Join us for upcoming events, classes and programs at Westwood Free Public Library! All events are free and open to the public. Registration required where noted. The library reserves the right to cancel any program due to inclement weather or other unforeseen events.
Thursday, Mar. 28, 10:30am-11:00am (Thursday, March 7, 14, 21 & 28, 10:30am)
This infant program will provide early literacy opportunities for caregivers and babies through a story time with interactive song, rhymes and fingerplay specifically for this age group. (30 mins)
Tuesday evening meetings for those who can't make our Friday morning meetings! Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful pieces alongside friends. All skill levels are welcome! This club will meet weekly. (1hr)
Wednesday, Apr. 3, 10:30-11am (April 3 and 17, May 1 and 15, 10:30am-11am)
Mr. Corbitt's music classes build a musical foundation by encouraging musical play and introducing simple music theory exercises that connect tykes’ musical world to ours, and more importantly, ours to theirs. Using contemporary songs from the realms of jazz, reggae, pop, rock, and R&B to illustrate these developmental concepts, They'll be singing and dancing the whole time! (30 mins)
Because of the popularity of this program and space considerations, we ask for only one caregiver per child.
Thursday, Apr. 4, 10:30am-11:00am (Thursdays, April 4, 11, 18, 25 & May 2)
This infant program will provide early literacy opportunities for caregivers and babies through a story time with interactive song, rhymes and fingerplay specifically for this age group. (30 mins)
Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful pieces alongside friends. All skill levels are welcome! This club will meet weekly. (1 hr)
It won’t cross New Jersey, but we will experience a partial solar eclipse where the moon will cover a majority of the sun between 3:24 and 3:25 p.m. that day. Join us on the front lawn to see what we can through our special solar glasses (free handout to you) and enjoy some other activities, too.
Westwood schools will also be distributing solar glasses courtesy of the Library.
Learn more about solar eclipses here: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/
For kids in grades K-5. Practice with reading skills with a buddy (teen volunteer). Promotes positive intergenerational engagement and reading skill development.
Tuesday evening meetings for those who can't make our Friday morning meetings! Gather together and work on your current knitting and crocheting projects as you chat and socialize with fellow yarn-lovers! Bring your own supplies and trade tips and ideas, share patterns, and create beautiful pieces alongside friends. All skill levels are welcome! This club will meet weekly. (1hr)