Kids

WAVE HILL, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will host its next Family Art Project on Saturday and Sunday, July 4 and 5, from 1 to 4 p.m., in the Kerlin Learning Center. During this week’s activity, titled “Spray a River Garden,” participants can paint a colorful summer garden without even using a brush. Each person will combine mists of watercolor and blossoms formed by color-soaked coffee filters to create a unique blooming waterslide vision. This program is free with paid admission to Wave Hill, West 249th Street and Independence Avenue. For more information, call 718-549-3200.

THE RIVERDALE Library, at 5540 Mosholu Ave., presents the following upcoming programs for kids:

• Baby Lapsit, a special program for infants up to 18 months old, will be held on Thursdays, July 2 and 9, at 10:30 a.m. Babies and their parents can enjoy songs, stories, nursery rhymes and finger plays.
• The library presents Toddler Time, for ages 18 months up to 3 years old, on Tuesday, July 7, at 10:30 a.m. During this program, participants will enjoy interactive stories, action songs and finger plays, while interacting with other toddlers in the neighborhood.
• Reading Aloud, a dramatic reading club for ages 6 to 11, will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, July 8, at 3 p.m.

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 718-549-1212.

THE KINGSBRIDGE Library, at 280 W. 231st St., will host Reading Aloud, for children ages 5 to 12, on Tuesday, July 7, at 2 p.m. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

THE SPUYTEN Duyvil Library, at 650 W. 235th St., will hold the following children’s programs during the upcoming week:

• The library will host Reading Aloud, for ages 4 to 11, on Thursdays, July 2 and 9, as well as Tuesday, July 7, at 2 p.m. on all three days.
• On Thursday, July 9, at 3:30 p.m., the library will hold a Summer Reading Club arts and crafts workshop, for ages 5 to 11. Space is limited, so pre-registration is required.

Both events are open to the public, free of charge. For more information or to register, call 718-796-1202.

THE VAN Cortlandt Library, located at 3874 Sedgwick Ave., will host Reading Aloud, for ages 5 and older, on Tuesday, July 7, at 2:30 p.m. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 718-543-5150.

THE BRONX Library Center, located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Road, will host the following activities for children this week:

• The center will hold the first meeting of its new weekly summer program, Create a Work of Fiction, on Monday, July 6, at 3 p.m. Children between the ages of 5 and 12 will re-create a story that they had previously read.
• “Stump the Librarian,” another new summer program, will take place on Tuesday, July 7, at 3 p.m. During this weekly event, which is recommended for ages 8 to 12, children will invent questions and try to puzzle the librarian.
• On Thursday, July 9, at 3 p.m., the center invites local children, between the ages of 7 and 12, to make their own submarine book during a special arts and crafts workshop. Space is limited and preregistration is required.

These events are free and open to the public. For more information or to register, call 718-579-4244.

This is part of the July 2, 2009 online edition of The Riverdale Press.

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