The Children's Department offers a variety of ongoing and special programs for children and young adults. There is something going on every day including story time, crafts, animals, games, movies, book clubs, guest performers and an annual Summer Reading Adventure and Super Tuesdays Entertainment Series.
Below is just a small sampling of the programs we offer. For the complete schedule please see the events calendar.
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Ongoing programs
Mondays: Story Time with Ellie Dole
10:30 am
All ages
No registration required.
Drop Ins Welcome
Mondays: Tummy Time
11:00am-12:30pm
In the Community Room
For babies 0-12 months
A fun social hour for our youngest patrons
(Not appropriate for active crawlers or walkers)
The Importance of Tummy Time
Tummy Time has always been an important sequence in baby development. In the last ten years, the tummy time sequence has been affected by The Back to Sleep Campaign and the use of positioning equipment. This change has also influenced parenting styles. What does this mean to parent and baby? Babies do not like playing on their tummies and often get frustrated and unhappy. Parents need their baby to be content and safe and will often resort to the use of positioning equipment. Use of equipment has become essential to accommodate the parent’s busy, fast paced, convenience oriented lifestyle. Naturally, parents also need equipment to keep their baby safe at home, in the community, and in the car. As a result, babies are missing out on valuable tummy time which promotes muscle and brain development. The Importance of Tummy Time was created to make tummy time more enjoyable and successful for caregiver and baby.
There will be some Tummy Time toys available but please bring your own Boppy or prop pillow.
For more information on this program call 587-1010.
Mondays: Anime Art Club
4:30-5:30 PM
Paper, pencils, drawing books and folders will be provided. If you are interested in this style of art join us for a fun hour of idea sharing and creativity. Call the Children's Dept to register today!!!
Contact: Jude
Mondays: Forbes Library Book Club (Monthly)
Grades 3-5
Monday, November 2, 3:30-4:45
In the Community Room
Get lost in the Metropolitan Museum of Art!
This month's book selection is FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER by E.L. Konigsburg Books, snacks and fun art projects...join us for an afternoon of fun! Register and reserve a copy of the book in the Children's Department!!!
Contact: Sarah 587-1010
Click here to find out what we're reading now and when the next meeting is!
Pick up your copy today at the Children's Circulation Desk !!!!
Invite your friends ... the more the merrier!
Wednesdays: Toddler Time
11:00 - 11:30 am
Ages 18-36 months
No Registration Required
Drop Ins Welcome
Thursdays: Baby Play Group
1:00-3:00 PM
Beginning January 29, 2009
Is your baby too old for Tummy Time and Beyond Birth classes? Too young for Toddler Time?Join us for a fun afternoon of play and socializing.
This program is for ALL babies 0-18 months
Walk in/no registration required
Fridays: YA Book Club (Monthly)
Friday, November 6, 3:30-4:45, Grades 6-9
This month's book selection is HOPE WAS HERE by Joan Bauer (a Newberry Honor Book)
Good books, good friends and great snacks!!! Join us!
Register and reserve a copy of the book in the Children's/YA Department!!!
Contact: Stephanie 587-1010
Daily Programs
Board Game Club
All ages Daily 3:30-5:00
A wide variety of board games are available.
No registration -- Drop Ins welcome.
Sponsored by The Friends of Forbes Library
Anna, Lily and Tessa Paws To Read
Paws to Read
An effective, stress-free reading program for children who struggle with reading. If you would like to sign your child up for half hour time slots to read to our library dog, Tessa Rose-Registered Therapy Dog, call Jude to arrange times and dates. Children can sign up for one half hour per week.
Read To Your Little Buddy
A Reading and Mentoring Program that matches older kids with younger children for an hour (approx) of reading and sharing once a week. Tweens & Teens: we are looking for volunteers to read to younger children once a week for about one hour. Seeking younger children who may not have older brothers/sisters who would like to spend time with an older friend sharing good books and having fun.
Sponsor a Farm Animal
The Forbes Library Children's & Young Adult Department is seeking support for an abandoned pygmy goat named Simon through the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York. Simon will be our official Library Goat.
Simon was a seven-pound baby pygmy goat who was found wandering the streets of Brooklyn, New York. The neighborhood where he was found has several Halal "live markets," which could explain why such a small goat was in such a big, busy city. Simon was underweight, cold, alone, and scared, and was suffering from severe pneumonia, lice infestation, sore mouth, and giardia when a caring woman found him and took him to an animal shelter in New York City.
Someone at the shelter called Farm Sanctuary's New York City office, and Simon was brought to our upstate New York Shelter. He loves his new home, and after receiving multiple antibiotic treatments and tons of love, he quickly recovered. Simon now spends his days frolicking and grazing with his two new goat pals, Zoop and Juniper, in their own special barn and pasture.
The Farm Sanctuary needs help to buy food for Simon and to keep him healthy.
All families who help us to sponsor Simon will receive their own certificate of sponsorship and a photo of Simon! Simon's photo and additional information will be on display in the Children's Dept.
