Join us for a sweet storytime featuring The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Children will color their own bright green leaf and create a yummy caterpillar using M&M’s.
Learn essential spy skills using STEM! This week: lifting fingerprints from solid surfaces and reading the patterns to identify and investigate suspects.
A beginner’s guide to the importance of financial literacy including money management, saving, budgeting, and more. Presented by MHS student Prabhav Pillarisetti.
Join us as we celebrate Week of the Young Child with a fun story about loving and accepting who you are! After story time, families are invited to stay and create a self-portrait craft to take home.
Kids ages 3 and up can flap into fun with our peel-and-stick butterfly sand art adventure! Just peel it, sprinkle it, and try very hard not to decorate yourself instead of the butterfly.
Join us for a short storytime followed by a simple craft. Perfect for developing fine motor skills, socializing with friends, and exploring early creativity.
Explore a mobile, hands-on science lab complete with interactive weather mapping, real-time data collection, and simulations of extreme weather events.
Explore a mobile, hands-on science lab complete with interactive weather mapping, real-time data collection, and simulations of extreme weather events.
Explore a mobile, hands-on science lab complete with interactive weather mapping, real-time data collection, and simulations of extreme weather events.
Explore a mobile, hands-on science lab complete with interactive weather mapping, real-time data collection, and simulations of extreme weather events.
An hour of informal play. It is recommended that participants have a basic knowledge of chess. Participants will be paired with a player close in age and/or ability.
Music helps little ones with emotional expression, improve language and social skills, and reduce stress. Join Becca for a casual family sing-along with classic pop and rock songs!
Practice your reading skills by reading a story to a certified therapy dog. Registration is required by visiting the Youth Services desk or calling 908-458-8455. Registration begins March 17.
Practice your reading skills by reading a story to a certified therapy dog. Registration is required by visiting the Youth Services desk or calling 908-458-8415. Registration begins April 2.
An hour of informal play. All skill levels welcome. Please note that this is not an instructional program - it is recommended that participants have a basic knowledge of chess.
Unleash your inner rockstar with us! Paint a rock for our Rock Garden, enjoy tasty tour treats, have your photo taken as a metal lord, get a (temporary) tattoo, and rock out to killer tunes.
Explore a mobile, hands-on science lab complete with interactive weather mapping, real-time data collection, and simulations of extreme weather events.
Explore a mobile, hands-on science lab complete with interactive weather mapping, real-time data collection, and simulations of extreme weather events.
Explore a mobile, hands-on science lab complete with interactive weather mapping, real-time data collection, and simulations of extreme weather events.
Explore a mobile, hands-on science lab complete with interactive weather mapping, real-time data collection, and simulations of extreme weather events.
Celebrate the joy and vibrant colors of spring at the Raritan Public Library’s 2nd Annual Holi Celebration! Come together for an afternoon full of music, snacks, crafts, and color play.
Find your crafter joy and celebrate National Library Week with us! A variety of craft activities will be offered, or you can bring your own craft to work on.
Practice your reading skills by reading a story to a certified therapy dog. Registration is required by visiting the Youth Services desk or calling 908-458-8435.
Display your artistic talents in our Tiny Art Show! Come to the Kickoff to work on your masterpiece, or pick up a canvas between April 27 and May 20 to complete at home.
Learn the different basic types of investments, understand risk, ways to become a smart investor, how to establish investment goals and mistakes to avoid when becoming a first-time investor.
Do you like books, games, crafts, food, or just hanging out with your friends? We are a fun, casual group that meets monthly at the library for a different activity.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the library with a drop-in craft! Kids can create their own colorful alebrije, a magical creature from Mexican folk art. Join anytime during the program hours.
Kids will create a special masterpiece by stamping their hands as flowers onto a paper flower pot, turning their creativity into a sweet, personal keepsake mom will treasure forever.
Kids and families, bring a friend or family member and join us for a silly, fun, and educational program! Find inspiration in old historical portraits and then paint a masterpiece of your own.
An hour of informal play. All skill levels welcome. Please note that this is not an instructional program - it is recommended that participants have a basic knowledge of chess.