Did you know that reading to dogs boosts reading skills, emotional, and social skills for children? Read to a good listener who loves stories! The Concord Free Public Library invites children ages 5 years and up to “Read to Laddie the Collie” at the Children’s Library on the third Saturday of each month at 3pm […]
Kids will learn about displaced people around the world and the crises that force them to leave their homes. Afterwards, there will be an art project creating postcards to welcome refugee families to our community and inform them about the area. For every postcard created, the Bezos Family Foundation - sponsors of Students Rebuild - […]
Join us for a hip hop dance party led by West Concord Dance Academy! Learn some new moves and get your feet moving to the beat! No registration required. Ages 13 and under.
Design your own bookmark with watercolor! Make one as a gift for family and friends. Multi-faceted artist Margaret McCandless will facilitate. She is an expert in combining the Musical, Visual, Dramatic, and Creative. From her website: "Whatever your visual needs for a theater project, there's a good chance that I can draw it for you, […]
Design your own bookmark with watercolor! Make one as a gift for family and friends. Multi-faceted artist Margaret McCandless will facilitate. She is an expert in combining the Musical, Visual, Dramatic, and Creative. From her website: "Whatever your visual needs for a theater project, there's a good chance that I can draw it for you, […]
The Beede Swim and Fitness Center and the Concord Free Public Library are teaming up to bring you Beede and Books. This is a free program available to all. Join us at the Beede Center for a Friday collaboration of reading and swimming. A librarian will read books at 1:30pm, then we transition to the […]
Playful Engineers Teaching Artist Jay Mankita presents an in-person, hands-on event in which participants design, build, test, and play with Rube Goldberg "Machines" - complicated chain reactions accomplishing simple tasks. Participants learn through demonstration, and then through self-directed play, to make kinetic 'machine' parts, exploring force and motion, scale, and cause and effect, including catapults, […]
Join us for Big Kid Creative Drama! It’s a high-energy, imaginative, zany, silly, and super-fun theater experience! This is social and emotional learning at its best! Children build confidence, social awareness, empathy, and problem-solving skills through imaginative dramatic play. Registration beginning July 1 for kids ages 6-8.
Some animals like sharks, snakes, and spiders we think of as scary, but are they really when we learn more about them? Many seemingly “scary animals” have really important jobs in nature, even helping people! See giant megalodon shark teeth and don’t miss meeting some not really so scary animals too! Recommended for ages 6+.
Join us for a special edition of Fowler's Saturday Studio with Mothers Out Front! Together, we'll explore the theme of "Reduce, Reuse" through a mix of stories, songs, crafting, and hands-on activities. Kids, with their unique talent for wearing out their favorite outfits, are the inspiration for this sustainable program filled with fun ideas for […]
