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Come watch movies with us on Saturday Afternoons from 2-4 PM! This month will focus on Holiday movies!
December 2: Nightmare Before Christmas
December 9: The Illumination Grinch
December 16: Polar Express, that day we will also have a pajama party with some fun snacks and a craft!
December 30: Frozen, we are also mixing it up with Slime during the movie!
3D Printing is back after a short break!
Mondays from 10AM until Noon come in to learn about 3D printing.
- Meaningful social interaction
- Strengthening communication and teamwork skills
- Maintaining mental sharpness
- Boosting immunity to ward off illness
- Improving test scores
- Delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia
- Being an inexpensive form of entertainment
- Being a career path
- Being good clean fun
December 4th is National Cookie Day and we are celebrating at the Marathon Branch by Decorating cookies! Join us after school to decorate your own cookies!
Self-expression through art is an important part of human nature. You don’t have to be in art school, or create marble sculptures, or create realistic paintings to be an artist. Whatever you create is an extension of you, and it is beautiful in that regard.
Join us on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 AM to let your creativity shine! In this class we will explore different mediums such as sketch, paint, multimedia and more!
- Keeps dementia at bay.
- Decreases possibility of depression.
- Improves hand-eye coordination.
- Trains concentration and pattern recognition.
- Helps benefit short-term memory
Kid’s D&D is moving to Tuesdays, 3:30 PM, after school!
Level up your gaming experience by taking on the role of a mighty hero in the world’s most popular fantasy role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons
Join us for stories, songs and activities for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM Children’s Area
2nd Floor
Teens, level up your gaming experience by taking on the role of a mighty hero in the world’s most popular fantasy role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons! We meet in the Activity Center Wednesdays, after school, at 3 PM.
Join our crew in our Star Wars Campaign!
Have you ever imagined yourself in the Star Wars universe? Now you can with our new RPG campaign. We are doing Star Wars: Saga Edition, the last edition published by Wizards of the Coast. The campaign will be called, Scum and Villainy as you will be operating on the fringe of the empire. What character will you come up with?
The homeschool group has been growing and we are splitting groups to accommodate everyone. We will still meet on Thursdays with Kindergarten & under group meeting from 10 AM-11 AM and the 1st grade and up group will meet from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM. There will be different themed activities for both learning and fun!
The homeschool group has been growing and we are splitting groups to accommodate everyone. We will still meet on Thursdays with Kindergarten & under group meeting from 10 AM-11 AM and the 1st grade and up group will meet from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM. There will be different themed activities for both learning and fun!
Fun with Legos! Thursdays from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM in the Activity Center.
Spanish class has moved from Wednesdays to Thursdays! Still at 6 PM, this community led program teaches the basics of Spanish at the Marathon Branch of the Monroe County Public Library. To register email retomarathon@gmail.com
Would you like to learn more about your camera, or camera phone, and how it works? Are your pictures underexposed, overexposed, out of focus, poorly composed, or just plain old dull, and boring? If you answered yes to any of these questions join us on Friday mornings from 11 AM till 1 PM in the Activity Center to learn how to take better pictures and do fun assignments! Not only will you learn how to take better pictures, but you can also reap the benefits of photography.
Top Benefits of Photography
- Photography is a form of self-care.
- Photography improves a person’s well-being through community interaction.
- It also improves well-being through the potential for reminiscence.
- Helps to find beauty in our world.
- Enhances memory and keeps your brain healthy.
- Gets you outdoors and makes you exercise.
- Photography makes you enjoy what you are doing more.
- Photography can help people who are struggling with depression.
- Stimulates and improves your creativity.
Want some sketching guidance?
Come to the Sketch Workshop every other Fridays 3:00-4:45 in Study Room 5, 2nd Floor.
December 12th is Gingerbread house Day, so we are celebrating early on Friday, December 8th at 3:30 PM, by making gingerbread houses out of graham crackers! You bring your imagination and we will have the supplies to make your gingerbread house dreams come true!
Join us for stories, songs and activities for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers.
Saturdays at 10:30 AM Children’s Area
2nd Floor
Come watch movies with us on Saturday Afternoons from 2-4 PM! This month will focus on Holiday movies!
December 2: Nightmare Before Christmas
December 9: The Illumination Grinch
December 16: Polar Express, that day we will also have a pajama party with some fun snacks and a craft!
December 30: Frozen, we are also mixing it up with Slime during the movie!
3D Printing is back after a short break!
Mondays from 10AM until Noon come in to learn about 3D printing.
- Meaningful social interaction
- Strengthening communication and teamwork skills
- Maintaining mental sharpness
- Boosting immunity to ward off illness
- Improving test scores
- Delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia
- Being an inexpensive form of entertainment
- Being a career path
- Being good clean fun
Teen Connect will be on Mondays after school at 3 PM. Connect with friends new and old through video games, snacks, art projects, movies and more!
Self-expression through art is an important part of human nature. You don’t have to be in art school, or create marble sculptures, or create realistic paintings to be an artist. Whatever you create is an extension of you, and it is beautiful in that regard.
Join us on Tuesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 AM to let your creativity shine! In this class we will explore different mediums such as sketch, paint, multimedia and more!
- Keeps dementia at bay.
- Decreases possibility of depression.
- Improves hand-eye coordination.
- Trains concentration and pattern recognition.
- Helps benefit short-term memory