Children’s Blog
Welcome to the Milton Public Library Children’s Room
Want to know what’s new and happening for children at the Milton Public Library? Read our weekly blog to stay abreast of all kid-related developments, and visit the Library to engage your kids with books, learning, and activities today!
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Quick Tip for Travelling Parents
October 30, 2015
Hey, Parents… Do you travel a lot for work? Isn’t it annoying when you try to Skype with your kids and all they want to do is stare at you, or make funny faces into the camera? Try this instead: read them a book. Check out this interesting article from Booklist with recommendations for great bedtime stories that
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Crafts and Treats on Halloween at the Library!
October 27, 2015
Happy Halloween! I hope you all are getting your super-scary costumes ready and preparing for a sugar overload 🙂 Make the Milton Public Library one of your trick-or-treat stops during the day on Saturday, October 31. We will have some special surprises in store for you: Come to the Story Hour Room for a crafty good time!
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New Book Club for Grades 4-6!
October 21, 2015
This Saturday, October 24 at 2:30 pm, the Children’s Room will be hosting our first meeting of a new book club for kids in grades 4, 5 and 6. This club will read books that are candidates to win this year’s Massachusetts Children’s Book Award. What’s that, you ask? Founded in 1975, it’s an award
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This Saturday 10/17: Makey Makey Inventor’s Workshop
October 13, 2015
Have you ever played music with bananas? Made a computer game controller out of a pencil and Playdoh? It can indeed be done, using a super-cool type of computer technology called the Makey Makey. This Saturday from 2:30-4pm, the Rhode Island Computer Museum is going to visit the Milton Public Library and show us how to use it ourselves! In
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This Saturday at 10am: Little Linguists Storytime
October 06, 2015
Have you tried any of our new Saturday morning programming for ages 0-5? If not, now’s your chance. This Saturday 10/10 at 10:00 am, learn a new language at Little Linguists Storytime! Come enjoy stories, songs and activities with Mary Doherty, local language instructor. Elements of the French and Spanish languages will be introduced during each
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