Middle School Code Club meets once a month to dive into a fun coding project. This month, we will be exploring Python coding in Minecraft Education Edition! For grades 5-8. All participants are strongly encouraged to wear a mask. Masks are required for all unvaccinated participants, including children 2-12. Register here
Do you love locked room mysteries and detectives with funny mustaches? Join us for some hot cocoa in front of the library followed by a cozy book discussion indoors where we talk about all things Agatha Christie! Come ready to discuss the classic whodunit Murder on the Orient Express and to recommend any of your
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Join Librarians Sam and Laura for a weekly knitting and crochet circle! Experienced crafters can bring their works-in-progress to show-off and work on and newer crafters can find help as they learn to knit or crochet. We will share library resources helpful for learning and finding new projects! For teens ages 12+ and adults. All
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Pick up your Stitch guide at the library in the morning and then take supplies home with you to finish your project. For grades 5+. Please register
This month we are reading The Wild Book by Juan Villoro! Join us in a Zoom meeting to discuss the book and chat with your friends! This program is for any children who are in 6th-7th grade. Register online HERE to receive the Zoom invitation or email [email protected] This program is intended ONLY for tweens/teens
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Earn your Game Time badge for our Winter Reading program! Join us on Zoom to chat, make friends, and get the link to our game room. We will be playing the online telephone game Gartic Phone, so get ready to draw and think up some zany sentences! For grades 6+. This program has been rescheduled
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Learn to use a sewing machine in this class taught by instructor Abby Walker. This introductory class session will teach participants the parts of the machine and their uses, how to wind a bobbin and thread the machine, uses of different stitches, and safety habits. For ages 12+. All participants are strongly encouraged to wear
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Join us as we explore and facilitate our own design thinking initiatives. Classes will be led by Praja Tickoo, a NCHS student who has helped run a design thinking program through the Middle and High School. Design thinking is a human-centric design framework for problem-solving and empowers students to break down their assumptions of society;
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Our Social Justice Book Group is reading Blended by Sharon Draper this month. Tweens and teens in grades 5-8, join us to discuss the book, make some new friends, and brainstorm ways that you can make real, positive changes in your community. All are welcome. Leaders from LiveGirl, S.T.A.R, and New Canaan Library will be on hand to guide the discussion and to help you transform ideas
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Join us as we explore and facilitate our own design thinking initiatives. Classes will be led by Praja Tickoo, a NCHS student who has helped run a design thinking program through the Middle and High School. Design thinking is a human-centric design framework for problem-solving and empowers students to break down their assumptions of society;
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Earn your Game Time badge for our Winter Reading program! Join us on Zoom to chat, make friends, and get the link to our game room. We will be playing the online telephone game Gartic Phone, so get ready to draw and think up some zany sentences! For grades 6+. Please register here. This program
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Our project stations this month are all chances for colorful experimentation. We'll use our MakerLab skills to create fun crafts! Projects are intended for families with children ages 6+. Children under 8 will need their adult’s help with the projects. Only one registration is needed for each family. All participants are strongly encouraged to wear
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Mending clothing is less practiced these days, but it has taken on a new appreciation in the slow fashion world. A repair can be executed with virtually invisible results or it can be an obvious embellishment. Join instructor Abby Walker to practice the art of darning, patching, and repurposing. Bring an item or two that
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Join us as we explore and facilitate our own design thinking initiatives. Classes will be led by Praja Tickoo, a NCHS student who has helped run a design thinking program through the Middle and High School. Design thinking is a human-centric design framework for problem-solving and empowers students to break down their assumptions of society;
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Join us for a Magic: The Gathering meetup to play rounds of this dueling card game. Bring your own cards or play with the ones we provide. Knowledge of the game is helpful, but we will also have the materials available to get you started! For ages 12+. Please register here. All participants are strongly
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Working solo or with friends/siblings, use the LEGO Mindstorms kits to build your robot! We will then battle our bots in treacherous conditions (a wading pool filled with styrofoam balls). For 4th grade and older. Only 1 registration is needed per group! All participants are strongly encouraged to wear a mask. Masks are required for
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Confidence Club is an 8-week facilitated discussion group that creates a brave space for girls, who meet with a professional mentor to share concerns & interests. The curriculum-based program builds social emotional intelligence & self-esteem, the building blocks of a confident leader. Winter/Spring 2022 Confidence Club will also address pandemic-related mental heath and resilience. Sessions
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Join us as we explore and facilitate our own design thinking initiatives. Classes will be led by Praja Tickoo, a NCHS student who has helped run a design thinking program through the Middle and High School. Design thinking is a human-centric design framework for problem-solving and empowers students to break down their assumptions of society;
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Join Librarians Sam and Laura for a weekly knitting and crochet circle! Experienced crafters can bring their works-in-progress to show-off and work on and newer crafters can find help as they learn to knit or crochet. We will share library resources helpful for learning and finding new projects! For teens ages 12+ and adults. All
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