Blauvelt Free Library Online BFLO
Get ready for some adventures! It's farm week, with a show, crafts, an author day and a virtual visit to a bee farm. Today is Author Day: click on the link to meet Tammi Sauer! She has written about 30 picture books, and will talk about 2 of her fun farm-themed books: The Farm That Mac Built and her latest, Not Now, Cow. Watch at your leisure!
https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-1-3/ Login info: User name: blauvelt; password: summer2021
Email blvprograms@rcls.org with any questions.
Get ready for a week of ocean adventures! Today is the first episode of the 20,000 Books Under the Sea show, where Shelldon the Tale Snail is accidentally released. Can the intrepid storyologists stop him before he devours all the stories in the lighthouse? Click the link below and enter blauvelt for user name and Summer2022 for the password. Tune in at 11am or anytime after to find out!
Sign up for a 15 minute session and practice your reading skills with a warm, furry and non-judgemental therapy dog. You may bring your own book to read or choose a library book! Masks may need to be worn for your safety.
Please email mdarnobid@rcls.org to register | Only 8 sessions available, so sign up soon! | Children's Room
Join us in person for a reading of Chapters 13 & 14 from "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" and go on a scavenger hunt related to the book. Trivia questions, too!
Register by emailing blvprograms@rcls.org with child's name and age | Limited to 10 families
Celebrate National Puppy Day by making a puppy dog! Pick up your kit @ the front desk.
Register by emailing blvprograms@rcls.org with your child's name and age | Limit 20
Celebrate St.Patrick's Day on 3/17 by making a beaded shamrock! Pick up your kit @ the front desk.
Register by emailing blvprograms@rcls.org with your child's name and age | Limit 20
Stop by the front desk and pickup a takehome kit to make a clay bowl to resemble one from ancient China. For South Orangetown students participating in the PARP reading program.
Register by emailing blvprograms@rcls.org
Join Nicole in our Storycraft Cottage for some stories about science and an experiment or craft to replicate at home. Registration is required; limited to 8 children.
Email blvprograms@rcls.org to register
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 20
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 20
Join Nicole for a story and some science facts. Do an experiment or craft relating to the story.
Please email blvprograms@rcls.org to register. Limited to 6 children.
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Celebrate Hanukkah, which begins on 11/28, with a dreidel craft!
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Breath and stretch as you practice yoga with Kimberly DeLoreto, a certified yoga instructor. Presented jointly with Orangeburg Library. The classes will meet in the Orangeburg Library Auditorium.
Please email blvprograms@rcls.org to register | Limited to 7 children
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Listen to internationally known storyteller Bobby Norfolk, as he finishes out our Creepy Crawlies Week with the tale of that famous trickster Ananse the Spider! Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-6-5/ and enter blauvelt (username) and summer2021 (password). Watch at your leisure!
Make some tasty Bug Bites! All you need is honey, pretzels, nut butter and raisins to make this yummy treat! Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-6-4/ and enter blauvelt (username) and summer 2021 (password). Watch at any time!
Meet author Candace Fleming, who has written over 40 books, including Honeybee and Cubs in the Tub. Find out the true story of the first woman Zoo keeper at the Bronx Zoo! Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-6-3/ and enter blauvelt (username) and summer 2021 (password). Watch at any time!
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Watch the Smallest Show On Earth! Can Felix the Flea join a flea circus? Meet a real jumping spider & the last ringmaster from Barnum & Bailey! Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-6-1/ and enter blauvelt (username) and summer2021 (password)
Stop by and pick up a kit to make a peacock! Email blvprograms@rcls.org with child's name and age to register.
Stop by the front desk and pick up your craft kit to make a climbing spider. Watch the video any time at https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-6-2/ and enter blauvelt (username) and summer2021 (password).
Email the child's name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org to register for a kit.
Meet Cindy Cavallini from Teachers of Nature and her animal superheroes! Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-5-5/ and enter blauvelt (username) and summer2021 (password). Watch at any time, as many times as you want!!
Meet puppet master Jim Hammond from The LION KING! Watch anytime; visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-5-4/ and enter blauvelt (username) and summer2021 (password). Learn how to make a simple puppet!
All you need to make this craft is a ziplock bag, black & white construction paper, and some permanent markers. It's part craft, part optical illusion. Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-5-2/ and enter blauvelt for username and summer2021 for password.
