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Grab & Go kits-Red Hook
Free !Each Saturday morning, Red Hook will put out a new Grab and Go childrens craft in our lobby for pickup. While supplies last.
Grab & Go kits-Red Hook
Free !Each Saturday morning, Red Hook will put out a new Grab and Go childrens craft in our lobby for pickup. While supplies last.
Summer Reading 2021- Grab & Go Craft kit with "Summer" Coloring pages
Summer theme coloring pages fun with crayons or markers. Grab & Go craft kits available at Leonard Library lobby.
Grab & Go: Kids Create
Create something new and all your own! Get a Grab and Go Arts & Crafts kit on the second floor to take home and create!
Kits available while supplies last.
*Kits may contain small parts that are not suitable for...
Team Up To Read: Interactive Storytelling!
Team Up To Read is a free, interactive series designed for children ages 5-9 and their caregivers. Offering a bridge between school and home, the program helps build strong readers by improving reading skills like comprehension and fluency...
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Understanding Impermanence with BCAP
Brooklyn Public Library Presents:
Change is constant, and that’s okay! Learn about the wonders of impermanence through a story, a song and an art project.
This will broast to our Brooklyn Public Library Family Facebook...
Summer Reading: Grab & Go Kits
Come by the Kensington Library to pick up a Grab & Go kit. We will be distributing them every Monday all summer to celebrate Summer Reading (except the week of July 4th, come by Tuesday, July 6!)
Our Grab & Go projects...
Grab & Go Craft kit: Painting with scissors - Collage it like Matisse
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a French artist who loved colors
Diagnosed with cancer in 1941, Matisse underwent surgery that left him chair and bedbound. Painting and sculpture had become very difficult so he turned to a...
Borough Park Presents Storytime: Mr. Mike Reads Books About Avoiding Being Eaten By Big Creatures.
Mr. Mike always seeks to entertain, but today he also tries to educate in the important life skill of avoiding getting eaten by a large creature.
He seeks to impart this skill by reading two books: Codzilla...
Grab and Go Kit: Paper Bag Puppets
Kits can be picked up from the Annex Library Friday, July 23rd and Monday, July 26th (while supplies last!)
Materials included:
Paper bags (2) Pre-cut construction paper (for tiger) Various sheets of construction...
Let’s Try Sumi-e: Japanese Ink Painting with Japan Society
Join us to learn about a long tradition practiced in Japan and all across Asia called sumi-e ink painting! Follow along with us and create summer-themed works of art like fish and bamboo!
New Lots Library Street Event
Join New Lots Library for a series of free outdoor events this summer!
Enjoy storytime, library card sign ups, yoga, arts and crafts, free wifi, special community partner offerings and more.
11am- Storytime 12pm- Kids Create for...
Summer Reading: Grab & Go Kits
Come by the Crown Heights Library to pick up a Grab & Go Craft/Activity kit. We will be distributing every Monday through out the summer in celebration of Summer Reading!
**As supplies last**
Virtual Team Up To Read
Join us for Virtual Team Up To Read, which is a free, interactive series designed for children ages 5-9 to improve their literacy skills, like comprehension and fluency with tips and fun activities, all while encouraging a lifelong love of...
Kids Create
Join us on select Mondays to use your imgaination and different art mediums to create art projects. Some art projects will be avilable for grab and go while supplies last.
This program will take place outside of the New...
Joe The Magic Man
Joe the Magic Man makes sure that all of his tricks and acts are enjoyable for all ages! From rabbits to doves, children would love to pet the animals involved in each of his shows.
The program will take place in the staff...
Ezra Jack Keats Story and Craft
Enjoy a classic readaloud of a book by Brooklyn author Ezra Jack Keats, then create a craft related to the book!
This will be broadcast live at 3:30 from the Macon Facebook Page
A Garden Grows in Brooklyn: Our Garden Club
Urban gardening returns to your library!
Plant seeds and watch them grow Read stories, sing, dance Take home plants and flowersMasks and social distancing required
Call 718.253.4890 for more information
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Exploring Tropical Rainforest Plants at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Presents:
Take a virtual trip to a Tropical Rainforest to explore the variety of plants that grow there! Watch a video tour of our tropical rainforest pavilion in Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Steinhardt...
Storytime in the Park
Jezz is back, LIVE and in Brower Park! All are welcome for this interactive program of story, song, movement, and nature. We hope you’ll join us in Brower Park, near the Monarch Butterfly Garden.
NOTE: • Masks required • Social...
Borough Park Presents Kids Explore: Mr. Mike Talks About Eyes
Mr. Mike finds a whole bunch of eye related facts when he reads The Eyeball Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta and Shennen Bersani.
Click here to access the Borough Park Library's Facebook page.
Virtual Homework Help
Need help with homework? We can help! Homework Help is back —virtually—at Brooklyn Public Library!
At BPL we’ve been assisting students with their homework for over 10 years! Let one of our vetted and trained volunteer tutors,...
Body Percussion with Jashua Sa-Ra of Community Word Project
Join us for an exciting interactive Zoom program with the Community Project. Students will learn how to use different parts of the body to create percussive sounds. From clapping to snapping, stamping their feet, and patting their...
Virtual Homework Help
Need help with homework? We can help! Homework Help is back —virtually—at Brooklyn Public Library!
At BPL we’ve been assisting students with their homework for over 10 years! Let one of our vetted and trained volunteer tutors,...
Afterschool Stories: Castle Hangnail
You're invited to join Arlington Library staff as we read Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon every Tuesday and Thursday at 3:30pm. Children in grades 4-8 found this book to be fun and around their reading level, though all are welcome. We will be...
