Bridgton Public Library

Stories, Writing, and Build-It Time in Youth Services

Please join us on Fridays for storytime here at the Library from 10-11 am. We will have a story, a craft, and a snack to share. We will also be hosting a Kid’s Writer’s Cafe and Build-It Lab projects for older siblings! Racheal, Alana, and Alicia will all be there to help caregivers and kids with their activities.

Pick up your 1000 Before Kindergarten reading log. Don’t worry, if you read the same book over and over, we know what it’s like to have a FAVORITE story! It is most important that you are reading to your little ones today so they will read to themselves later in life. And with 1,000 as your goal, you should be able to introduce some new favorites into storytime, one at a time.

Camera Obscura To-Go

05/07/202105/05/2021adminFamily Program / FYI / Homeschool/Remote Learning Resource / STEAM/STEM / Youth Programs

Rufus Porter was an artist and inventor who was a miniature portrait painter. He used a “camera obscura,” or pinhole camera, that used a lens to focus light against a mirror under the hood of a wooden box, focused onto glass that can be traced onto paper. Try it at home with all of the parts you need in the bag. This activity is for older children or children who have help from an adult.

These are available for pickup right inside the Youth Services entrance, first-come first-served. While you’re here please remember we have craft to-go bags, activity kits to check out, and adult Garden To-Go bags as well. Thank you Rufus Porter Museum for this awesome To-Go bag!