Looking for fun and educational activities when the family
is stuck inside during the winter weather? Now you can Make STEAM @ Home with the
Ridgefield Library’s new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math)
Kits for children ages 4-11. The Library is developing a series of fun,
interactive, thematic learning kits about a variety of topics and skills that
relate to STEAM and literacy.
Make science at home with Snap Circuits or Osmo. Learn
coding with Bee-Bots or Dash & Dot. Engineer with K’Nex or dominos. Make art
with a Spirograph or Cursive kits; make math with the Money Kit or the
Telling-Time Kit. Drama, knitting and Ozobot kits will be coming in February.
Stop into the Lodewick Children’s Library to see the
available kits and bring one home for seven days with the use of your
Ridgefield Library Card. STEAM kits are only available for check out from the children’s
information desk (and must be returned there) and cannot be reserved. One per
family, please; late fees $2.00 per day, up to a maximum of $20. STEAM kits at
the Ridgefield Library are made possible by the McGovern Family.
Contributed by Kristina Lareau, Head of Children's Services
