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LEGO Club

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Wonder Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Hobbies & Gaming, Hands-On Activities, STEM/STEAM
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Grades K-5 | Registration Required Bring your imagination and join us for an hour of fun with LEGO bricks! At this program, kids and their grown-up will have a chance to show off their building skills with LEGO bricks provided by the library. ...

Water Cycle Story Time

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children's Program Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: STEM/STEAM, Story Time
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Grades K-5 | Registration Required The Wallingford Garden Club will be joining us for another science themed story time! In this one we will be learning all about rain and the water cycle. We will read some stories, sing some songs, and do a scien...

Break It!

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Wonder Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Wonder Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Hands-On Activities, STEM/STEAM
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Grades 1-5 | Registration Required The library has a pile of old electronics and we need YOU to help us dismantle them. Whether you want to take things apart to figure out how they work, or if you just want to use tools to destroy stuff, there is ...

Nature Walk at Fresh Meadows

4:30pm - 5:30pm
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Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Hands-On Activities, STEM/STEAM
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Grades 1-5 | Registration Required Join us for a nature walk in one of the Wallingford Land Trust’s most interesting trails! We will be taking a lovely stroll along the meadow learning about the plants, animals, and glacial deposits that you can s...

Memorial Day

All Day 5/25 - 5/27
Closing
Branches:
Wallingford Public Library

Juneteenth

All Day
Closing
Branches:
Wallingford Public Library

Ghost Ships with the Mystic Seaport Museum

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
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Ages 5-11 | Registration RequiredAs long as humans have been sailing, the sea has been full of mystery and danger.  In this program, we will be exploring the accounts and legends of ghostly ships.  What can cause a ship to lose its crew and...

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Special Accommodations

If you have a disability and may require special accommodations in order to fully participate in this program, please contact us at (203)265-6754. Advance notice is required to arrange for some accessibility needs. 

 

Soap Bar Boats

10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Program Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
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Ages 6-9 | Registration RequiredCome race boats made from soap bars! We will be performing a science experiment where we race our boats through various challenges. We will make a hypothesis and try and find the fastest boats we can make!...

Astronomy Club

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Children's Program Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Children's Program Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, Hands-On Activities, STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
Event Details:
Ages 5-11 | Registration RequiredThe night sky is vast and amazing. Each club meeting focuses on a constellation and a scientist. ...

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Special Accommodations

If you have a disability and may require special accommodations in order to fully participate in this program, please contact us at (203)265-6754. Advance notice is required to arrange for some accessibility needs. 

 

Misadventures on the High Sea: Shipwrecks

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Community Room
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Library Branch: Wallingford Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Elementary Schoolers
Program Type: Summer Reading, STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
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Ages 5 - 7 | Registration RequiredThe Mystic Seaport Museum presents on oceanic calamites.  Humanity has been exploring the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but not every voyage goes as planned! Why do ships wreck and what becomes of them ...

Labor Day

All Day 8/31 - 9/2
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Branches:
Wallingford Public Library

Thanksgiving

All Day 11/28 - 11/29
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Branches:
Wallingford Public Library

Christmas

All Day 12/24 - 12/25
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Branches:
Wallingford Public Library