Joion illustrator David Pasquale as he shares his book "A Wisdom of Wombats" and talks about other names for groups of animals. He will also teach you how to draw Arlo, the Alligator Boy! Watch the video any time!
Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-5-3/ and enter blauvelt for username and summer2021 for password.
What animal eats upside down? What animals never fart? Find out the answers to these questions and more when you watch the Sofa Safari Game Show! Watch at any time: visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-5-1/ and enter blauvelt for username and summer2021 for password.
Read along with author Pat Cummings as she shares her book Harvey Moon, Museum Boy, about a boy and his pet lizard who go on an adventure and wind up in their own movie! Also, illustrator Francesca Chessa demonstrates how to draw some common pets. Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-4-4/ and enter blauvelt (username) and summer2021 (password.
Using construction paper, paint and foam, we'll create celebrity paw prints worthy of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Stop by and pick up a craft kit at the front desk or use your own materials. Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-4-2/ and enter blauvelt for username and summer2021 for password. Watch video at any time!
Watch the video at any time! Meet super-star author and illustrator Pat Cummings, a recipient of the Coretta Scott King and the Boston Globe-Horn Book awards. She'll share her latest book Where is Mommy? as well as Ananse and the Lizard. Visit https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-4-3/ and enter blauvelt for username and summer2021 for password
Stop by and pick up a bag of materials to make a coffee filter fish! Click on the link below and log into Pageturner Adventures for craft instructions. Email blvprograms@rcls.org to register with child's name and age.
https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-2-4/ LOGIN: username: blauvelt password: summer2021
With some recycled styrofoam and water-based markers, you can print your own beautiful ocean scene. Watch below for instructions...
https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-2-2/ LOGIN -- user name: blauvelt password summer2021
This week it's all about H2 OH! We'll dive deep and meet some fantastic finned friends with our wet and wild show, crafts & special guests. Today, watch octopus, mantis shrimp,angler fish and sea slug become actors! Watch at your leisure...
https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-2-1/ Login info: User name: blauvelt password: summer2021
Watch for more videos this week!
It's Farm Week with PageTurner Adventures! Today we will make a "clucking chicken cup". Stop at the library for a kit while supplies last, then watch this video for instructions on how to make it.
https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-1-4/; User name: Blauvelt Password: summer2021
Get ready for a week of adventures! It's farm week, with a show, crafts, an author day and a virtual visit to a bee farm. Today is Show Day: click on the link to watch "Myrtle Over the Moon". Watch at your leisure!
https://pageturneradventures.com/s21-
Login info: User name: blauvelt; password: blauvelt 2021
Email blvprograms@rcls.org with any questions.
Put in this User Name and Password:
Username: REPLACE WITH YOUR PATRON USERNAME
Password: summer2021
Pick up your craft takehome kit beginning at 11am, and watch Miss Fran on Facebook Live today @ 4pm or anytime later for instructions on how to make cupcake flowers.
Email blvprograms@rcls.org to register
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Watch Miss Fran demonstrate on the library's FB page how to create op art with just your hand, . All you will need is an 8 x 11 inch piece of white paper, (which we can supply if you need) a pencil and crayons or markers.
Watch Miss Fran as she demonstrates how to decorate your spring egg with yarn or paper strips. For supplies, you will need your kit, or a piece of white paper, a pencil, scissors and yarn or a colorful magazine.
Go to the Blauvelt Library Facebook page (you do not need a FB account). Watch for her to begin at 4pm, Wednesday 3/24, or watch the video anytime after that. Have fun and send us a picture of your creations!
Watch Miss Fran on our Facebook page as she demonstrates how to assemble the rainbow chain!
The Mighty Five South Orangetown Libraries are partnering with William O. Schaefer and Cottage Lane Elementary Schools for the annual Pick a Reading Partner program.
Inspired by this year's book Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring, pick up a kit to create your own memory box like Paloma. Use the enclosed materials or your own to design a place to keep your memories. Kits will be available for pickup until March 22. For WOS/CL students in grades K-5.
Email blvprograms@rcls.org with child's name and grade to register. Supplies are limited.
