Children Programs
Book Bunch
-School Age
Friday, April 20, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Grades 3 to 5. Friday, April 20 at 3:30pm. Online registration required. Love to read? Can’t figure out what to read next? Join us at Book Bunch. Drop by the Children’s Desk find out what we are reading for this month’s meeting.
Reader’s Theater: How the Drum Came to the People
-School Age
Saturday, April 21, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Ages 6 to 8. Saturday, April 21 at 3:30pm. Online registration required. Join Paula Romeo and hear the Native American tale of how the drum came to be. Find out how Sun, Coyote, Wind and Fire help a young hunter bring forth the music that lives in the hearts of his people. Together we will have fun picking our favorite parts of the story, creating dialogue for the characters, and acting out our dialogue for each other!
Be a Reading Buddy
-Preschool
Monday, April 23, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 4 and up. Mondays, April 9, 16, 23, 30 at 3:45pm. Come to the library, enjoy stories and games with our local teenagers and make a cool craft!
Wild & Wacky Holiday Storytime: National Karaoke Week
-Preschool
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 to 4. Thursday, April 24 at 3:30pm. Get your groove on at the library and celebrate singing! We’ll hear some musical books, make a musical instrument and then the kids will have the opportunity to belt out a tune for all to hear!
Stories and Crafts: Sharks! – EVENT FULL
-School Age
Thursday, April 26, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Ages 5 to 7. Thursday, April 26 at 3:45pm. EVENT FULL. Delve into the deep with some terrific shark tails. Then make your very own chomping shark craft!
Music for Everybody
-Preschool
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Ages 3 and up. Saturday, April 28 at 10:00am. Online registration required. Have a classical morning at the library and hear local Hommocks students play the strings. Children will also be inspired to hear about their Girl Scout Silver Award project and how they are working with the library to make music available for children going to the New York State School Music Association Festivals.
Be a Reading Buddy
-Preschool
Monday, April 30, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 4 and up. Mondays, April 9, 16, 23, 30 at 3:45pm. Come to the library, enjoy stories and games with our local teenagers and make a cool craft!
Itty Bitty Book Club: Unlikely Contestants
-Preschool
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 to 4. Tuesday, May 1 at 3:30pm. Join us as we discuss children’s books with crazy contests. We’ll talk about the books and create our own pet monsters!
Stories and Crafts: Tiny Bottles
-School Age
Thursday, May 3, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Ages 5 to 7. Thursday, May 3 at 3:45pm. Online registration required. You never know what you might find when you pick up a mysterious bottle at the beach. A message? A magic potion? A wish? Read some bottled up tales and then make your own magic bottles to take home.
May the Fourth Be With You
-School Age
Friday, May 4, 2018
All Day
Drop-in All Day. Friday, May 4. No registration required. Come in costume or without and tell a children’s librarian your favorite Yoda phrase. You’ll receive a prize in honor of Star Wars Day.
Graphic Novel Book Group Year-End Party
-School Age
Friday, May 4, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
CLOSED MEETING – GROUP MEMBERS ONLY. Friday, May 4 at 3:30pm
Camp Rhythmo presents Dancing Through Fairy Tales
-Preschool
Monday, May 7, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 to 5. Mondays, May 7, 14, & 21 at 3:45pm. Join us for music, yoga and games as we explore the world of fairytales in this highly interactive hour-long program.
Wild & Wacky Holiday Storytime: No Socks Day
-Preschool
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 to 4. Thursday, May 8 at 3:30pm. The warm weather will hopefully be here and we will celebrate by coming to storytime sans socks. We’ll hear sock stories, paint with our toes and play games.
Free Eye Exams at the Library
-School Age
Thursday, May 10, 2018
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Ages 3 to 17 years. Thursday, May 10 from 3:00 to 6:00pm. Village Center. No registration required. Join us at the library as we partner with the Larchmont/Mamaroneck Lions Club to celebrate Family Eye Health Day. Kids from 3 to 17 years old can get their eyes screened for FREE with a special KidSight® camera. A trained volunteer will do the screening. Neither the volunteer nor the camera touch your child. The camera screens for Myopia (nearsightedness), Hyperopia (farsightedness), Anisometropia (unequal refractive power), Astigmatism (irregular eye shape), Media Opacity (cataracts), and Strabismus (eye misalignment). To receive an email remainder for this event, CLICK HERE.
Stories and Crafts: Flamingos
-School Age
Thursday, May 10, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Ages 5 to 7. Thursday, May 10 at 3:45pm. Online registration required. Why do flamingos lift up one leg? Because if they lifted up both they’d fall down! Flock in with us for some flamingo stories followed by a flamingo marionette craft.
