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WEEK OF APRIL 06 - APRIL 12, 2026

From Lego Club-Rocky Mount at Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC to Healthy Kids Day with your local Brooklyn YMCA! at Event Calendar for Brooklyn families .. and Pages Through the Ages – April Flick Pick at Janet Carlson Calvert Library.

MONDAY - 4/6

Babcock Library, Ashford — Storytime & Crafts at 10:00am storytime crafts
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklyn — Earth Rocks! at 10:00am explore earth
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford
  • 1:00pm — Southington Early Childhood Community Table send email
  • 3:00pm — ECCS Office Hours see director
  • 6:30pm — Southington Kindergarten Readiness Workshop 2026 register online
Event Calendar for Brooklyn families .., Brooklyn
Events - Calendar - EASTFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Eastford
  • 10:30am — Grade K to Eastford Public Library library trip
  • 10:45am — Eastford Public Library Grade PK library trip
  • 12:00pm — Grade 7B to Eastford Public Library library trip
  • 2:15pm — Eastford Public Library Grade 4 library trip
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin — Droid Depot at 3:00pm info
Museum Passes - Mount Kisco Public Library, Franklin
Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield — Teen Support Group at 5:00pm teen support
Roseland Cottage, Woodstock — TBA at - name: Homeschool Program: Life in Revolutionary Times learn more
Scotland Public Library, Scotland — TBA at - name: 1000 Books Before Kindergarten start reading
Woodstock Public Library, Woodstock — Spanish Storytime / Cuentos en Español (Session 2) at 5:00pm story time

TUESDAY - 4/7

Babcock Library, Ashford
  • 3:00pm — Drop-In Coloring drop in coloring
  • 3:00pm — Pat Pheanious: “Finding Family, Living Black History and Remembering My Father, a Tuskegee Airman” family history
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklyn — Free Skate with 4WRD at 2:00pm learn to skate
Events - Calendar - EASTFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Eastford
  • 10:00am — Eastford Public Library Grade 3 library trip
  • 10:00am — Grade 6 to Eastford Public Library library trip
  • 10:15am — Grade K Nature Walk nature walk
  • 2:00pm — Eastford Public Library Grade 1 library trip
  • 2:20pm — Kindergarten Transition Pre K Playground playground fun
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin
  • 10:30am — Toddler Time-Rocky Mount info
  • 10:30am — mc²-minis-Rocky Mount info
  • 11:30am — mc²-minis-Westlake info
  • 1:00pm — Pot Holder Weaving info
  • 5:30pm — Lego Club-Westlake info
Janet Carlson Calvert Library, Franklin — TBA at - name: Children’s Itty Bitty Book Tastings itty bitty
Mansfield Public Library: Event Calendar, Mansfield — Toddler Time at 10:30am join us
Museum Passes - Mount Kisco Public Library, Franklin
Scotland Public Library, Scotland — Art Journaling for Teens and Adults at 3:00pm, 6:00pm create art
What We Do - Blue Sky Farm & Sanctuary, Canterbury
  • 3:30pm — Meet and Greet: Horsemanship Class for Teens contact us
  • 3:30pm — Meet and Greet: Horsemanship Class for Pre-Teens contact us
Woodstock Public Library, Woodstock — Babies & Books Storytime (Session 2) at 9:30am baby storytime

WEDNESDAY - 4/8

Activities for Children - Redding Neighbors & Newcomers, Putnam — Pre-K Story Time: There Was an Old Astronaut... at 10:15am story time
Babcock Library, Ashford
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklyn — Play at BCM at 10:00am play at bcm
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History (UConn), Storrs — Caterpillars of Connecticut at 2-4pm caterpillars
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford — ECCS at the Library at 9:00am see director
Event Calendar for Brooklyn families .., Brooklyn — The Big Brooklyn Playdate at 10:30am brooklyn playdate
Events - Calendar - EASTFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Eastford
  • 10:20am — Field Trip to Loos Grades K-4 field trip
  • 1:15pm — Grade 7A & 8 to Eastford Public Library library trip
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin
  • 10:30am — Story Time-Rocky Mount info
  • 10:30am — Story Time-Westlake info
  • 1:00pm — TechTime - Digital Literacy Series info
Janet Carlson Calvert Library, Franklin
Pomfret Public Library, Pomfret — Cake Decorating 101 at 6:00pm cake decorating
Roseland Cottage, Woodstock — TBA at - name: A Special Family and a Magical Place: The Story of Grover Cronin Department Store learn more
What We Do - Blue Sky Farm & Sanctuary, Canterbury
  • 3:30pm — Class 1: Horsemanship Class for Teens contact us
  • 3:30pm — Class 2: Horsemanship Class for Teens contact us
  • 3:30pm — Class 3: Horsemanship Class for Teens contact us
  • 3:30pm — Class 4: Horsemanship Class for Teens contact us
  • 3:30pm — Class 5: Horsemanship Class for Teens contact us
Woodstock Public Library, Woodstock