Make a rainbow chain to celebrate ST. Patrick's Day! Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service). Take a picture of your art and send it to us; we love to see your creations! Email to blvprograms@rcls.org
Registration required. Email child's full name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Make a spring egg to celebrate the coming season! Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service). Take a picture of your art and send it to us; we love to see your creations! Email to blvprograms@rcls.org
Registration required. Email child's full name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Miss Fran is not feeling well today, so her demo is postponed. We will let you know when you can access it. [Join Miss Fran on Facebook Live as she demonstrates how to create your penguin scene, or tune into the video anytime after.]
Design your penguin scene. Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service). Take a picture of your art and send it to us; we love to see your creations! Email to blvprograms@rcls.org
Registration required. Email child's full name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Decorate a card for Valentine's Day for someone special! Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service). Take a picture of your art and send it to us; we love to see your creations! Email to blvprograms@rcls.org
Registration required. Email child's full name and age to blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Use the paper from your takehome kit, or grab some sheets of white computer paper. Watch Miss Fran as she demonstrates how to cut a snowflake from your own unique design. You will also need a pencil and a scissor.
Go to the Blauvelt Library Facebook page (you do not need a FB account). Watch for her to begin at 4pm today, Wednesday 1/27, or watch the video anytime after that. Have fun and send us a picture of your creations!
Cut snowflakes to decorate your windows! Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service). Watch Miss Fran live at 4pm that afternoon on our Facebook page, or anytime after for instructions. Please send us a photo of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org !
Registration required. Email child's full name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Build a new world in 2021 and create your own city skyline with cut paper! Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Watch Miss Fran's video for ideas. Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's first & last name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Make a 3-D paper Christmas tree to decorate for the holidays. Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time thereafter during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Make an holiday ornament using lace and beads. Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time thereafter during that week at the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window (press the button for service)! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org for our Facebook page.
Registration required. Email child's name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org | Limit 15
Create a turkey using tissue paper! Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week @ the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window! Have fun! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org
Registration required. Email child's name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org
Create a picture using colorful mosaics! Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week @ the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window! Have fun! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org
Registration required. Email child's name and age to: blvprograms@rcls.org
Time to decorate a pumpkin for Halloween! Pick one up to paint at home. Send us a picture of your creation for our Facebook page! Please email blvprograms@rcls.org to register
For Grades K - 5 | Limited to 12 | One pumpkin per family, please
Create your own Mondrian art! Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week @ the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window! Look for our Facebook video for more instructions.Have fun! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org
Registration required. Email: blvprograms@rcls.org
Create some colorful leaves for fall! Pick up your bag of materials beginning at 11am or any time after during that week @ the front desk. Or use our new walk-up window! Look for our Facebook video for more instructions.Have fun! Take a picture of your art and email it to blvprograms@rcls.org
Registration required. Email: blvprograms@rcls.org
Create some wavy name art with cardstock, a thin marker, crayons or markers! Pick up your bag of materials on Wednesday, 9/23 beginning at 11am through the rest of the week. Miss Fran will be on Facebook Live at 4pm to instruct you. If you miss her, just look for the instructions anytime after on FB. Have fun! Take a picture of your art and email it to blv.programs@rcls.org
Registration required. Email: blvprograms@rcls.org
Visit each of the 5 South Orangetown libraries beginning September 8, and look for pictures or items hidden in windows, around the building, --even perhaps on trees! Grab a clue sheet to help you find the 25 items (5 per library) and when you've answered and found all 25, write your name, phone number and age on the sheet and drop it in any library bookdrop for a chance at a raffle prize!
Scavenger hunt runs from September 8 - 30.
Abigail from Cornell Cooperative Extension will speak about fishing in the Hudson River and read a story.
Meet nocturnal creatures from around the world.
Ages 4 - 11 | At the Manse Barn, 32 Tappan Rd.,Tappan | Registration required
A musical production that draws children into an interactive theatre environment, using comedy and engaging acting. Check out the website for a video of their work! http://www.travelinglantern.com/clips.php
The Esplanade | 640 Oak Tree Rd., Palisades NY | Please register at your home library
An Amazing mix of science and music. Discover music instruments made from recycled materials!
Manse Barn: 32 Old Tappan Rd., Tappan
Fun, games, relay races and a picnic. Bring a picnic dinner. Drinks will be provided.
6 - 8pm. | Please register at your home library | Will be held at Orangeburg Library Field |
Practice your reading skills with our friendly therapy pooches
who supply unconditional love and listening.
Children's Room | Registration required | Sign up for a 15 min slot