Take Your Child to the Library Day at the Welles Turner Library in Glastonbury
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 02/04/2023
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Welles-Turner’s events are listed below. For celebrations all over Connecticut, visit https://takeyourchildtothelibrary.org/ct |
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Connect-the-Dots Scavenger Hunt Who: Kids of all ages |
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Follow the path of purple to find all the areas of the Children’s Department. This is a fun way to find out where everything is in the newly expanded area. Drop-in anytime between the hours listed. No registration needed. |
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Crafty Kids Who: Kids of all ages |
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Recycle old children’s books into a new bookmark or a button for your book bag. Drop-in anytime between the hours listed. No registration needed. |
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Perfectly Purple Storytime: Harold and the Purple Crayon Who: Suggested for families with children ages 6 & under |
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Enjoy Harold’s hand-drawn adventures and other purple stories. Songs and rhymes will round out the fun. Each family will receive a free copy of the book, “Harold and the Purple Crayon” No registration needed. |
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Perfectly Purple Storytime: Creepy Crayon! Who: Suggested for kids in grades K-3; family participation welcome |
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Would you do your homework with a purple crayon? Jasper Rabbit finds a crayon that will do it for him. More fun, possibly purple, stories will follow. No registration needed. |
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Playful Engineers: Chain Reactions & Creative Contraptions Who: Kids ages 4 & 5 and in grades K - 6; family participation encouraged |
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This make and break workshop provides hands-on, play-based, STEAM-powered learning for families. Playful Engineers brings the materials for you to build a Rube Goldberg machine. Jay Mankita will help each group to create a contraption that uses a chain reaction to carry out a simple task. Drop-in anytime between the hours listed. No registration needed. |
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Slime Station Who: Suggested for kids ages 3 & up |
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Ewwww! Mix up some purple, slimy fun to take home. Drop-in anytime between the hours listed. No registration needed. |
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