Welcome to The Beekley Library's Children's Room!In our children’s room you will find a nurturing environment that encourages your child to explore the world in their own way through literature, dramatic play, art, music, movement and nature. Come visit us to go on an adventure through a great book, put on a puppet show. be the next great train conductor at the train table, sing and dance your way through storytime. Enjoy a wide array of children's programs: from drumming to felting, live animal visits, movies and magic shows, to fairy house building, gardening and tie dying and everything in-between. |
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Discount passes for the Connecticut Science Center are available:
20% off general admission for up to 4 people.
One coupon per family per day. Please ask at the circulation desk.
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Join the Beekley Library Kids Lego Club, held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Explore LEGO building by working on a joint project or theme-related project together, then spend the second half of the club "free building". Join in the creative fun! Email Melanie Ollett at [email protected] with any questions.
Note: Lego Club will not meet in July or August. The next meeting will be September 11th.
Note: Lego Club will not meet in July or August. The next meeting will be September 11th.
Join Miss Jan for Nature Storytime! We will take a walk around the library property and turn our ordinary walk into an extraordinary, magical mystery walk. As we walk, we will discover that the nature fairies were busy! We will follow their clues and use our critical thinking skills to guess what they have been up to. At the end of our walk, we will have a celebration with the final discovery!
Join the Beekley Library Kids Lego Club, held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Explore LEGO building by working on a joint project or theme-related project together, then spend the second half of the club "free building". Join in the creative fun! Email Melanie Ollett at [email protected] with any questions.
Note: Lego Club will not meet in July or August. The next meeting will be September 11th.
Note: Lego Club will not meet in July or August. The next meeting will be September 11th.
This month, join Miss Jan at Nature Storytime for some squirrel-like activities! Squirrels are experts in collecting and caching (storing and hiding) treasures to prepare for winter! Look out your window and watch as your neighborhood squirrels are busy collecting their nuts, seeds, acorns and more! How about children? They love to collect things too! As a bonus, kid’s collections are great brain builders!
IMAGINATION STATION
Make Your Own Creation, Draw
a Picture, Or Use Our Coloring Sheets
Stop by the Beekley to create a masterpiece! The Children’s Room tables will be filled with supplies so you can create a treasure to display in your room ... or just explore your imagination. School supplies, along with an array of arts and crafts supplies, will be provided to use while in the library. Feel free to “color outside of the lines.” You can bring your art home or we will display it right here at the library!
Story Time with
Miss Val
(ages 3 and up)
At your convenience on You Tube
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Join Miss Val for stories and a craft.
Pick up craft kits at the Beekley while supplies last. Email Miss Val at [email protected] for kit availability. YouTube Episodes Episode 1: "Crazy about Camping" Episode 2: "Halloween Hoodwinks" Episode 3: "Thankful for Thanksgiving" Episode 4: "Music is Magic" Episode 5: "Santa's Full of Surprises" Episode 6: "Too Much Snow" Episode 7: "Kitty Kapers" Episode 8: "Let's Celebrate Chinese New Year" Episode 9: "Donkey Dilemmas" Episode 10: "Lucky Leprechauns" Episode 11: "Flying High" |
WEBSITES for children
PBS For Kids - provides videos and games for children and information for parents.
Kanopy - you would normally limited to 10 films per month with Kanopy but they have added movies that are credit free and will not be counted towards your limit. Kanopy for Kids is free and has no limit to the number of videos you can view.
Audible, a provider of audiobooks through Amazon is providing free audiobooks for children.
Imagineering in a Box - a free free online program from Disney of 32 videos that brings together the diverse talents of Disney Imagineers around the world for a one-of-a-kind learning experience.
MackinVIA provides access to thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, read-alongs, databases and videos in over 25 categories for preK through 12. To sign in our username is Beekley and the password is Library.
Storyline Online. From the Screen Actors Guild, streaming videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.
Kanopy - you would normally limited to 10 films per month with Kanopy but they have added movies that are credit free and will not be counted towards your limit. Kanopy for Kids is free and has no limit to the number of videos you can view.
Audible, a provider of audiobooks through Amazon is providing free audiobooks for children.
Imagineering in a Box - a free free online program from Disney of 32 videos that brings together the diverse talents of Disney Imagineers around the world for a one-of-a-kind learning experience.
MackinVIA provides access to thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, read-alongs, databases and videos in over 25 categories for preK through 12. To sign in our username is Beekley and the password is Library.
Storyline Online. From the Screen Actors Guild, streaming videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.