Events

This event will take place in person at the Children's Center in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. Join us to hear stories, sing songs, and get those wiggles out as you help your active child build important early learning skills. Discover ways to promote early literacy at home and meet other caregivers in the neighborhood. For new walkers and toddlers. Space is limited to 20 children. Registration is required. Registration starts Friday, April 19. Please arrive on time. The doors…

Come enjoy playtime in the Children's Reading Room! Enjoy a warm and inviting space where you and your child can play and socialize with others in the community. A great opportunity to meet up with other parents and caretakers. Please note: This in-person program is for both caregiver and child. It is not a structured class. Our reading room is a multi-purpose space. Take care to supervise children at all times. Recommended for Ages 0-3.

Join us for a library playdate and meet other caregivers as we explore developmentally appropriate play materials in a safe, warm, and joyful environment. Extend your child’s learning through play! Sign up for the NYPL Kids e-newsletter to get information on upcoming author talks and events happening at the Library and online. Get updates on online programming, at-home activities, and more in your inbox! -- Únase a nosotros para una visita a la biblioteca y conozca a otros cuidadores mientras…

Join us for songs, rhymes, and favorite read-aloud books in this storytime that’s fun for the whole family. For young children of all ages. Ideal for caregivers with multiple-aged children. Tuesday and Thursday at the George Bruce Library. Stay for Open Play. Ages 0-5.

This program will take place in person at the Belmont Library. Looking for a fun family game idea? Join us for a fun filled hour of Spring time BINGO.

Join us at Washington Heights to make slime! Supplies are first come, first served.

This event will take place in-person at St. George Library Center. Do you like to read? Or do you have trouble reading? Let's read together, talk about our favorite parts, and make our own stories! Check out our new St.George Library's Reading Badge Challenge! Perfect for kids who need a little bit more encouragement!

This event will take place in person at Woodstock Library. Join us for an hour of STEAM activities! We will create and learn new science, tech, engineering, art, and math skills. Come see what we're up to and make something unique. This event will take place in person at Woodstock Library. April 4: Solar Eclipse Craft Come and join us in making your own solar eclipse eyeglasses April 11: Slime Slimey, fluffy, sticky & squishy!!! Join us for an afternoon of ooey, gooey fun making s…

This event will take place in person at Throg's Neck Library. Like to play board games? Come play with us and friends! We'll feature a variety of different games, ranging from board to card games. For kids 6-12 years.

STEAM Play focuses on giving children the freedom to create, design, engineer, and innovate in their own way by experimenting with provided toys. Ages 6 - 10

Join us for an afternoon of fun and building! Come build as a team or work on your own creation. We'll provide the LEGOs! For ages 5 and up.

This event will take place in person at Epiphany. Draw and learn fun facts about a subject, whether it's dinosaurs, castles, or princesses! For kids 7-12.

Join us for an afternoon of fun and building! Come build as a team or work on your own creation. We'll provide the LEGO! For ages 5 and up.

This event will take place in person. Join staff from the Clason's Point library for an exciting, hands-on program dedicated to Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math! Stop by and test out a Little Coders STEAM Kit! We have a few for check out if you're interested. Este evento se llevará a cabo en persona. ¡Únase al personal de la biblioteca Clason's Point para disfrutar de un emocionante programa práctico dedicado a la Ciencia, la Tecnología, la Ingeniería, el Arte y las Matemáticas!…

Are you a Krafty Kid? Join up and create some awesome projects each week. Materials will be provided. Let's work on a craft in honor of National Poetry Month!

This event will take place in person at South Beach Library. Join your friends, family, and librarians to build with Lego® Bricks and jumbo building blocks. Ages 4+

Explore music and language in this 8-week series with Bilingual Birdies! Each class is taught by a live musician who teaches new vocabulary through songs, movement, dance, and puppetry. Bilingual Birdies celebrates different languages and cultures in a time that is very important to embrace diversity. Families get to experience a joyful 45-minute bilingual adventure that explores themes like Outer Space, Sports, Nature, Insects, or Friends. Each class ends with a bubble dance party extravaganza…

This event will take place in-person at the Harry Belafonte-115th Street Library. Children ages 5 and older are invited to get creative and build while meeting other LEGO fans! We have Duplo LEGOs for the very young, and regular LEGOs for everyone else! LEGO books are available to borrow. Ages 5 - 12 years.

