If you find yourself and your preschooler without much to do on Friday mornings, stop into the Ilsley’s downstairs meeting room for their preschool-aged story time. Librarian Kathryn Laliberte hosts a fun hour-long session of reading, singing, and crafts. The children pile into the room for story time and grab a pillow arranged in a […]
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Every Tuesday, the children’s section of the Ilsley Library plays host to a storytime for babies and toddlers. If you arrive early enough, you might find Youth Services Librarian Tricia Allen setting up the soft pillows and board books for storytime – don’t be afraid to ask if you can help! Pretty soon the room
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Earth Day is a great opportunity to teach your kids the values of reduce, reuse, and recycle! The three R’s can translate to various do-good activities throughout the day from turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth or saving scrap paper for another purpose. To further inspire you and your family, we’ve round-up three creative
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We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate Family Friday and the end of the Week of the Young Child than with a freakin’ fantastic family-friendly freebee (see what we did there)! Thanks to the generosity of the folks over at ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain we’re sending one lucky MiniBury family to ECHO for FREE!
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Think, problem solve, create Children develop creativity, social skills and fine motor skills with open-ended art projects where they can make choices, use their imaginations, and create with their hands. On Artsy Thursday celebrate the joy and learning children experience when engaged in creative art making. Use any materials – from crayons to paint, clay
All over Addison County young children spend their days playing hard. Through play, children develop social and emotional skills; problem solving abilities and develop creativity, a sense of wonder and curiosity. Through playing children make choices, solve problems and express feelings, which builds a child up socially and emotionally. We’re honoring children’s “work” today; visual moments of cooperation, kindness,
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The Week of the Young Child™ starts today with Music Monday! The #WOTYC is an annual celebration hosted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) celebrating early learning, young children, their teachers and families. Today, we’re sharing musical reflections from Sadie Brightman, director of the Middlebury Community Music Center, mother of two
MiniBury is busy busy busy getting ready for next week’s Week of the Young Child (April 10–16), an annual event sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) to celebrate early learning, to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families, and to recognize the early childhood programs and
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Oh hello there winter; we didn’t expect to see you again so soon! Despite the chilly, snowy weather spring classes are starting up, including the spring session of group classes at Middlebury Community Music Center. Group classes are a great way to begin your child’s musical education in a comfortable and fun environment. Expect lots of
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