Events & Programs

Programs are offered to expand the horizons of parents and children alike.

For information about our programs, please call us at (514) 345-2627 x 3012, 3016, or 3398.

You can also check out the What's Up? page for our calendar of events.

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Preschool Programs
Programs for Children and Young Adults


Preschool Programs

Music & Movement (NEW TIME!)
(For tots and caregivers)
with Linda Kravitz,
Early Childhood Educator & Music Specialist
An introduction to music with puppets using songs, chants, body movement and percussion instruments.

15 children per class - Registration required

Thursdays, September 18, 2008 - February 19, 2009 - 19 weeks - $152
10:00 - 10:30 AM- 6 - 17 months old
10:40 - 11:10 AM- 18 - 36 months old

No class October 9

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Mother Goose Time (NEW TIME!)
(For babies 6 - 14 months & their caregivers)
with Selina Eisenberg-Smith
This interactive program will introduce infants to the beautiful words and soothing rhymes from generations of literature. Baby and caregiver will share rhymes, songs, finger games, bouncing music and stories in a gentle and intimate atmosphere.
15 children per class - Registration required.

Tuesdays, September 16, 2008 - February 17, 2009 - 17 weeks - $85
10:00 - 10:30 AM

No class September 30, October 14 and 21

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Lap-Sit Time (NEW TIME!)
(For babies 15-30 months & their caregivers)
with Selina Eisenberg-Smith
A program introducing simple stories, finger-plays, nursery rhymes, bouncing rhymes and poetry to babies and their caregivers.
18 children per class - Registration required.

Tuesdays, September 16, 2008 - February 17, 2009 - 17 weeks - $85
10:40 - 11:10 AM

No class September 30, October 14 and 21

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Drop-In Storytime (NEW!)
with Janice Cohen

Join Janice Cohen as she tells exciting stories to 2 - 4 year olds and their caregivers.

Wednesdays, September 17, 2008 - February 18, 2009 - 18 weeks
10:00 - 10:30 am - No charge, no registration required.

No class October 1, 15, and 22

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Sunday Children's Story Time
3- 6 year olds
with Claire Berger Fagen and Jaclyn Seidman
Exciting programs of stories, arts and crafts, videos, Jewish holidays and events.
No registration required, but children must be members of the library.

10:15 - 11:00 a.m.
Sundays, January 13 - May 11, 2008
No classes April 20 & 27

No charge, No registration required
Library membership is mandatory

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Rhythm, Rhyme & Story Time
A musical and story time adventure
6 - 24 months

Mondays, September 15, 2008 - February 16, 2009
18 weeks-$234.00 for a 75 minute session

10:00 - 10:30 - Story Time with Selina Eisenberg Smith
10:30 - 10:45 - Stretch and Snack
10:45 - 11:15 - Music & Movement with Linda Kravitz

No class September 29, October 13

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For information on all programs, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3012, 3016 or 3398.

Programs for Children and Young Adults

Creative Writing Workshop
With Andrew Katz
Grades 4 and up
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Sunday, October 19 - “Pungent Poetry”
Come write poetry so pungent, it will sting your nostrils! And if you didn’t know that poetry could smell, well...come see for yourself what poetry---and you! --can do.”

Sunday, November 9, 2008 - “Furious Fiction”
Come write so furiously, your pencil will catch fi re! Then, not only can you roast
marshmallows, but you can cook up wild characters, strange places - anything you
can imagine.

Cost: $30 for two sessions
Children are required to be members of the Library.
For more information or for registration, please call (514) 345-2627, ext. 3012 or 3016.

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Mother-Daughter Book Club & the
West Island Mother-Daughter Book Club

Opening Session

At the Jewish Public Library:
Monday, September 22, 2008
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Led by Penny Fransblow, Head of the Children’s Library.

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This program is for girls in grades 5 and up and their Moms. It serves as a conduit for conversations and sharing that Moms and daughters might otherwise not have. Join us for this great opportunity to read fascinating books and discuss pertinent issues in a relaxed atmosphere. Books read help bring out issues that affect everyone.

Cost: $20 for the year, Registration and Library membership are mandatory.


In the West Island:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
7:30-8:30 pm
Federation CJA West Island Building
96 Roger Pilon, D.D.O.

Cost: $70 for 7 sessions
Registration and Library membership are mandatory.

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Mother-Daughter Book Discussion

At the Jewish Public Library:
Monday, October 27, 2008
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Led by Penny Fransblow, Head of the Children’s Library.

Cost: $20 for the year, Registration and Library membership are mandatory.

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"The Girlfriend Project" by Robin Friedman

Robin’s writing is packed with laughs and dang-I-pity-the-fool embarrassing scenes as she treats us to her version of the awkward years.

Join us for “Girls’ Night Out” on Sunday, November 9, 7:00 pm
when Robin Friedman will be here in person!
Check out: www.robinfriedman.com

 


In the West Island:
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
7:30-8:30 pm
Federation CJA West Island Building
96 Roger Pilon, D.D.O.

Cost: $70 for 7 sessions
Registration and Library membership are mandatory.

Click here for the West Island flyer!

For information on all programs, please call (514) 345-2627 ext. 3012, 3016 or 3398.

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