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Creative Activities for Creative Minds
Spring 2012 Dates
When:
Mondays: April 30, May 7, May 14, May 28
Tuesdays: May 1, May 8, May 15, May 22
Time: 10:00-10:45 am
Where:Children's Program Room (Blue)
Cost:$5 per class Payment due upon registration.
Class Descriptions
Blossom Collage: April 30 & May 1
Children will bloom with creativity while creating a spring masterpiece.
Stepping Stone: May 7,& 8
Add a little sparkle and flare to your garden with your own stepping stone.
Buggy Mobile: May 14 & 15
This cheerful mobile with its colourful insects will look great hanging in a window.
Spring Growth Chart: May 22 & May 28*
Create a majestic tree, then design a chart to measure how tall you grow from year to year.
*No Class May 21st - Victoria Day
Register in person at Borrower Services
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Class Size: 8 min & 15 max - we reserve the right to cancel one week prior to classes if numbers are low. Money will be refunded in full.
Drop-in Chess Club
Drop in and meet with other young chess players.
Challenge your friends and learn some new moves.
Chess sets will be provided (or you can bring your own) and volunteers will be available to help beginners.
All Ages Welcome!
Meets the 2nd and 4th Monday evening of the month
Spring 2012: April 23, May 14 & 28, June 11 & 25.
7:00-8:15 p.m.
Multi-purpose Room (Green)
Volunteers Wanted: High school students can earn community service credit
by volunteering as a chess tutor. To apply, complete and return a
high
school volunteer application form, available at Borrower Services.
For more information, speak to the children's librarian at 905-775-3328 Ext. 6114.
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Art With Purpose
with Jacqui Swanek and Jenn Guerin
Wednesdays, 5:30 to 8 p.m.
2012 dates
Spring Session:has been canceled. Check back for other opportunities.
Ages 7-13
6 Sessions
$90.00 per child
Register in person at Borrower Services
Art with Purpose is designed as a fun, innovative experience that will develop creative abilities
and personal growth in young artists. Focusing on experimentation with traditional, not-so-traditional
and recycled art materials, students will learn how to test their own boundaries of creativity.
We offer environmentally-aware programming and introduce children to the work of contemporary
Canadian and internationally-renowned artists working today as well as important artists from the past.
Speak out about relevant, social and environmental issues while being inspired by myth, fantasy and all things fairytale!
Types of art to be explored:
Projection and Photography - combining a camera and a projector in creative ways, Painting - acrylic and watercolour paint combined with other mediums, Sculpture - clay, found objects, paper sculpture, Printmaking - monotype, silk-screening, linocut, Drawing using a variety of drawing materials and tools.
Storytime
Story programs are approximately 30 minutes in length and include
books, stories, songs, fingerplays, etc. Each story session lasts
6 weeks. Class size is limited.
How To Register:
On the Registration dates children may be registered by telephone
or in person from 9:30 am. Priority is given to BWG residents. Late
registrations will be accepted if space permits.
Please see the Storytime
page for more details on age groups and times offered.
Read-aholics
Book Club
Who:
Avid readers 9 - 12 year olds
When: The third Monday of the
month.
Time: 7:00 - 8:15 p.m.
Where: Multi-purpose Room (Green)
How: Register
at Borrower Services or by phone 905-775-3328
Numbers are limited
to 15 and pre-registration is required.
Do you consider
yourself a novel nerd?
Are you mad for Manga?
Have you ever gorged yourself on Graphics
or been tickled by the telling
of a tall twisted tale?
Then rally 'round you
radical ravenous readers
and rave about those brilliant boredom
busting books
that you've borrowed
from the library.
Things that you must bring with you:
Your very own B.W.G. Public Library card,
a head on your shoulders that’s filled with an open mind
- and don’t forget to bring along some of your favourite
reads to share.
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Family
Saturdays 2012
Drop-in between 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. to participate
in the FREE hands-on activities. Recommended
ages 3+. Adult supervision required!
No registration required.
| January 28 |
Family Literacy Day |
| February 25 |
Dr Seuss |
| April 28 |
Earth Day |
| May 26 |
Get in the Game |
| June 23 |
Summer Reading Club Kick-off Party |
Sponsored by The Friends of the BWG Library
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Reading Buddies is a literacy based program where children in
grades 2 – 7
who are having trouble with reading will meet once a week
(excluding school holidays) for one hour sessions with a volunteer
tutor.
Buddies will concentrate on reading for pleasure together and
enjoy activities
that promote reading and writing.
Tutors for this program will be secondary school students and
adults with strong literacy skills who will be trained and matched
up with a child. All tutoring will be done in the library at a
time mutually agreed upon by the tutor and child.
The library staff will monitor the program.
Registering:
To register your child for the program, complete and return a Reading Buddies
Application Form, available at Borrower Services.
The start date for your child will depend on the availability
of trained volunteers.
Volunteering:
Interested secondary students with strong literacy skills who
wish to tutor
should obtain a high
school volunteer application form at Borrower Services
or from the library website.
Interested adults with strong literacy skills who wish to tutor
should obtain a volunteer application
form at at Borrower Services or from the library website.
(They will also need to provide proof of a Police check to the library.)
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with Michelle DeGasperis
Who:
Girls
ages 8 - 11
When:
The 2nd & 4th Tuesday
of the month
Start date: September 27, 2011
End date:
May 8, 2012
Time:
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Where:
Children's Program Room (Blue)
Fee:
$40.00
Payment due upon registration.
Ideas for topics:
Inviting women role models to talk about their careers or to share
their talents
Movie night
Games night
Arts & Crafts
Discussions: peer pressure, media, self image
Earth day project
Book talk
Register at Borrower Services. Registration opens September 1st.
Kids Groove with Nikki Forrester
Nikki Forrester, an ECE with over 20 years of experience presents an active 5 week program that combines singing with visual stimulation, ribbon movement, puppets, instrumental experimentation and the spoken word.
5 week Monday session runs from May 28 to June 25th, 2012
Ages 0-2 9:45 - 10:15 am
Ages 3-6 10:30 - 11:00 am
Event will be taking place in the green programming room
Cost $38 per child. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Maximum 2 children per adult.
Register in person at Borrower Services.
Saturday Family Music
Nikki Forrester, an ECE with over 20 years experience, presents an active class for the whole family. Each class combines
singing, movement, instruments, puppets and bubbles! 
Spring 2012: April 21st, May 5th, May 19th, June 2nd
Time: 9:45-10:15am
Ages: 6 months to 5 years
Cost: $8.00 per child per class
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Maximum 2 children per adult.
Register in person at Borrower Services.
Special Events
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