Cozy Winter Storytime
Resumes Wednesday, December 13th
@10:30am
All ages

Join us for the start of our next eight week storytime session where we gather to sing songs, read stories, learn rhymes, move our bodies and engage in crafts that explore winter themes. Storytime is for all ages and best suited for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and their families and care providers.

Danny Sings About Everything!
Friday, December 1st, 9:30am
All ages

In this 35-minute, bi-weekly program, Danny sings stories and songs about pretty much everything. Filling your home, classroom, or care center with giggles and delight, these shows are completely unique and provide musical enrichment that your kids will love! Click on this link to join live on Zoom.

This program is made possible by the generosity of the Friends of Scoville Library. Thank you FSL!

Parent Child Book Club for 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders and their parents!
Hosted by Miss Rita 1st Friday of every month, 4PM, starting this Friday, Dec. 1st

Make sure that you've picked up and read your very own copy- to- keep first title in the Parent Child Book Club for kids in the 3rd, 4th, & 5th grades and their parents, hosted by Miss Rita! The first title is "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and Spool of Thread," by Kate DiCamillo. This 20th anniversary edition, released in September 2023, will be yours to keep, to build or add to your very own family library. Our first book discussion will happen this Friday, December 1st and consecutively the first Friday of every month at 4PM downstairs in the Children's Library. Please complete this form to ensure that we have enough copies to pass around and snacks! Look forward to seeing you at the library!

The books for this program have been purchased by The Friends of Scoville Memorial Library. Thank you FSL!

Merry & Bright crafts for the whole family
Saturday, December 2nd, 10-3
All ages

Come in, warm up and craft! There will be two crafting stations set up in the Children's Library for you to create items to brighten the home and share the joy of the holiday season.

Build the city of your dreams!@The Hotchkiss School's EFX Lab
December 3rd, 2-4 pm

Build a Smart City with members of The Hotchkiss School’s award-winning Robotics Team! 4-6th grade students will work with electronics, circuitry, engineering, coding, sensors and even marshmallows and spaghetti to design and build a smart city! You will learn how to: Build your own battery-powered LED circuit; Build wind turbines; Power your own LED lights; Make a wind-powered electrical house and much more!

Early Dismissal Day An innovative Storytelling Art Performance
Wednesday, Dec. 6th, 2PM
All ages

StoryFaces is an exciting storytelling show in which Christopher Agostino paints the faces of audience volunteers to illustrate the stories as he tells them, engaging the audience with uniquely animated tales of world cultures and our shared humanity — ranging from new takes on familiar tales like Aesop’s Fables, to hero tales like Punia and the King of the Sharks and The Tail of the Dragon, plus comic characters and surprising faces in his original stories.

Reading Buddies
Pre-K to 3rd grade

Designed to support young children with their reading, Reading Buddies pairs your child with a Hotchkiss School student to be the older "buddy," eager to help the younger child practice their reading. The idea and the hope for the emerging readers is that connecting with another, older "kid" is a treat in itself, and that reading aloud to a "kid" is low-pressure. At the same time, the student volunteer (age 12-18) serves as a reading mentor, demonstrating how to stay calm while reading and how to conquer reading difficulties. The buddy will ask questions about the text and have a basic understanding of assessing and helping with reading comprehension.

Younger readers can meet their older "buddy" in person on the Hotchkiss campus, over ZOOM or here at the library. Whatever is most convenient for you and your family!

Additionally this Fall, an eighth grade SCS student will be available at the Scoville Library for in person tutoring or reading help on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30pm.

Kindly complete this form to be paired with your "buddy" today and enjoy a mentorship program that has also resulted in many life long friendships!

MoCaH (Men-of-color at Hotchkiss)
Youth Mentoring Program at The Hotchkiss School

Sundays, 1-2PM
4th-8th Grade

The MoCaH Affinity Group proudly presents a coed mentorship program for students of color in the 4th through 8th grade. Students will enjoy arts projects, sports days, tutoring sessions and more. For details and registration email Caroline

Kenny-Burchfield st [email protected]

Tutoring Program
Weekly, by appointment

High school volunteers will be matched with a middle school-aged student to work on a subject that the student needs help with. Tutors will be matched with kids based on what they are confident with and the kids' needs. Tutors work weekly with their paired students either online or on The Hotchkiss campus anywhere from 30-45 minutes.

Additionally this Fall, an eighth grade SCS student will be available at the Scoville Library for in person tutoring or reading help on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30pm.

Kindly specify your preferences on this form