Voorheesville Library Notes for Wednesday, October 28, 2020
“The Middle Years” is a four-part parenting program that focuses on parents/caregivers with children from ages 5 to 10. Participants may attend one (Nov. 5), two (Nov. 12), three (Nov. 19), or all four (Dec. 3) of the workshop sessions, all of which will run from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
This program will include resources and information relevant to the impact of COVID-19 on parenting and children, including strategies to better manage challenges in the current school year for remote, hybrid, or in-person learners.
Additional topics will include strategies for managing parent and child stress, understanding parenting styles, raising responsible children with positive discipline strategies, and improving family communication and strengthening family relationships.
The sessions will be conducted in partnership with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County by Maria Delucia-Evans, a trained parent educator. Please register online for each one-hour session you would like to attend. A Zoom meeting link will be emailed to those who register prior to each session.
Adult fiction
book discussion
Join our virtual discussion at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4. We’ll be discussing our November book pick, the classic “1984” by George Orwell. Copies are available in print and digital formats. Please register to receive the private meeting link.
Virtual visit
To animal clinic
The first week of November is National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. We will be virtually visiting The Village Animal Clinic in Voorheesville for this week’s story time!
Enjoy a theme-based, multi-age virtual storytime with an emphasis on early literacy. Mrs. Brown and Miss Lisa will video record a short storytime with an accompanying art activity.
The video link will be posted at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, on the library's website, all of the library’s social media platforms, and on the library’s YouTube channel.
Families of preschoolers can pick up a take-and-make bag at the library each week. The bag will include the storytime thematic art activity of the week. Each week's bags will be at the library from Tuesday to Saturday of that week.
Nonfiction
book discussion
Join our virtual GoToMeeting at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 9. We will be discussing “The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation” by Rich Cohen.
Please register to receive the GoToMeeting virtual meeting link. Limited copies of the book are available compliments of the Friends of the Library. Library copies will also be available for checkout and downloadable ebook and audiobook versions are on Overdrive.
Library hours
The book-drop is unlocked, and curbside pickup and in-person browsing appointments are available during the following hours: Monday, Thursday, and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The library is closed on Sunday.
Updates to our services are posted on our website, www.voorpl.org. Any person entering the building is expected to: wear a mask; follow 6-feet physical distancing; follow directional arrows on the floor. In-person appointments for browsing the library can be made by calling 518-765-2791. Visits are currently limited to 3 patrons at a time for 30 minutes. Restrooms remain closed to the public.