repeats count! 1000 books may seem like a lot, but if you read 1 book a day for 3 years, that’s 1095 books! 10 books a week for 2 years is 1040 books, and 3 books a day in one year is 1095 books. Every book you read you get one sticker, and if you finish you can get a certificate, small prize, and your picture on our wall of fame if you’d like! Pick up a paper log from the children’s department or visit southburylibrary.beanstack.com to get started online. For 0 to Entering Kindergarten.
100 Books Before Graduation (Grades 9-12) – Ongoing, Online at Beanstack. Read 100 books before High School Graduation! 100 books may seem like a lot (and it is), but it works out to about 1 book every 2 weeks. When you sign up, get a special tracking bookmark to fill out as you read. Make it to half way and get a $5 Gift Card to Dunkin' or The Bakery. Read 100 books and get a special throw blanket! Every 10 books you read, pick out something from the prize box (pins, pens, animal sticky notes, and more!).
Please visit the Southbury Public Library website at www.southburylibrary.org/events for program details and registration information. Visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SouthburyLibraryYouthServices/