Kids

POSTPONED: Meet with New Jersey Statewide Student Support Services (NJ4S)

This event has been rescheduled for Thursday, July 9, 2026, from 4:30-6:30 PM.  Library and NJ4S staff thank you for your patience.

Looking for ways to practice self-care this summer?  Stop by to pick up some freebies and resources!

Meet with representatives from New Jersey Statewide Student Support Services (NJ4S) and learn about services they provide to families with children in grades K through 12.

Meet with New Jersey Statewide Student Support Services (NJ4S)

Looking for ways to practice self-care this summer?  Stop by to pick up some freebies and resources!

Meet with representatives from New Jersey Statewide Student Support Services (NJ4S) and learn about services they provide to families with children in grades K through 12.

NJ4S is a prevention program that supports youth mental wellness and can connect students and their parents/caregivers with other community resources beneficial to social, emotional, and mental health and well-being, including clinical and non-clinical resources.

Family Craft: Dragon Boat Festival

Stop by the library to engage in crafts and activities to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival!

Held annually, the Dragon Boat Festival is a holiday celebrated in remembrance of Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet. The holiday's main highlight is exciting boat races; a traditional food eaten during this time is sticky rice dumplings known as zongzi (粽子). Learn more about the annual festival at this library event.

This program is in partnership with APIDA Alliance.

Sight Words BINGO

Keep your brain in gear with this fun game!  We'll get some practice reading sight words while playing BINGO with the library's awesome teen volunteers.  You might even win a prize!

Recommended for kids entering kindergarten through 2nd grade.

Family Fitness

Join in the excitement at this special fitness event!  Training staff from the Raritan Valley YMCA will lead families through a fun, fast-paced workout!  

Please wear sneakers and comfortable clothing.  And don't forget to bring your water bottle!

For families with kids entering kindergarten and up.

Brought to you by Just For The Health Of It!, The Library's Prescription for Quality Health & Wellness Information. 

Dessert Discussion: Feelings, Social Media, & Ice Cream

Join our friends from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School for a workshop on feelings and mental health, social media, and how these topics are related.  Learn some strategies for navigating tough feelings or difficult friend (or frenemy) situations, and wrap up with a plan for how you can use social media while staying safe and grounded.  

Ohhh!!!  And enjoy some ice cream while we chat, because what makes an awkward conversation easier than having a frozen dessert to literally "break the ice" with?

For tweens and teens in 3rd grade and up.