NCLI - The Parrish Art Museum (Can you spy where you've been "drawn" into the museum?)

Inspired by Art from our Parrish Visit? Check Out These New Beautifully Illustrated Books!

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Blue Horse Easel Hour

NCLI December: We Cut Down Our Mitten Tree @ Shamrock Christmas Tree Farm in Mattituck!

The Original Art @ Society of Illustrators, NYC

Join Us for the Mock Caldecott! (see post below)

Pumpkin Picking & Our Halloween Parade!

NCLI Apple Picking @ Davis Farm

Pooh's 90th Birthday Celebration

Vanderbilt Museum NCLI

Sea Life @ Ponquogue Bridge Beach

Cookiebot! Party

Cookiebot! Party
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Harry and Horsie in....Cookiebot! Register for our program on June 29th!

No Child Left Inside for May - The Suffolk County Farm

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A Sick Day for Amos McGee and A Fun Day for Miss Danielle & Miss Kelly

Elizabeth A. Morton NW Refuge, Sag Harbor, April 2011

Amy's Ark Studio & Farm Spring 2011

South Fork Natural History Museum & Nature Center for NCLI!

Join us for our No Child Left inside Programs...

Too much time indoors with television, video games and computers can be harmful to our children. Our No Child Left Inside Programs bring fun and learning outside of the library. We have met at local parks for storytime, museums such as CMEE & SOFO, over the winter we meet real reindeer or cut down our Mitten Tree at local nurseries, we visit Amy's Ark Yoga/Art Studio and Farm in Westhampton, the Quogue Wildlife Refuge and Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank for hands-on nature experiences. In the Summer we collect sealife for our Discovery Tank at Ponquogue Bridge Beach with Cornell Marine Instructors and cool off in Atlantis Marine World Aquarium or visit The Hall of Fishes and walk along the water at The Vanderbilt Museum. In the Fall join us for apple & pumpkin picking at local farms or hiking and wildlife observation at Morton Bird Sanctuary in Sag Harbor. We look forward to visiting new places like the the Parrish Art Museum, the Pollock Krasner House and more in the future! No Child Left Inside sessions may run for 3 or 4 weeks or be a singular date, please check our newsletter and blog posts for details. This national movement seeks to reconnect our children with nature and began with the book Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. Check out the book from our Parenting Collection or go to http://richardlouv.com/ for more information.







Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Cake Pops! Thank You Kim!





We love our Children's Room patrons, they are some of the nicest, and most creative, people we know! A big thanks to Kim, the mom of one of our littlest patrons, who has been kind enough to bake us some special treats. Last month we received amazing green cake pops in honor of St. Patrick's Day and just yesterday Kim gave us the sweetest pink bunny cake pops. I was inspired to take out some of my daughter's baby things to shoot pictures of Kim's creation. So instead of scoffing up the pop immediately (like I did with the last one) I was patient enough to take pictures first. :)


Miss Kelly and I have now been inspired to have a Cake Pops program with the kids and will hopefully be able to convince Kim of discovering a pre-school friendly way of making them!


We just ordered Bakerella's book Cake Pops: Tips, Tricks and Recipes for More Than 40 Irresistable Mini Treats. Look for it soon in our new books display! In the meantime, go to Bakerella's Cool blog here. Check out the book This Little Bunny Can Bake by Janet Stein and read it with your kids before you make your own desserts. It's a cute story with beautiful illustrations and delicious recipes. Bake up some Milk Chocolate Truffles and Berry Petit Cream Cheese Tarts after making some Cake Pops!

Love cooking with your kids? Check out our current featured Favorite Link on the menu at the right. Dash and Bella, Cooking with 2 Kids is a blog all about cooking with kids, it's got great recipes and awesome photos!