‘Library News’ Archives
What”™s Up at the Franklin Community Library June 2019
By ERIN THOMASSON All Ages Learn Together: Connect & Play Tuesdays, 6-6:30pm Connect with your child during this drop-in program exploring early literacy activities. Join your neighbors each week for a different theme including music, art, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), reading and creative play. Franklin on the Green Tuesdays, June 11, 18 & 25, 3-4:30pm Play games outside this summer! We will have badminton, soccer, frisbee and other games set up to play, weather permitting. Science Wednesdays Wednesdays, June 12, 19 & 26, 3-4:30pm Join us for a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) activity each week! Puzzlemania! Thursdays, 3-5 pm Enjoy a variety of educational and fun puzzles and games! Game On! Thursdays, 5-7pm Join us for all types of gaming! Enjoy card games, board games, Xbox, VR and more. Play an old favorite or learn a new one. Family Storytime Fridays, 10:30-11am For children of all ages and [...]
What”'s Up at the Franklin Community Library – May 2016
By ERIN THOMASSON Book Donations for Navigation Center Hennepin County Library is partnering with three local bookstores ”“ Birchbark, Boneshaker, and Moon Palace -- to provide reading materials for residents of the Navigation Center, many of whom relocated from the encampment on Hiawatha. Your donation will provide positive recreational and educational materials for people experiencing housing insecurity. Choose any title you wish! All books purchased for donation can be left in the stores; they will be picked up periodically and distributed to the Navigation Center. The location for each bookstore can be found on their websites: Moon Palace Books https://www.moonpalacebooks.com/; Birchbark Books https://birchbarkbooks.com/; Boneshaker Books http://www.boneshakerbooks.com/.Information about the Navigation Center can be found here: https://www.franklinhiawathacamp.org/ All Ages Children”'s Day in Japan Sunday, May 5, 3-4pm Celebrate and learn about Japan”'s [...]
What”'s Up at the Franklin Community Library | April 2019
By ERIN THOMASSON All Ages Learn Together: Connect and Play Tuesdays, 6-6:30pm Connect with your child during this drop-in program exploring early literacy activities. Join your neighbors each week for a different theme including music, art, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), reading and creative play. Poetry Read-In Saturday, April 27, 3-4:30pm For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement. Teen Programs Urban 4-H Club Tuesdays, 5”“7pm We do everything from urban gardening to digital photo/video to theater. Partner: University of Minnesota. Teen Tech Workshop Wednesdays, 5-6:30pm Get creative and make music, videos, animation and other projects using both high- and low-tech tools, everything from iPads and 3D printers to synthesizers and sewing machines. Led by the library”'s Teen Tech [...]
