Events Calendar / Kids
Storytime at the McAuliffe Branch
Drop in every week for themed stories and a craft.
Ages 3-5 and Caregivers.
Kids Chess Club
This Chess Club is an informal group welcoming everyone from new players to junior chess masters! Chess boards are provided, but you can bring your own. Staff are available to help with questions, but will not be teaching chess. For Elementary and Middle School students.
1st Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MAIN, HOMEWORK CENTER
3rd Tuesday of every Month, 5PM | MCAULIFFE, COMMUNITY ROOM
Open Color
Drop in to color printed out pictures and do fun mazes and word activity sheets!
Ages 5-12
Mandarin Storytime with BrightUpKids
非常适合母语人士和初学者，通过生动的故事和精美的绘本，带您领略汉语之美。每周相约，与我们一同开启语言、文化与创意的新奇旅程！适合3-5岁儿童！
McAuliffe Branch: 周六下午 3 点 1 月 24 日、2 月 21 日、3 月 21、日 4 月 18 日、5 月 23 日、6 月 20 日
Main Library: 周六下午 3 点 1 月 10 日、2 月 7 日、3 月 7、日 4 月 4 日、5 月 9 日、6 月 6 日
Perfect for both native speakers and beginners, it introduces the beauty of Mandarin through lively storytelling and picture books. Join us each week for a new adventure in language, culture, and creativity! Ages 3-5!
McAuliffe Branch: Saturdays at 3pm: 1/24, 2/21, 3/21, 4/18, 5/23, 6/20
Main Library: Saturdays at 3pm: 1/10, 2/7, 3/7, 4/4, 5/9, 6/6
Storytime at the McAuliffe Branch
Drop in every week for themed stories and a craft.
Ages 3-5 and Caregivers.
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller Clay Sculptures
In honor of Black History Month, we are creating our own sculptures in memory of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, Framingham native and an African-American artist who participated in the Harlem Renaissance. With air dry clay, let your imagination fly.
All Ages
Winter Games: Ski STEM Challenge
Design and build a skier out of aluminum foil and wooden craft sticks that can balance and slide down a ski slope! Grades K-5
Kindness Cards
Drop-in all morning to color a card for kids and adults in hospitals, senior housing, and veterans’ centers. All Ages!
Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs (Cosmo)
Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 or drop by to sign up for a time slot.
Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5636 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta. Todas as idades.
¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5636 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta. Todas las edades.
Kids Afternoon Painting Workshop with Julie Harrold
Join Art Educator Julie Harrold in an instructional step by step painting of a bee! Participants will learn to see shapes and utilize blending and layering techniques. Painting done on an 11x14 canvas board with acrylic paint.
No painting experience necessary, dress for mess!
Get a ticket from the Children’s Desk within 30 minutes of the program to secure your spot. Space is limited. Ages 8-12
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Beginner 3D Print Workshop
Learn 3D modeling with Tinkercad from the staff of ToysInBox. Create a keychain of your name, watch it print onsite, and take it home that day!
Grades 2-5. Registration required, space is limited. Register at https://bit.ly/Feb3D2-5
Crystal Hearts
Create a supersaturated solution using borax and hot water, then suspend a heart shape within it to grow sparkling crystals overnight. Ages 5-12
Celebrating 100 Years of Black History Month
Celebrate 100 years of Black History Month with 3 mini crafts honoring the diverse contributions of black artists, scientists and historical figures!
All Ages
Coloring, Crafts, and Puzzles - Oh My!
Drop in to the library for a morning of coloring pages, assorted crafts, and jigsaw puzzles! Ages 3-12
Little Innovators Big Dreams: Lemon Volcanos
Learn about acidic reactions and the science behind it through engaging, hands-on experiments.
Ages 8-12
Get a ticket from the Children’s Desk within 30 minutes of the program to secure your spot. Space is limited.
Mandarin Storytime with BrightUpKids
非常适合母语人士和初学者，通过生动的故事和精美的绘本，带您领略汉语之美。每周相约，与我们一同开启语言、文化与创意的新奇旅程！适合3-5岁儿童！
McAuliffe Branch: 周六下午 3 点 1 月 24 日、2 月 21 日、3 月 21、日 4 月 18 日、5 月 23 日、6 月 20 日
Main Library: 周六下午 3 点 1 月 10 日、2 月 7 日、3 月 7、日 4 月 4 日、5 月 9 日、6 月 6 日
Perfect for both native speakers and beginners, it introduces the beauty of Mandarin through lively storytelling and picture books. Join us each week for a new adventure in language, culture, and creativity! Ages 3-5!
McAuliffe Branch: Saturdays at 3pm: 1/24, 2/21, 3/21, 4/18, 5/23, 6/20
Main Library: Saturdays at 3pm: 1/10, 2/7, 3/7, 4/4, 5/9, 6/6
Storytime at the McAuliffe Branch
Drop in every week for themed stories and a craft.
Ages 3-5 and Caregivers.
Melted Snowman Oobleck
Oh no, our snowman melted! Experiment with oobleck for a fun sensory experience!
Ages 0-4
Fun, safe, and simple sensory activities to help with exploration.
Love Bug Craft
Practice our cutting skills by making little hearts, and then glue them together to make a little love bug!
Ages 2-12
Pokémon™ Party
Calling all Pokémon trainers! Celebrate World Pokémon Day with a morning of themed crafts and activities (while supplies last). Ages 4-12
Book Buddies: Reading to Dogs (Arden)
Improve your reading skills by reading aloud to your new Book Buddy. Registration required. Call 508-532-5636 or drop by to sign up for a time slot.
Registro requerido! Ligue para 508-532-5636 para se registrar. Melhore suas habilidades de leitura de maneira divertida, lendo em voz alta. Todas as idades.
¡Se requiere registrarse! Llame al 508-532-5636 para registrarse. Mejore sus habilidades de lectura de forma divertida leyendo en voz alta. Todas las edades.