Storytime

Brainy Babies Virtual

Thu, Nov 5 · 11:00 AM

Central Library · Prospect Park

Join us for our VIRTUAL program on Zoom. Families enjoy stories and activities designed to encourage brain development and early learning practices. Each week, we explore a different theme: READING, TALKING, SINGING, PLAYING, MOVEMENT, and EMOTIONS. We read books, sing songs in Spanish and English, dance, learn a word in American Sign Language, and more! Parents and caregivers will learn how to use these practices to develop their children’s oral language and pre-reading skills. This program has an ASL interpreter and a fluent Spanish speaker. Zoom link is sent to registered emails. You only need to register once and then you will be added to our mailing list.

Afterschool Ready Set Kindergarten Series

Thu, Nov 5 · 3:30 PM

Central Library · Prospect Park

Join us for Ready Set Kindergarten on Zoom! This is a virtual version of our popular school readiness program, led by educators, and designed to help children ages 3-5 get ready to read, and ready for school. Learn about every day early literacy practices you can do right now to enhance your children's learning and development. Talk, Sing, Write, Read, and Play with us! Registration Required.

Japanese Storytime

Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM

Central Library, Youth Wing · Prospect Park

Join us for stories and songs in Japanese! 日本語で絵本や紙芝居の読み聞かせ、手遊び、わらべ唄を楽しむおはなし会です。お子様と一緒にご参加ください。

Saturday Storytime

Sat, Nov 7 · 11:00 AM

Central Library, Youth Wing · Prospect Park

Enjoy songs, rhymes and stories in the Youth Wing's First Five Years area! For ages birth through five.

Fall Family Discovery Weekends

Sun, Nov 8 · 10:30 AM

Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Prospect Park

Fantastic Fungi Mushroom ID Hike

Sun, Nov 8 · 11:00 AM

Prospect Park — Audubon Center at the Boathouse · Prospect Park

This Urban Park Ranger led hike will take you through the forest to learn how to identify fungi. Participants will learn about the crucial role that mushrooms play in an ecosystem and how natural decomposition takes place.

Fall First Discoveries

Wed, Nov 11 · 10:30 AM

Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Prospect Park

Fall First Discoveries takes place at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This program from Brooklyn Botanic Garden is listed in the garden's seasonal offerings.

Fall Foliage Hike

Sat, Nov 14 · 1:00 PM

Prospect Park — Picnic House · Prospect Park

Join the Urban Park Rangers on a beautiful stroll around Prospect Park as we celebrate the changing of the seasons! Learn about the ecology of a fall forest and the science of the changing colors all while enjoying one of New York City's flagship parks!