The Walt Whitman Historic Site is offering a children’s program of Irish Dancers, Tales and Tunes. Award winning dancers will explain the history of Irish costumes and dances. There will be performances of soft and hard shoe Irish dancing by internationally known champions from the Mulvihill-Lynch Studio of Irish Dance. Various musical instruments will be introduced and explored. There will also be Irish folktales, fables, music and storytelling.

Saturday, March 6 at 1pm
$7.75 per child/chaperones FREE
Walt Whitman Birthplace State historic Site
246 Old Walt Whitman Road
Huntington Station, NY 11746

To register contact Carolyn Diglio @ 631-427-5240 ext. 113
or email: educator@waltwhitman.org

The World Wide Web is a big place. Unfathomably big. When it is our youngest of web surfers exploring this vast resource, many questions are raised. What websites are safe for children? What websites will captivate and educate them?

In response to those questions, the Association of Library Services to Children, a division of the  American Library Association, created: Great Websites for Kids. This site separates websites into eight different basic categories: Animals, the Arts, History & Biography, Literature & Languages, Reference Desk, Mathematics & Computers, Sciences, and Social Sciences. Each of these categories are broken up again into several different sub categories. There is even a search feature that allows you to search for sites based on age level or keyword.

Friday, March 12th at 7:00 p.m.
Register at the Circulation Desk

Come out for a family night of fun and games. It is an old favorite game with a new name. Lots of great prizes to win, lots of smiles, laughter, and family time. It is $5 per person payable at registration. Bring your own markers, crayons, or highlighters. Doors will open at 6:45 p.m. for this exciting event. As you check in the night of the event, you will be given your game pack. Additional game cards may be purchased at the door for $2.00 each. This is a non-refundable event.

Last night, the twenty-first Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver. Behind all the excitement and pageantry of the opening ceremony is a rich sense of history and comradery. The library, of course, has several wonderful books on the subject of the Olympics. These books are a great way to learn more about the fabled history of the Olympic Games.

Modern Olympic Games by Haydn Middleton
Explores the development of the modern Olympic games from their inception in 1896, discussing location, logistics, rituals, events, and who is allowed to participate.

Have some fun during the winter break by making crafts for the Chinese “Year of the Tiger”, which begins on Feb. 14, 2010.  Check out the following links!

• Activity Village
• Family Fun
• Kaboose
• Show Me

You might want to play one of the following games as well.

• PBS Kids Sagwa
• Primary Games

Posted by Ray Arroyo