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Math Literacy Breakfast: March 6, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Join us for coffee, juice, munchies and math and science ideas for the young! With What’s the BIG Idea?™ you will:
• Get your child excited about math and science
• Use hands-on activities to make books come alive
• Meet national and local education standards
• Have fun!
We know our kids learn math and science by doing math and science. They need to ask questions, have discussions, explore using a variety of materials, collect data and talk about what they’re doing. Picture books are a powerful tool to help introduce children to math and science. Make stories come alive with activities for young children.
Please register for this program so we can ensure that you will have a kit to take home!
***Note this event takes place at the Fairfield Community Center!
Ned Castle: March 18
Join Ned Castle, photographer of the In Their Own Words exhibit. In Their Own Words (a traveling exhibit on loan from teh Vermont Folklife Center) is a collection of personal histories from refugees who are living in Vermont. These narratives offer a glimpse into the remarkable diversity of life experiences that refugees bring to our community. While most Vermonters will never know how it feels to be a refugee, there is value in trying to consider perspectives that differ greatly from our own. These individuals have offered to share their lives as a way to deepen public understanding of a group of Vermonters that is growing everyday.
Exhibit opened February 22nd and runs through April 3rd. It is open Mondays 3pm-7pm, Wednesdays 9am-7pm, and Saturdays 10am-2pm. Contact the library for additional information.
***Note the date is 3rd Thursday this month!
Book Club Met On Tuesday, February 16
We discussed Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracey Kidder. Don’t miss the next one!
March 16th discussion: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
April 20th discussion: Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee
Fairfield ‘s Garden of Verses Tour Saturday, June 19th, 2010 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, A Child’s Garden of Verses, Fairfield’s Garden of Verses brings together the beauty of nature and literature by way of our Town’s private gardens and our Town’s public library. We hope you join the “Friends” of the Bent Northrop Memorial Garden in our first annual fund raiser, pick up a box lunch and visit 8 great local gardens. For an unusual birthday, Valentine’s Day, Easter or Mother’s Day present gift certificates for both the tour and the lunch are available at the library and the Town Clerk’s Office. Tour $12. & Box Lunch $8. For more info B. Rivet 827-3942
Book Club
Join friends and fellow readers once a month to talk books. We’ll meet in the community room of the library beginning at 6:30pm. Bring your book thoughts! We’ll be meeting monthly at 6:30pm on the third Tuesday.
Please contact the Bent Northrop Memorial Library with any questions…827-3945, or at bentnorthrop@gmail.com.
BNML Lecture Series
The BNML Lecture series takes place every second Thursday of the month at 7pm in the Chester Arthur Room of the Fairfield Municipal Building. All events are free and open to the public.