Easton, MD – Young children and families searching for fun, engaging activities to fill the hours at home, need look no farther than the Talbot County Free Library’s Facebook page, which offers a number of free virtual programs to tap into.
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. tune into Virtual Story Time with Ms. Laura and Ms. Amy.
Recommended for children up to age five.
Wednesdays at 3 p.m. – Read Along with Me! Get ready with your milk and cookies and join Ms. Laura for a reading of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo, (available on Hoopla). This event will begin on Facebook Live, Wednesday, April 29, 3:00 p.m., and continue every Wednesday. Fun for the whole family! Recommended for children ages 7 and older.
Wednesdays, May 6, 20, and June 3, 17, 10:30 a.m. – Creative Fun with Tim Young
Join local author/illustrator Timothy Young on Facebook Live as he talks about books, drawing, writing, and other creative stuff. Each fun half-hour show will focus on different creative activities based on his or other authors’ books. Recommended ages 8 and older.
Looking for an escape, but can’t get out of the house? How about a digital escape room? Answer questions, solve puzzles and riddles, and use your smarts to get through the library’s new digital escape room based on the book Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library. Featured on the library’s Facebook page, this activity is suitable for older kids and tweens ages 7-12.
The eBook of this title is available through the library’s eBook provider Overdrive at www.tcfl.org/eresources. Click on Downloadable Content and scroll down to Overdrive.
For questions about these programs or any of the library’s e-Resources, visit www.tcfl.org or call 410-822-1626.