“GOOD TIMES” Guide For Parents - March 7 - 13

This calendar of free and low cost events is designed to help you stay within your budget and still enjoy time out with your family.  Everyone needs good times!  Don’t forget to check the library for passes to many Connecticut attractions. 

Date

Time

Event

March

7 Monday

10:00

Rhyme Time II for walking to 2 yrs. Scranton Library, FREE, (203)245-8722

10:30 am

Rhyme Time I for non-walkers at Scranton Library, FREE

11 am

Toddler Time 2 year olds at Scranton Library, FREE

11 am-12:30

M-F

Ice Skating at Northford Ice Pavilion, (203)484-4054, $7 includes skates

4:30 pm

K-Boogie Kids at Henry Carter Hull Library, FREE, (860)669-2342, www.hchlibrary.org

6:30-7:30 pm

Parent/Child Book Discussion for children in grades 3-5 with a parent at Scranton Library, FREE

8 Tuesday

10:00 am

Time for 4’s and 5’s at Scranton Library, FREE

10 am- 5 pm

Tuesday-Friday

CAN YOU FIND ME? CARDS  in the Krieble Gallery at the Florence Griswold Museum (860)434-5542   

10 am- 5 pm

Tuesday-Friday

SCAVENGER HUNTS (for a prize) in the Griswold House at the Florence Griswold Museum

10:00 am

Fun’s Begun....for Ones! at HCH Library, FREE

11:30 am

1:30 pm

4:30 pm

6:30 pm

Greg Marshall and Crittercam is a live webcast where kids can learn about marine life through the cameras that are attached to the sealife, www.jason.org, FREE          

12:30 pm

Music with Margie at HCH Library, FREE

1:15 pm

Music with Margie at HCH Library, FREE

5:45 pm

Bedtime Story Time at HCH Library, FREE

9 Wednesday

10:00 am

Story Time for 2½ and Older at HCH Library, FREE

10:00 am

Time For Three’s at Scranton Library, FREE

10:00 am

Story Hour at the Westbrook Public Library ages 3-4, (860)399-6422, FREE

10:45

Story Hour at the Westbrook Public Library ages 4-5, FREE

10 Thursday

9-10:30 am or

1-2:30 pm

Nature Detectives at Bauer Park in Madison age pre-k and Kindergarten, $10, (203)245-5623

10:15 am

Story Time at R.J. Julia Bookstore in Madison (203)245-3959, FREE

10:30

Story and Craft Time at Emerson and Cook Book Store in Old Saybrook, (860)669-7814, FREE

2 pm- 5 pm

Every Thursday

FREE Admission to The Peabody Museum, (203)432-5050

3:00 pm

K-Boogie Kids at HCH Library, FREE

11 Friday

10 am – 12 pm

Open Gym at Campbell’s Gymnastics (860)669-4949, $7 member $10 non-member

6-8 pm

Free Evening at Stay and Play in Old Saybrook (860)395-4446

12 Saturday

9 am- 5 pm

Miniature World on display at the Acton Public Library in Old Saybrook, (860)395-3184, FREE

10 am – 2 pm

Take part in the syrup making process at Sugar House at Bushy Hill in Ivoryton, (860)767-0848,     FREE

1 pm

Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing at The Kate in Old Saybrook, (877)503-1286, www.thekate.org, $12/$16

2:30-3:30 pm

Winter Weekend Drop-In Activities at  the Children’s Museum of Southern CT, FREE with $6 admission, (860)691-1111, www.childrensmuseumsect.org

13 Sunday

1 pm

Papermill Trail Hike, FREE, www.madisonlandtrust.org

1-2 pm

Winter Weekend Drop-In Activities at the Children’s Museum of Southern CT, FREE with $6 admission