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Text Box: GIVING TREE—Please Consider Giving a New Toy to One of 90 Homeless Children at: The Family Place Shelter. To help brighten a child's holiday just pick a gift tag off the Giving Tree and buy a gift suitable for the age and gender of the child chosen, (suggestions are included on the tag). Bring the unwrapped gift to the Children's Department. Please have the gifts here by December 14th, so the toys may be picked up in time for their holiday party. Your generosity will allow a child who would have had nothing for Christmas experience the joy of the holiday. NOTE: We will also accept hats, mittens, scarves and other warm items for the shelter all month. Thank you for your generosity and sharing the spirit of The Holidays! Happy Holidays from The Children’s Department Staff: Ms. Cindy, Ms. Kay, Ms. Jenny, and Ms. Jenn Text Box: REGISTRATION FOR WINTER SESSION OF STORY-TIMES Wednesday, December 16th at 9:30 a.m. (at 10 a.m. call in registrations will be accepted). We will hold registration for all sessions of Story-times. On December 17th anyone may register as space permits. The sessions are as follows: Monday at 1:00 pm and Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.- ---Preschool Story-time. An independent story-time for children from Ages 3 ½ - 6. Wednesday and Thursday at 10:30---Parents and Twos Together A story-time for 2 – 3 ½ year olds and their caregiver. Simple stories, flannel board stories, music, finger-plays, and a craft will be featured around a theme of the week. Register early as spaces are limited to 14 for each day. Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Pajama Night Drop-in Story-time – No Registration is Necessary--Just drop-in for this evening story-time for children from Ages 3—6. Friday at 10 a.m.---Crawl Talk for infants – Age 2. This program is designed to let babies crawl and moms talk. Music, toys, and board books will be provided. On the first of the month Attain Sports will present an exercise program called Mom & Me, No registration is necessary, just stop by and enjoy. Text Box: GREAT CREATE ART WORKSHOP: PROJECT GREEN Dec. 7th Budding Artists in Grades 3– 6 are invited to join Ms. Jenny and make a gift out of recycled materials. All materials and instruction will be provided. Registration is Necessary as space and materials are limited! Text Box: YUGIOH and CHESS TOURNAMENTS Dec. 9th and 16th The East Longmeadow Library is sponsoring a Yugioh Fantasy Card Game Tournament on December 9th from 4:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. for interested youth in Grades 3 –6. On December 16th from 4:00 p.m. – 7:30p.m the East Longmeadow Library will hold a Chess Tournament for youth in Grades 3 – 6. Prizes will be awarded for both Tournaments, and they will be monitored by instructor Haven Williams. Please register early for either or both of these events by calling the Children’s Department at 525-5400 x 1506 or dropping by the library! Text Box: SPECIAL AUTHOR VISIT WITH ERIK CRAFT Dec. 30th Erik Craft, author of picture book Chocolatina, the Lenny & Mel books, and Miracle Wimp, Flying and other children’s books will talk about his books and how he came to write them. Erik grew up in East Longmeadow but now lives in Boston, MA. He has a girl cat named Phil who likes bologna. Listen to a lot more interesting facts about this fascinating author on Wednesday, December 30th at 6:30 p.m. at the East Longmeadow Library No Registration is Necessary! Text Box: HOLIDAY STORY & CRAFT Dec.14th Wednesday, December 17th at 4 pm Children of any age are invited to attend this special holiday story-time and craft. Warm up and get into the holiday spirit with some good stories and good cheer! Refreshments will be served! Please register as space and materials are limited. East Longmeadow Library Program GuideText Box: FYI Phone: 413 525-5400 x1506 Email: cmacnaught@eastlongmeadowma.gov Web Page: www.eastlongmeadowma.gov/library Blog: www.libraryleroy.blogspot.com December 2009 Text Box: All Month Holiday Tree Hunt Game Follow the clues to find a tree. Don Not take the tree. Simply write its number next to its clue. Find all ten trees and receive a prize!

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Crawl Talk

Featuring Mom & Me

Keep your baby in reach while you

 exercise!

Presented by Attain Sports

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 Great Create Art Workshop: Project Green 

with Ms Jenny

Make a gift from

 recycled materials

For Grades 3—6 —Register

 

 

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YUGIOH

Tournament

For Grades 3—6

Prizes will be awarded.

Register Now!

 

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Holiday

Stories & Craft

For All Ages

Refreshments

will be served

Please Register

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10 am (Phone In)

Winter Story-times

Registration

for EL Residents

4—7:30 pm

Chess Tournament

Register Now!

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Winter Story-times Registration

for Anyone 

(Space Permitting)

 

 

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Open Studio

Make a New Year’s Craft

6:30 pm

Special Author Visit with

Erik Craft  author of

 Chocolatina, Miracle Wimp