Virtual Homework Help
Need help with homework? We can help! Homework Help is back —virtually—at Brooklyn Public Library!
At BPL we’ve been assisting students with their homework for over 10 years! Let one of our vetted and trained volunteer tutors,...
Team Up To Read (in the yard)
Team Up To Read is a free, interactive series designed for children ages 5-9 and their caregivers. Offering a bridge between school and home, the program helps build strong readers by improving reading skills like comprehension and fluency...
Library Lab: Slime Time!
It's time for slime!! Come make your own slime to take home and leave the mess at the library!
This program will take place outdoors in the Red Hook library garden. Masks are still required for everyone over the age of two. In...
Radical Reptiles!
Participants can learn all about what makes a reptile, a reptile! What special features and adaptations allow these incredible animals to survive in the wild? What reptile species call Long Island home? In this interactive program, educators will...
ArchForKids: Dragon Dens and Fairy Cottages
Make a home for the fantasy character of your choice in this interatcive workshop! Led by ArchForKids (archforkids.com) which provides learning experiences grounded in architecture and design.
The program will take place outside, behind...
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Animal Engineers with Prospect Park Zoo
Prospect Park Zoo Presents:
Flying – Aerospace Engineers
Explore animal engineers that are expert flyers and the human aerospace engineers that get inspired by them! How do eagles soar for long periods of time in the air?...
Kids Create Grab-and-Go: Art Essentials
Stop by the Highlawn Library to pick up a kit of essential art supplies--including colored pencils, paper, stickers, glue sticks, Model Magic, and more!
Kits are packaged in a library-branded Summer Reading tote bag, and will be...
Grab-N-Go Kits for Children
Come to pick up Grab-N-Go kits!
Kids Explore: Oscar and Herman Play Inside!
Join us Wednesday's at 10:30am for episodes of Oscar and Herman Play Inside! Watch as these adorable brothers create their own joy, handle frustration, and fill up their free time when they have too much free time. So join Kensington...
Virtual Storytime with Mr. Gordon
Join us on the Highlawn Library Facebook Page on Wednesday 7/28 for a virtual storytime with Mr. Gordon. If you can't make it don't worry--the video will be available for 48 hours, so storytime can be whatever time you want it...
KIds Storytime
Kids enjoy listening to stories outdoors in the reading garden.
East New York Reads in the Park
Borrow and return materials from the BPL Bookmobile and enjoy free WiFi! Plus, enjoy family programs including Storytime, Summer Reading signups, Grab & Go craft kits and Resume and Career help on select dates....
Summer Reading Outside
Find us outside of the New Utrecht library for socially-distanced book, art, or music activities, free books, and summer reading materials. Find new books and recommend an old favorite!
*In the event of rain, find us...
Virtual Reading Coach
Do you want to become a more confident reader? We can help! Reading Coach is available—virtually—at Brooklyn Public Library.Learning to read is an essential developmental skill. The ability to read and comprehend materials is not only paramount...
Kids Coding: Code and 3D print a Crazy City
Check out our last Crazy Project: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=UlmerParkLibrary&set=a.1382939988732921
Our next major project will be the Crazy City that will be hosted at the New Utrecht Library. We are inviting...
Storytime: Mini Mysteries with Mr. Mike Presents Encyclopedia Brown
Mr. Mike continues his reading of the Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries in order with the penultimate or second to last mystery in the the fourth book in the series: Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man. Today's mystery is The Case of The Case of the...
Virtual Chess Workshop
Virtual Chess Workshop
Kids and teens, learn to play or improve your game. We will use Lichess and Zoom so register for a secure link!
Author Reading & Activity: Nicola Davies
Author Nicola Davies reads her picture book Every Child A Song, a celebration of the UN Convention on the Rights of The Child, and discusses how she found a way to capture a complex piece of international law in a picture book and how to find the...
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Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Russ & Daughters' Appetizing Factory!
Brooklyn Navy Yard Presents:
Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Russ & Daughters' Appetizing Factory!
Take a behind-the-scenes virtual tour of Russ & Daughters' Appetizing Factory at the Brooklyn Navy Yard! We'll hear the story of...
Sound Bridges Drumming Workshops
Sound Bridges is a Brooklyn-based music and dance performance group fusing several different music and dance genres.
Come join us on a journey to Africa! In this interactive program we will play music and sing together and learn...
Grab & Go: Kids Create
Create something new and all your own! Get a Grab and Go Arts & Crafts kit to take home and create!
The program is done every Thursday. Kits available while supplies last.
*Kits may contain small parts that are not...
Virtual Homework Help—Open Hours
Need help with homework? We can help! Homework Help is back —virtually—at Brooklyn Public Library!
Homework Help now has open hours! With open hours there is no need to register, just show up, (click here) and we'll connect you with one...
Summer Reading Outside
Find us outside of the New Utrecht library for socially-distanced book, art, or music activities, free books, and summer reading materials. Find new books and recommend an old favorite!
*In the event of rain, find us...
Virtual Reading Coach
Do you want to become a more confident reader? We can help! Reading Coach is available—virtually—at Brooklyn Public Library.Learning to read is an essential developmental skill. The ability to read and comprehend materials is not only paramount...
Afterschool Stories: Castle Hangnail
You're invited to join Arlington Library staff as we read Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon every Tuesday and Thursday at 3:30pm. Children in grades 4-8 found this book to be fun and around their reading level, though all are welcome. We will be...