Switch it Up Game Hour
FREE👶 All ages📍 Morrisania

Switch it Up Game Hour

📆Fri, Sep 18 · 3:30 PM
📍NYPL Woodstock Library · 761 East 160th Street, Bronx, NY, 10456 Get directions ↗
🏷Free

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This event will take place in person at Woodstock Library. Whether you’re a gamer, reader, or both — this is your time to shine! Come ready to play, read, learn, and level up in every way. Show off your gaming skills and challenge your friends to a game in the library on the big screen and in the pages. Board games help children learn important social skills such as waiting, turn taking, sharing, making conversation, problem-solving, collaborating and being flexible! Studies have shown that playing video games encourages critical thinking, improves motor skills, improves key social skills like leadership and team building. Sign up for the biweekly NYPL Kids e-newsletter to get information on free children's programs, upcoming author talks, and more happening at the Library and online.

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