Battle of the Books Interest Meeting
-School Age
Friday, May 11, 2018
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
Children entering grades 4 to 6 in September 2018. Friday, May 11 at 3:00pm. Online registration required. Battle of the Books is a book-based trivia tournament for kids in Westchester County. This year Larchmont Library would like to form a team for children in grades 4 to 6. If you are interested in being part of the team, come to the meeting to learn more. Being part of Battle of the Books takes commitment; parents are encouraged to attend as well!
Camp Rhythmo presents Dancing Through Fairy Tales
-Preschool
Monday, May 14, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 to 5. Mondays, May 7, 14, & 21 at 3:45pm. Join us for music, yoga and games as we explore the world of fairytales in this highly interactive hour-long program.
Full STEAM Ahead: Flight
-Preschool
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 to 4. Tuesday, May 15 at 3:30pm. We’ll explore the basic principles of flight, check out how we can make a film canister explode and fly through the air, and create and launch our own Papercopters.
Stories for Mad Scientists: Bubble Science
-School Age
Thursday, May 17, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Ages 5 to 7. Thursday, May 17 at 3:45pm. Online registration required. Pop! Pop! Pop! Join us for some bubbly science. We will make our own bubble solution, experiment with bubble blowers, and build bubble snakes!
Book Bunch
-School Age
Friday, May 18, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Grades 3 to 5. Friday, May 18 at 3:30pm. Online registration required. Love to read? Can’t figure out what to read next? Join us at Book Bunch. Drop by the Children’s Desk find out what we are reading for this month’s meeting.
Reader’s Theater: The Story of Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
-School Age
Saturday, May 19, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Ages 7 to 9. Saturday, May 19 at 3:30pm. Online registration required. Come join Paula Romeo and hear the Native American tale of how a persistent inch worm does what the larger animals could not do. The little creature saves a mother bear and her cubs! We will have fun picking our favorite parts of the story, creating dialogue for the characters, and acting out our dialogues for each other!
Camp Rhythmo presents Dancing Through Fairy Tales
-Preschool
Monday, May 21, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 to 5. Mondays, May 7, 14, & 21 at 3:45pm. Join us for music, yoga and games as we explore the world of fairytales in this highly interactive hour-long program.
Full STEAM Ahead: In the Garden
-Preschool
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 to 4. Tuesday, May 22 at 3:30pm. Come play in Ryder’s Children’s Garden with us! We’ll go on a worm dig, do some planting and seed beans for you to take home.
Wonderfully Weird Holiday Storytime: Escargot Day!
-School Age
Thursday, May 24, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Ages 5 to 7. Tuesday, May 24 at 3:45pm. Online registration required. Today’s storytime is all about snails as we celebrate escargot day! Join us for snail stories, snail crafts, and snail snacks! Make your own snail slime to take home!
Secret to Storytelling: Meet Author Nicole C. Kear
-School Age
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Ages 6 to 9. Tuesday, May 29 at 3:45pm. Online registration required. Bring budding bookworms and storytellers to a dynamic, interactive reading and workshop with children’s book author Nicole C. Kear. Children will get a glimpse into the hilarious, big-hearted world of The Fix-It Friends and become equipped with the tools they need to craft their own stories.
Stories and Crafts: Frogs
-School Age
Thursday, May 31, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Ages 5 to 7. Thursday, May 31 at 3:45pm. Online registration required. Ribbit! Ribbit! Join us for a hippity-hoppity froggie storytime. Then make your own tongue wagging frog to take home.
Repeating Children Programs
Young and Restless for Toddlers
-Toddler Repeating
Apr. 4th, 2018
10:30 am - 11:00 am
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 18 months to 3 years. Wednesdays, April 4, 11, 18, 25 at 10:30am. Little movers and shakers can embrace their inner groove in this early literacy program. A parent or caregiver must attend. Space is limited. You must have a ticket to attend. Tickets are free and are given out the day of the program on a first come first served basis.
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT YOUNG AND RESTLESS FOR TODDLERS: This event has limited available space. Tickets will be given out free the day of the program on a first-come first-served basis starting 30 minutes before the event. You must have a ticket to attend.
Young and Restless for Babies
-Babies Repeating
Apr. 4th, 2018
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Ages 3 months to 17 months. Wednesdays, April 4, 11, 18, 25 at 11:15am. No registration required. Delight and stimulate your baby’s mind with books and music. A parent or caregiver must attend.
Construction Zone!
-Preschool Repeating
Apr. 4th, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 and up. Wednesdays, April 4, 11, 18, 25 at 3:45pm. Calling all construction lovers! Grab your hard hats and come to the library for some structured building and unconstructed playtime with LEGO® Bricks, ramps, and more!
Preschool Palooza
-Preschool Repeating
Apr. 5th, 2018
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Ages 3 to 5. Thursdays, April 5, 12, 19, 26 at 10:30am. No registration required. Interactive story time gets children involved with reading, and continues early literacy development.