THURSDAY - 4/9

Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklyn — Community Access Thursdays at 2:00pm community access
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford — State of Early Childhood in Southington Presentation at 7:45am more details
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin
  • 1:00pm — Digital discoveries- e-resources for upper elementary thru high school age info
  • 4:00pm — Pokemon Club-Rocky Mount info
  • 4:00pm — Tween Scene-Rocky Mount info
  • 4:00pm — mc²-Rocky Mount info
  • 4:00pm — Lego Club-Rocky Mount info
  • 4:00pm — Dogman Bingo info
Janet Carlson Calvert Library, Franklin
Museum Passes - Mount Kisco Public Library, Franklin
Pomfret Public Library, Pomfret
Roseland Cottage, Woodstock — TBA at - name: American Woodcock Walk learn more
Scotland Public Library, Scotland — Story Time at 10:00am join in
What We Do - Blue Sky Farm & Sanctuary, Canterbury
  • 3:30pm — Class 1: Horsemanship Class for Pre-Teens contact us
  • 3:30pm — Class 2: Horsemanship Class for Pre-Teens contact us
  • 3:30pm — Class 3: Horsemanship Class for Pre-Teens contact us
  • 3:30pm — Class 4: Horsemanship Class for Pre-Teens contact us
  • 3:30pm — Class 5: Horsemanship Class for Pre-Teens contact us
Woodstock Public Library, Woodstock — Pokémon Club at 5:00pm pokemon club

FRIDAY - 4/10

Babcock Library, Ashford — Homeschool Hangout at 10:00am homeschool hangout
Family Camp - Camp Woodstock YMCA, Woodstock — Disney's Frozen at 7:00pm get tickets
Museum Passes - Townsend Public Library, Woodstock — Frozen, the Musical at 4:30pm see details
Roseland Cottage, Woodstock
  • - name: Farm Friends at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm Session I — TBA learn more
  • - name: Kite Day at Cogswell’s Grant — TBA learn more
  • - name: Lyman Estate Landscape Tour — TBA learn more
  • - name: Spring Orchid Sale — TBA learn more
  • - name: Working-Class History Tour of the Lyman Estate — TBA learn more
The Little Bean, Woodstock — TBA at - name: 2026 Memorial Day Family Camp family camp
Windham County 4-H Fair, Windham — TBA at - name: Windham County 4-H Fair join in

SATURDAY - 4/11

Activities for Children - Redding Neighbors & Newcomers, Putnam
  • 10:00am — Junior Explorers: Weather explore
  • 10:00am — Kinder Explorers: Weather explore
Babcock Library, Ashford
Creamery Brook Bison Farm, Brooklyn — Annual Festival at the Farm at 12:00pm, 4:30pm join in
Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford
  • 10:00am — Touch a Truck 2026 see flyer
  • 10:00am — Family Fun Day 2026 stop by
Event Calendar for Brooklyn families .., Brooklyn
  • 10:00am — Healthy Kids Day with your local Brooklyn YMCA! healthy kids day
  • 11:00am — Community Joy Family Day: Free Childrens Books, food, readings, dancing and art-making family day
  • 9:30am — Free Speech & Language Screening for Children speech screening
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin
  • 10:30am — Chess Club info
  • 11:00am — Pony Bead Animal Keychains info
Janet Carlson Calvert Library, Franklin — Pages Through the Ages – April Flick Pick at 10:30am pages through ages
Meadow Stone Farm, LLC, Canterbury
  • - name: CT Sheep & Wool Festival — TBA explore
  • - name: NH Sheep & Wool — TBA explore
  • 9:00am — MA Sheep & Wool explore
Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield
Roseland Cottage, Woodstock — TBA at - name: Voices of Dorchester: Letters from the American Revolution learn more
The Riley Farm Rescue, Brooklyn — Spring Fling at 12:00pm - 3:30pm join in

SUNDAY - 4/12

Entertainment/Activities - Early Childhood Collaborative of, Ashford — W.I.S.E. Mental Health Community Block Party at 1:00pm more info
Franklin County Public Library Events Calendar - LibCal @ FC, Franklin — TBA at - name: Tiny Art Pick up/Drop off info
Janet Carlson Calvert Library, Franklin — TBA at - name: National Library Week library week

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