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Book clubs Events & Programs 

Read Around the World Visits Germany

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments languages, school age, tweens

This month, the Read Around the World book club for 3rd through 5th graders read and discussed the book Emil

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Events & Programs STEM 

Minecraft Designer Hour of Code: Kids’ Coding Club

July 10, 2020July 23, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding, games, minecraft, school age, STEAM, tweens, videos

We had 198 participants in our Zoom coding workshop today! For today’s workshop I walked everyone through a Code.org Hour

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Events & Programs Writing 

Kids’ Writing Workshop: Summer Reading Inspirations

July 6, 2020July 23, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments summer reading, tweens

On Friday we read excerpts from the middle grade books that are available as prizes for Summer Reading Challenge participants.

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Book clubs Events & Programs 

Read Around the World Visits India

June 19, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments india, read around the world, school age, tweens

At today’s virtual Read Around the World book club meeting, we took a tour of the Sundarbans in West Bengal,

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Events & Programs STEM 

Making Flappy Bird Games on Scratch: Kids Coding Club

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding, computers, games, school age, scratch, STEAM, tweens

Our first coding class for ages 7-12 on May 29 had a total of 115 attendees! 115! Not all of

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Read Around the World Book Club Tours Denmark

May 15, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments read around the world, school age, tweens, videos

We held our first virtual meeting of the Read Around the World book club today, and nine kids joined us

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Events & Programs Games Social Distancing Resources STEM 

Citizen Science Anyone Can Do at Home

May 8, 2020June 11, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments apps, citizen science, school age, science, space, STEAM, tweens, videos

For many kids and teens, summer is a time for traveling and expanding their knowledge of the world. For some

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Events & Programs STEM 

Exploring the Night Sky

March 2, 2020April 22, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coloring, school age, science, space, STEAM, tweens

On Thursday, February 27, we had a special astronomy festival for the whole family! People of all ages got to

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Book clubs 

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: Read Around the World travels to China

January 24, 2020 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments china, read around the world, tweens

Read Around the World is a new book club we’ve started for 3rd – 5th graders. Each month the kids

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STEM 

Using Computer Science for Good — Kids’ Coding Club and Computer Science Education Week

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 AnnMarie Kolakowski 0 Comments coding, STEAM, tweens

Yesterday, to celebrate Computer Science Education Week, we focused on learning about one of the newest trends in computer science:

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