Rhythm and Rhyme for Toddlers – Tuesdays – EVENT FULL
-Toddler Repeating
Apr. 10th, 2018
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Ages 18 months to 3 years. Tuesdays, April 10, 17, 24 at 10:00am. EVENT FULL. The songs, rhymes, finger plays and fun in this four-week series create a strong foundation for learning and a love of reading. A parent or caregiver must attend.
Rhythm and Rhyme for Babies – Tuesdays
-Babies Repeating
Apr. 10th, 2018
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Ages 6 months to 17 months. Tuesdays, April 10, 17, 24 at 11:15am. Online registration required. Join us for our early literacy enhanced storytime with books, music, rhymes, cuddles and fun! Online registration is required and is limited to Larchmont Library cardholders.
Itty Bitty Babies
-Babies Repeating
Apr. 12th, 2018
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Newborn to 5 months. Thursdays, April 12, 19, 26 at 11:30am. No registration required. Join us for nursery rhymes, songs, cuddles and books appropriate for the youngest of the young. Learn how to introduce your child to words and language by incorporating songs into all your routines such as bath time, diaper changes, getting into the car seat and naptime! NOTE: Please bring a small blanket to lay your child on.
Rhythm and Rhyme for Toddlers – Fridays
-Toddler Repeating
Apr. 13th, 2018
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Ages 18 months to 3 years. Fridays, April 13, 20, 27 at 10:00am. Online registration required. The songs, rhymes, finger plays and fun in this four-week series create a strong foundation for learning and a love of reading. A parent or caregiver must attend.
Rhythm and Rhyme for Babies – Fridays
-Babies Repeating
Apr. 13th, 2018
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Ages 6 months to 17 months. Fridays, April 13, 20, 27 at 11:15am. Online registration required. Join us for our early literacy enhanced storytime with books, music, rhymes, cuddles and fun! Online registration is required and is limited to Larchmont Library cardholders.
Rhythm and Rhyme for Toddlers: Tuesdays
-Toddler Repeating
May. 1st, 2018
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Ages 18 months to 3 years. Tuesdays, May 1, 8 & 15 at 10:00am. Online registration required. The songs, rhymes, finger plays and fun in this four-week series create a strong foundation for learning and a love of reading. A parent or caregiver must attend.
Rhythm and Rhyme for Babies: Tuesdays
-Babies Repeating
May. 1st, 2018
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Ages 6 months to 17 months. Tuesdays, May 1, 8 & 15 at 11:15am. Online registration required. Join us for our early literacy enhanced storytime with books, music, rhymes, cuddles and fun! Online registration is required and is limited to Larchmont Library cardholders.
Young and Restless for Toddlers
-Toddler Repeating
May. 2nd, 2018
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Ages 18 months to 3 years. Wednesdays, May 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 at 10:30am. Little movers and shakers can embrace their inner groove in this early literacy program. A parent or caregiver must attend. Space is limited. You must have a ticket to attend. Tickets are free and are given out the day of the program on a first come first served basis.
Young and Restless for Babies
-Babies Repeating
May. 2nd, 2018
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Ages 3 months to 17 months. Wednesdays, May 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 at 11:15am. No registration required. Delight and stimulate your baby’s mind with books and music. A parent or caregiver must attend.
Construction Zone!
-Preschool Repeating
May. 2nd, 2018
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
TICKET REQUIRED. Ages 3 and up. Wednesdays, May 2, 9, 16, 23 at 3:45pm. Calling all construction lovers! Grab your hard hats and come to the library for some structured building and unconstructed playtime with LEGO® Bricks, ramps, and more!
Preschool Palooza
-Preschool Repeating
May. 3rd, 2018
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Ages 3 to 5. Thursdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24 at 10:30am. No registration required. Interactive story time gets children involved with reading, and continues early literacy development.
Itty Bitty Babies
-Babies Repeating
May. 3rd, 2018
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Newborn to 5 months. Thursdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 at 11:30am. No registration required. Join us for nursery rhymes, songs, cuddles and books appropriate for the youngest of the young. Learn how to introduce your child to words and language by incorporating songs into all your routines such as bath time, diaper changes, getting into the car seat and naptime! NOTE: Please bring a small blanket to lay your child on.
Rhythm and Rhyme for Toddlers: Fridays
-Toddler Repeating
May. 4th, 2018
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Ages 18 months to 3 years. Fridays, May 4, 11 & 18 at 10:00am. Online registration required. The songs, rhymes, finger plays and fun in this four-week series create a strong foundation for learning and a love of reading. A parent or caregiver must attend.
Rhythm and Rhyme for Babies: Fridays
-Babies Repeating
May. 4th, 2018
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Ages 6 months to 17 months. Fridays, May 4, 11 & 18 at 11:15am. Online registration required. Join us for our early literacy enhanced storytime with books, music, rhymes, cuddles and fun! Online registration is required and is limited to Larchmont Library cardholders.