Events for Everyone
Bacon Closed This Saturday
Bacon Free Library will be closed this Saturday, May 25, 2013 in observance of Memorial Day weekend
June 16 @ 6 PM
Father's Day Irish Music with Cathie Ryan
September 17 @ 7 pm
Chef/author Joanne Chang
Programs Postponed Until the Fall
Both The Gravestone Girls field trip to local Natick Cemeteries and Marjorie Turner Hollman's "Bridging Generations" program will NOT be run in June as originally planned. They will be rescheduled for the fall, dates to be announced.
Events for Kids
May 23 @ 3PM:
Art For All: Mosaics
May 24 @10AM:
Story Time: Frog and Toad Stories
May 29 @ 10AM:
Story Time: Who lives at the Farm
May 31 @ 10AM:
Story Time: Who live at the Farm
June 5 @ 10AM:
Story Time: Monkey Business
June 7 @ 10AM:
Story Time: Monkey Business
June 12 @ 10AM:
Story Time: Father's Day
June 14 @ 10AM:
Story Time: Father's Day
June 19 @ 10AM:
Story Time: End of School and Summer
June 21 @ 10AM:
Story Time: End of School and Summer
June 26 @ 10AM:
Story Time: Digging for Dinosaurs
June 28 @ 10AM:
Story Time: Digging for Dinosaurs
June 28 @ 10AM:
Summer Reading Kick Off with Diane Edgecomb
June 28 @ 6:30PM:
Bed Time Stories With Anne Marie David
(Kids can come in PJs!)
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Twig Family in the Oak Tree
Puppeteer Deborah Costine seen here with girl puppet during "Twig Family in the Oak Tree" program at Bacon Free Library on on Saturday March 23rd. The puppet show was part of the month long Natick Reads effort which Bacon Free Library and The Morse Institute Library do together.
Brothers look over the set after "Twig Family in the Oak Tree" puppet show at Bacon Free Library on on Saturday March 23rd. The program was part of the month long Natick Reads effort which Bacon Free Library and The Morse Institute Library do together.
Irish Music Event
Children's Irish Music Programs: Miss Aoife Clancy featuring Anne Marie David Wednesday, March 20, 2013 @ 10 am
Snow Days
Santa's Here!
Seuss
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Read Across America Poem You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, In schools and communities, |
Earth Day
Bridging Generations
Tuesday, June 4, from 6:30-7:30 pm
Register for Marjorie Turner Hollman's "Bridging Generations” workshop on writing down personal and family stories. Arrive early. Space is limited. Those interested should bring a family member. A five year old grandchild can bring a grandparent. A teen or an adult can bring a parent. A great grandparent can bring any relation he or she wants.
"In pairs, at the workshop," Marjorie says, “we practice interviewing back and forth. We learn to ask open-ended questions. We use active listening techniques. I can give you great story-starter questions. Expect to surprise yourself with the stories that come to mind,” she warns playfully, “the stories you hear and the stories that bridge generations.”
When the stories are written down and done at the end of the one hour workshop, Marjorie will give the pairs the information they need to self-publish inexpensively so they can be shared with other family members. “Adding these kind of personal stories to the photo album snapshots we usually collect in families brings MANY dimensions and connections,” she said.
“When your child asks ‘Why?’ wouldn’t you like to stop the endless cycle of explanations and learn what she is really thinking? When a family member responds to ‘How was your day?’ with just that one annoying word, ‘ Fine,’ don’t you wish he’d tell you the real story? Come to the workshop. I can help.”
Marjorie Turner Hollman is a personal historian, professional storyteller, long-time freelance writer and skilled listener. She is the Coordinator for the Southern New England Chapter of the Association of Personal Historians (APH). Increasing generational connections gives her great joy. Come join her! Call Bacon Free Library for more information 508 653 6730
Author Visit
Author Juliette Fay seen with Library Director John Brisbin on her recent visit to Bacon Free Library, Natick, MA, where she did a reading and book signing; and held a discussion of the creative process and the difficulties in getting published. Her most recent and award winning novel is Shortest Way Home.
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"The April 30th 'Welcome to the Graveyard' program presented by Bacon Free Library and the Natick Historic Society, and supported by a grant from Natick Cultural Council, was an enormous success," said Bacon's Library Director John Brisbin. "We had a capacity crowd in the library to see Gravestone Girls' Brenda Sullivan's Power Point on what our local and area cemeteries can tell us about ourselves 1651 to the present."
"A ton of people arrived early," Brisbin said. Many had to stand or else sit in the library's window seat in the very back; and no one wanted to leave even at 9:30 pm!"
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Crane Wish
1000 Cranes and a Wish for World Peace
Story Times
STORIES FOR PRESCHOOLERS: Wednesdays AND Fridays at 10 AM.
No registration required. Walk-ins are welcome!
Stories on many subject areas are being planned by dynamic Children’s Librarian Holley Meyer.
Holley is hard at work planning stories about:
bears and hibernation on January 16 and 18; polar bears on January 23 and 25; ground hog day on January 30 and February 1; on Chinese New Year on February 6 and 8; on Valentine’s Day February 13 and 15. Parents of preschoolers, please share your concerns about your child’s reading readiness with Holley. She can help.
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Children’s Librarian Holley Meyer’s Simple Reading Readiness Advice for Parents Read to your child-- Read something to him or her every day. Take a book with you wherever you go so, if there's down time, you two (or more) can open the book and get involved in a story. Bacon Free Library has an excellent collection of audio books for kids. They're great for long car rides. Sing to your child -- Sing things that rhyme like nursery rhymes. Sing lullabies. Clap hands. Develop rhythm. Talk to your child -- Use a good vocabulary. Pronounce words correctly and completely. Use complete sentences. Holley can recommend further resources for parents and for parent and child to use together. talk to her. |
SnowFlake
Snowflakes for All
Maple Days
Maple Syrup Days
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