This program will take place in person at Morrisania Library. Come to the Children's Room after school to make your own crafts with materials we provide for you.

This event takes place in person at Wakefield Library. Join us for an afternoon of fun and building! Come build as a team or work on your own Lego, Marble run, Magnetic or what ever building block creation. We'll provide the materials for building! For ages 5 and up.

Play some video games like Mario Kart and board games with your friends and others! For children ages 8-13 with caregivers.

This event will take place in person at Macomb's Bridge Library. Like to play games? Come play videogames on our PS4 and more, with us here at the Bridge! For children ages 5 - 12 years old. Registration is not required for this event.

Join us in person with your friends or make new friends and play table top games. A staff member will be available to teach how to play the table top game of the day.

Join us for arts and Crafts with paper, paint, crayons and more!

Join staff from the Baychester Library for a hands-on program dedicated to LEGO building.Children will follow prompts to interact and build with LEGO's or make their own structures. All LEGOS wil be provided.

"This event will take place in person at the Castle Hill LIbrary" Celebrating the achievements and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the United States. All the activity will be first come, first served, and while supplies last. Advanced registration is preferred as space is limited. Please sign-up in-person or via phone at (718) 824-3838. Both the parent/caregiver and the child must be present during the entire program: unaccompanied adults or children will b…

Children ages 4 and older are invited to get creative and build while meeting other Lego fans! Lego books are available to borrow.

This event will take place in person at the Webster Library. Join us for an afternoon at the movies! Elemental Rating: PG Runtime: 101 min Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental” is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Space is lim…

Join us at the Mott Haven Library for an action packed afternoon of fun board games! Grab a challenger and tap into your competitive side! Ages 5-12.

This event will take place in person at Wakefield Library in the Bronx. Coloring is a great sitting still acitivity that encourages kids to slow down and focus on one specific task. It's also important in early childhood education by helping develop hand strength, practice pencil grip, stimulates creativity, encourages self-expression, improves finer motor coordination and encourages patience and relaxation. All supplies will be provided by us. No need to Register-Just show up!.

This event is online only. Join us on Google Meet as we read chapter books together, discuss, and enjoy reading activites and games! Intended for children in grades K-2 who are growing, independent readers. You must register in advance to receive the link to participate. The link to our book group will be sent to you by email approximately one day before the program. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet connection to join. Participation limited to 15 child partici…

What can you create with Legos? Like to play Board Games? Come get creative, develop and show off your skills at the library for this in-person program! Recommended for Ages 5 and up.

**This event will take place in person at the Yorkville Branch.** Join us in our community room for our children's film showing. Watch short films based on popular picture books. The perfect way to meet up with friends and end a busy day. All films subject to last minute substitutions. Showing: The Caterpillar & The Polliwog Make Way For Duckling Harold's Fairy Tale PLEASE NOTE: All films are subject to last minute…

This program will be in person at Allerton Library. Let's play bingo with everyday sight-words kids need to know…like good, which, much and them! Incentives will be given to all who participate. Recommended for children ages 5-8. First come, first served.

Get creative each week as we make a variety of crafts using crayons, markers, paint, pencil and other materials! We will start the program reading a story that will be connected to the art we make that day. All materials will be provided. Parents and caregivers get ready to join in the fun! First come first served to the first 12 children and parents. Recommended for ages 4 and up. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

This event will take place in person at the New Dorp Library! Tweens ages 8 through 12, join us in-person for Painting! All materials supplied!

Join us for an afternoon of fun and building! Come build as a team or work on your own creation. We'll provide the LEGOs!

This program will take place in person at Westchester Square. Slime-making is back at Westchester Square! Come join us and explore the properties of slime. Space and supplies are limited. 12-child maximum. For ages 7-12 years. Sign up for the NYPL Kids e-newsletter to get information on upcoming author talks and events happening at the Library and online. Get updates on online programming, at-home activities, and more in your inbox!

This event will take place in person at the Kingsbridge Library. Join us for a Read Aloud, , and Light Refreshments for children 0- 5 years old .