Little Learners Story Time: Pajama Day! (Ages 2-5)

Essex Library Association 33 West Avenue, Essex, CT, Essex

Program for kids ages 2-5. Tomorrow is National Family PJ Day, celebrate a day early at the library with cozy songs, stories, and plenty of fun! Wear your PJ’s, of course! Join us for themed stories, songs, rhymes, and crafts! We’ll learn early literacy concepts like colors, shapes, opposites, the ABCs and much more, to prepare our pre-school age children for kindergarten. What to expect: Each Little Learners session begins with a welcome song where each child is invited to dance and celebrate themselves. We sing interactive songs that encourage vocabulary development and gross motor movement, then read a story together. After the first book, we sing a few more songs and read another story. We conclude our time together with 3-4 craft and play centers that help children develop their early math, literacy, and motor skills. After story time, families are encouraged to stay, play, and socialize in our Children's Room. It's a wonderful opportunity for children to make friends, caregivers to connect, and our library community to grow together. Essex Library programs are free and open to the public. Registration is requested to ensure enough crafts are prepared. Click here to register.

Half-Day Hangout: Dinosaur “Paint Night” (Ages 6-12)

Essex Library Association 33 West Avenue, Essex, CT, Essex

Program for families with kids ages 6-12. Celebrate DINOvember AND a half-day from school at the library! Join Miss Nicole to create a beautiful dinosaur sunset painting, perfect to decorate the room of any dinosaur lover! All supplies will be provided, and smocks/aprons will be available, but please wear clothes you don’t mind (possibly) getting dirty! Essex Library programs are free and open to the public. Registration is required, space is limited. Click here to register.

Dinosaur “Paint Night” (Ages 6-12)

Essex Library Association 33 West Avenue, Essex, CT, Essex

Program for families with kids ages 6-12. Celebrate DINOvember and Join Miss Nicole to create a beautiful dinosaur sunset painting, perfect to decorate the room of any dinosaur lover! All supplies will be provided, and smocks/aprons will be available, but please wear clothes you don’t mind (possibly) getting dirty! Essex Library programs are free and open to the public. Registration is required, space is limited. Click here to register.