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. |
|
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.
|
Story Time with Miss Melanie & Miss Jan
|
Join us as we celebrate the summer solstice! Shapes are found throughout the natural world. Shapes like the hearts found in leaves or flowers, the hexagon shapes in a beehive, Triangles found on ferns and other plants, and circles, ovals and spirals found in so many parts of nature! People all over the world experience feelings of joy when looking at or interacting with round shapes like circles, spirals and ovals. During this Nature Story time event, we will go on a treasure hunt, looking for shapes in nature around the Beekley property. Then we will return to the garden to create our own shapes from nature treasures to create feelings of love and joy for others for the week.
Design your own board game at the Beekley! Templates will be available for children to make their own board game based on their favorite book, movie, video game character ... or something from their own imagination! Registration recommended.
Activities will include a Power Up Pizza Station, Warped Pipes Beanbag Toss and Yoshi Egg decorating! Registration required.
Come put your building skills to the test! You can choose to do your build on Survival or Creative mode; two separate prizes will be given. Registration is limited due to the number of computers we have available at the library. Please email [email protected] if you have Minecraft on your own laptop and would like to use that to compete!
Ever wonder how video games are made? Come learn some coding basics and make your own mini-game! Limited space available, so that everyone can use the computers.
Learn how to fight like a medieval knight! Laurel City Historical Fencing will be giving a historical sword fighting demonstration at the library. Laurel City is a HEMA group located in Winsted; they have programs for children, teens, and adults.
|
Family Movie Night:
|
Bring the whole family and watch The Minecraft Movie in the library garden! Free popcorn, drinks, and candy will be provided. Bring your own lawn chairs/picnic blankets. No Registration Required.
Love Angry Birds? Come make some themed crafts and play some Angry Birds games with Miss Jan!
Escape from a video game world full of many perils - right inside the library! Participants will be separated into three separate rooms, based on age groups. They will then find the clues, solve the riddles, and escape the room. Prizes will be given to those who manage to escape! Boss battles may or may not be included.
Come play some of your favorite board games, in life-sized versions! Games include Yard-zee, Bananagrams, Kerplunk, and Candyland.
Celebrate the end of Summer Reading with family bingo! It will be fun for the whole family.
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
|
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.