Gardiner Library

Read to Fletcher

Wednesdays
4 - 5 PM

January 21 Register 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45 PM
February 18 Register 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45 PM
March 18 Register 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45 PM

Kids "Paint and Sip" with Laura Lanchantin

Saturday, December 13
11:00 AM- 12:30 PM
Register here.

Cost: $15. Registration required. Payment required upon registration to reserve your spot.
If payment is not received, you will be unregistered.
Ages 5+

Winter Penguin Kids Paint & Sip

Tis the season! Come warm up with some hot cocoa and some creative fun at the Gardiner Library. Artist Laura Leigh will be teaching this fun Penguin painting for children 5+. Students will learn fundamental drawing and painting techniques while listening to holiday music with friends and letting their creative expression grow.

All supplies and snacks provided!

Laura Leigh is a fine artist, musician, and maker of organic watercolor paints based in New Paltz. Laura blends the line between abstraction and landscape in her plein air oil paintings. After completing her BFA in Painting and Drawing from SUNY New Paltz in 2014, she completed several artist's residency programs, many in national parks. Laura has created her own earth pigment library made from Ochre minerals and clay from around the country, and now spends most of her time teaching online and in person classes.

Music with Miss Amy
Wednesday, December 10
9:00 - 9:45 AM
Register here.

Music and movement class for children up to four years old with caregiver. Class will include movement, beat keeping, song time, instruments, puppets, and lots of fun!

Free class. Space is limited. Registration required.

Gardiner Library children’s librarian, Amy Laber (“Miss Amy”) has been teaching early childhood music classes throughout the Hudson Valley for over 20 years. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in both Psychology and Music Therapy and has also received NYS Certification in Music K-12. With positive energy and a love for her craft, Amy brings a special sense of warmth and patience to all her classes.

Dog Bite Prevention Presentation
Sunday, January 11
11:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Ages 5 and up

Free program, but registration is required.

Diana Algarin is the president and founder of Bleu's K9 Rescue Inc. - a 501(c)3 non-profit dog rescue and educational organization. She is going into her 9th year of saving local homeless dogs.

Bleu's K9 Rescue is 100% foster and volunteer based throughout the Hudson Valley. Bleu's is dedicated to saving dogs of all breeds by placing them into loving, forever homes. Our Rescue Hub is located in Gardiner at 127 Main Street.

Our dog bite presentation consists of bringing 2 trained dogs (Bleu & Kima) in to educate the children on the proper way to meet a dog, demoed by Bleu. Each child who wants to properly meet Bleu will have an opportunity to! We then educate the kids on what to do if they see a loose dog. Next we go over pet responsibility. Then finally we show what fun things they can do with their dogs at home with a little active demo by Kima.

Learn How a Book is Created! With Local Author & Illustrator, Pat Schories
Saturday, January 17 (Snow date January 24)
Ages 4-8+ (Adults welcome too)

No registration required

Pat Schories is a children's book author and illustrator, and is most well-known for her illustrations of BISCUIT the little puppy. BISCUIT is the first in a series of "I Can Read" books written by Alyssa Capucilli and published by HarperCollins. Many children have fallen in love with BISCUIT, and through Biscuit, in love with reading.

Pat will show slides of several books, and then will talk about how a book is created. She will bring and show sketches, a book dummy, finished art, and a printer's proof. Pat will finish up with a sketch and Q&A. Her presentation is aimed toward children ages 4-8, but older children and even adults enjoy the presentation!

This school year, Pat is planning to talk about

PIE FOR CHUCK, written and illustrated by Pat Schories, published by Holiday House.

BISCUIT

BISCUIT GOES TO SCHOOL

BISCUIT LOVES THE LIBRARY

all written by Alyssa Capucilli and illustrated by Pat Schories

Stories Songs and Art in Spanish With Mariel
Sunday, January 25
11:00-11:45 AM
Ages 4-7

Registration required here.

About Mariel Sol
Mariel Sol is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and musician born and raised in Buenos Aires, who found her home in the Hudson Valley. She has worked for many years as a director, teacher and songleader in bilingual educational programs for children, teens, and adults.

In "Stories, Songs and Art in Spanish", Mariel weaves together music, language, and art to create playful spaces where children explore Spanish through imagination and creativity.

"The Carrot Salesman" Puppet Show with Brad Shur
Saturday, January 31
11:00-11:35 AM

Geared to children 5 and under, but all are welcome!
Free event
No registration required

Join Mr. Bunny, a door-to-door vegetable salesman, as he journeys beneath the earth, into the sea, and even to outer space in search of carrot customers. Will he ever sell enough to please his boss? Or will his new friends teach him a valuable lesson about being true to himself?

Puppeteer, puppet builder and arts educator Brad Shur is the founder and lead artist of Paper Heart Puppets. Brad began performing as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design. While earning a degree in film, he was a regular performer at late night puppet slams and with Big Nazo Puppets.

From there, Brad went on to tour nationally with Wood and String Puppet Theatre and Vermont Puppetree. As a freelance puppet builder he created puppets for American Idol, Dolly Parton’s Dollywood amusement park and many theaters and other performers. In 2009, he became the Resident Artist at Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts where he served as the lead teaching artist and touring puppeteer for eight years.

Chess Club

Meets first and third Wednesdays
6:30 - 8 PM
Open to all ages and all levels.

Come one, come all! Don't be intimidated we are here to teach and have fun together.

Geocache at the Gardiner Library

Gardiner library has a geocache! A geocache is a container hidden for players to find, and log. Almost like a treasure hunt! To start playing the game go to the geocaching website

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCA9F4Z

Homeschooling Coop

Meets weekly, beginning September 1st.
11 - 1 PM
All grade levels.
Donations accepted but not required.
R.S.V.P. and get more information by emailing Barbara at barbtaylor1973@aol.com.

Barbara Ziobro will work with students in a variety of topics while incorporating games and mixing in some fun along the way. Barbara is a mom of 2 home-schooled boys and a previous IBMer turned high school equivalency instructor, who now advocates for those in the home-school community.