Looking for some Pro-D Day fun next week?
Burnaby Public Library branches are offering drop-in LEGO Club meetings on Monday and Tuesday, April 25 and 26.
On Monday, you can stop in to the Metrotown branch (6100 Willingdon Ave.) or the Cameron branch (9523 Cameron St.) between 2 and 4 p.m. Kids aged five to 12, with moms and dads, can play with the library’s extensive LEGO collection. Adults must accompany all kids under age 10.
On Tuesday, you can stop in to the Cameron branch or the Tommy Douglas branch (7311 Kingsway), also from 2 to 4 p.m.
You don’t need to sign up, but space is limited, so be sure to drop in early.
GIVE KIDS A STRONG START
Got a preschooler in the house? If you haven’t checked out a StrongStart program yet, you may want to give it a try before the school year ends.
Twelve different elementary schools in Burnaby – spread out all around the city, so there’s sure to be on near you – offer the drop-in program for kids aged zero to five years. It’s a free drop-in program that offers learning through play, with caregivers and kids having a chance to create art, explore sensory materials, build with blocks, take part in songs and storytime, share a free healthy snack and more.
It runs weekday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon (8:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Morley Elementary location). Participating schools include Cascade Heights, Chaffey-Burke, Edmonds, Forest Grove, Kitchener, Lochdale, Maywood, Second Street, Stoney Creek, Stride Avenue, Twelfth Avenue and Morley.
Check out www.sd41.bc.ca/strongstart/ for all the details.
CHESS CLUB CONTINUES
Calling all Bobby Fischers – or just kids who love chess.
The Burnaby Public Library is continuing its Kids’ Chess Club drop-ins at the Metrotown branch on Saturdays in April, with sessions on April 23 and 30 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Curtis Lister of the Burnaby Junior Chess Club facilitates the informal chess games for kids aged six to 12.
Parents of kids under age 10 are asked to remain on hand.
There will be no club meetings May 7, 14 or 21, but the club resumes May 28 until June 25.
Check out www.bpl.bc.ca/events for more. It’s a drop-in program, and you don’t need to register.
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KIDS CAN CODE
Is there a young computer whiz in your house? Marshmallow Coding Education Society is offering a Coding for Kids program at the Tommy Douglas library branch as part of the Burnaby Festival of Learning.
The one-hour program is set for Tuesday, May 3 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Burnaby Public Library branch at 7311 Kingsway. Kids aged nine to 12 can get their hands on coding thanks to the local non-profit group that aims to give kids the chance to learn computer programming.
Register ahead by calling 604-522-3971.
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