Kids
Playgroup
Wednesdays, 10am-11:30am
Meet new friends, play games, do crafts, have a snack, and listen to stories each Wednesday from 10:00 am to 11:30. All kids ages 0-6 and their adult caregivers are welcome. Please note: playgroup follows the school calendar, so if school is off, there is no playgroup that day!
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Summer Fun @ BNML
July 6th-9th
Wednesday, July 6th @ 1pm
School Age kids can join Mr K of Exordium Adventures as he leads us for Tales told in Animal Tracks. Mr. K (Kurt Valenta) will talk about signs in nature that tell a story…the tracks of animals and the tales that can be interpreted from them. There will be “hands-on” participation. Dress for play and be ready to be outside if the weather cooperates!
Thursday, July 9th @ 3pm
Fairfield Farmers Market: Online Order today for pickup at the library Thursday! Sign up and order at yourfarmstand.com
Friday, July 8th @ 10am
The youngest Fairfielders and their caregivers can join us for great stories and fun crafts celebrating One World, Many Stories.
Friday, July 8th @ 7pm
Families can join Jeh Kulu, African Dance and Drum Theater for an outside show! Bring a blanket, picnic, and perhaps a few chairs – enjoy the new patio at the library and experience great music!
Saturday, July 9th @ 11am
Pick up your Passport and travel self guided throughout town in search of stamps! Jump in the car and try to find 8 different sites throughout town using the provided clues! This is cross between letterboxing and a scavenger hunt!
Letterboxing!
Letterboxing is an outdoor hobby that combines elements of orienteering, art, and puzzle solving. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and distribute clues to finding the box in printed catalogs, on one of several web sites, or by word of mouth. Individual letterboxes usually contain a notebook and a rubber stamp. Finders make an imprint of the letterbox’s stamp, either on their personal notebook or on a postcard, and leave an impression of their personal stamp on the letterbox’s “visitors’ book” or “logbook”. There are 11 letterboxes within 10 miles of Fairfield!
Kids can experience letterboxing and work to make their own letterbox in this five session workshop geared towards kids ages 7 through 12.
Session 1: Friday, October 29th, 3-4:30pm. Kids will meet afterschool and travel in cars to a nearby letterboxing site.
Session 2: Saturday, Nov 6th, 10-11:30am. Participants will work to create their own letterboxing stamp that identifies them to other letterboxers.
Session 3: Saturday, Nov 13th, 10-11:30am. We will take a second trip to find another letterbox a bit farther away – this time kids will be able to use their personal stamp to sign in!
Session 4: Friday, November 19th, 3-4:30. Kids will work to create their own letterbox. In the workshop, they will assemble a box and brainstorm places to locate their box. Over the Thanksgiving break, participants will be responsible for hiding their box and writing the clues for others to find. Kids may need a bit of help from adults!
Session 5: Friday, December 3rd, 3-4:30. Participants will enter their box into a letterboxing website so that letterboxers throughout the continent can find it!
Enrollment is limited to 12 participants. You must register ahead of time! There is a $10 fee to cover supplies. First come, first serve!
***We will also need a parent driver or two to help with the field trips!
Success by Six Playgroup and BNML Storytime
Join us each Friday at 9:45 for Success by Six playgroup and BNML
Storytime! Meet new friends, play games, do crafts, and listen to
stories for those Birth to age 6 and their adult caregiver! Please
note that playgroup follows the school calendar, so if school is off,
there is no playgroup that day!
