It’s Elephant and Piggie Day!

Sadly, it’s our last babytime this morning.  We’ve had such fun little sweeties join us for the last six weeks that I’m going to miss them!

And just because we couldn’t have a March Break week without inviting all our young storytime friends, it’s Elephant and Piggie Day!

The fabulous picture book author Mo Willems has created such a well loved series of books based on a pair of unlikely friends that we just had to celebrate them!

We’re having a drop-in all afternoon today (1:30pm-5:30pm) for parents and children aged 2 – 5. The library will be all decked out in these wonderful characters and there will be plenty of fun.

Stop by, do a craft, play a game, hear a story and take out some books.  It’ll be almost like storytime….without the sticks! (Storytime parents will know what this means…and probably be thrilled!)

We can’t wait to see you! 

Sock Monkeys at the Library

You can never go wrong with monkeys.  Or puppets. Combine the two and you have magic! This week, we made sock monkey puppets and had crazy hair day for storytime.

After being inside for days because of the cold, many of the kids were happy to get out and do something fun. Needless to say, it was a wee bit loud at the library!

But we all enjoyed ourselves and hopefully, everyone had fun with their new little friends at home.

Just a sample of all the fun things we do each week with our young friends.

Stories, stories, stories!

Storytime is starting again this week! We’re looking forward to having all the little ones back for stories, music, crafts and lots of laughter. As usual, storytime occurs every Wednesday and Thursday morning from 10 – 11am. With all of the snow we’ve been having, please listen to the radio on blustery mornings.  If the buses are cancelled, so is storytime.  (We’ll also post this on the Carleton Place Public Library Facebook page, so if you’re more likely to check that, please add us to your “likes”.

This is for ages 2 – 5, but you’re welcome to bring younger children along for the session (they just won’t be able to do the craft portion). Registration for storytime is a must each week as spaces are limited, so please call us at 257-2702 to register the week ahead (if you can), or drop by the library and sign up in person. Welcome back to all our little ones and we’re looking forward to seeing some new faces in 2013!

Aliens everywhere….

It was just another storytime….or was it?  Aliens invaded the library this morning, but they were sparkly and cute. Just a taste of what goes on here each Wednesday and Thursday morning for 2 – 5 year olds.

Next week is our last storytime session for the season, and then we’ll start up again in January. It’ll be a Christmas theme and registration is required, but give us a call if you’re interested. We still have a few spaces!

Babytime at the Carleton Place Public Library

 

We’re going to have a Babytime at the library! Right now, we offer programs for children who are aged two or older, but due to a generous grant from the Ontario Government, all of the libraries in Lanark County are going to be offering a babytime program. Called the Baby Time for Lanark County project, the goal is to bring parents and their babies (aged 0-12 months) to the library for a fun half hour each week.

Through singing, rhyming, reading, physical activity and playing, parents and babies will gain pre-literacy skills, meet other parents and babies and have the opportunity to tap into services available in our community.  Each program will run in a 6-week session and will require registration. If you don’t live in Carleton Place, check with your local Lanark County library for the dates and times of each session.

Our first 6-week session in Carleton Place will begin on Wednesday February 6, 2013 and will run to Wednesday March 13, 2013.  The classes will take place from 11:00am – 11:30am on Wednesday mornings, right after our regular storytime.  Your child must be 0 – 12 months of age during the ENTIRE 6-week session, and older children will not be allowed to stay in the room with the moms and babies.  If you are bringing older children to storytime, please make arrangements. We cannot allow children to stay in the library unattended, for safety reasons.

Registration is open now for February (we have one baby signed up already….and he hasn’t even been born!).  Please ask at the front desk for more details, or call us at 613-257-2702. We’re looking forward to seeing you and your baby in the New Year!

The Man with the Big Shoes!

Wednesday evening was so much fun!  A very special friend came to the library to read a story to plenty of small friends in pajamas!

We gathered in the back room and listened as Ronald McDonald® read us stories and then talked with all the children afterward. It was such a fun evening, we’d love to do it again sometime!

Thanks so much to our friends at McDonald’s® for sharing this wonderful reading program with us! We had a great time!