PROGRAMS

**The head of DPW, Jeff Gawrys was one of the many Mystery Readers this summer!**

We offer Story Times for infants through school-aged children.

Programs	Ages	Days/Times/Locations
In-Person Storytime	18 months- 5 years old	The program will run 10:00am-10:45am. ATTENTION: Starting September 12th through March, Storytime will be held at Ballston Area Community Center (BACC), 20 Malta Avenue. ** Programs will be held on THURSDAYS at 10am.

Attention: Due to a staff shortage, storytime will be cancelled from October 17-31. Storytime will resume in November. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Take ‘n Make Storytime Crafts:

Week of October 3rd	Owl Craft
Week of October 10th	M is for Mouse
Week of October 17th	Cancelled
Week of October 24th	Cancelled
Week of October 31st	Cancelled

READING SUGGESTIONS

EARLY LEARNING

Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library recommends these five proven steps to help raise a reader: Talking, Singing, Reading, Writing, and Playing.

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Foundation recommends reading, even re-reading, any book to your child, with the goal of reading 1,000 books before Kindergarten.