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The Baldwin Public Library Children's Room includes a Homework Center, an Arts and Crafts Room and Story Amphitheater.

Our Children's Room offers a wide variety of materials, programs and services for children from infants to age 12, as well as teachers and parents. The book collection includes toddler books, picture books, beginning readers and fiction and nonfiction books for all reading levels. In addition, there is a SEPTA (Special Education Parents and Teachers Association) collection and Parent's Collection. Other materials include DVDs, CD-ROMs, audiocassettes and videocassettes. Toys and puzzles are also available for use. Computers may be used by children age 2 through grade six. Two early literacy computers for children age 2 to Kindergarten have been added to the Children's Room.

Services include reference, reader's advisory, class visits and book lists. One of the special functions of Children's Services at the Baldwin Library is to serve as a center for children's programming and special events. Story times are offered throughout the year for a variety of age levels. Scheduled are Book Babies for 9 to 15 month-olds, Mother Goose Story Times for 16- to 23-month-olds, Toddler Story Times for 2-year-olds and Pre-School Story Times for age 3 through Kindergarten.

In addition, the Children's Room offers craft workshops, holiday programs, book discussions, and special programs throughout the year. Featured during the summer are the Summer Reading Club and the Read-To-Me Club.

Family Place Library

The Library has been designated a "Family Place Library" in partnership with the Middle Country Public Library and Libraries for the Future, a non-profit advocacy group. A Family Place Library is a center for early childhood information, parent education, emergent literacy, socialization and family support. Currently, our Library is one of only 13 libraries in Nassau County to be competitively selected for this honor. Learn and Play is the core program at each Family Place Library. Each workshop consists of five 75-minute sessions for parents and youngsters (1- to 3-year-olds) together. Each session focuses on a topic, e.g. speech development, nutrition, physical fitness, play and reading, etc. An expert from local service and health agencies is on hand at each session to answer parents' questions and concerns.

Homework Help Center

An After-School Homework Center is now in operation. A certified teacher is available to assist children in grades 2 to 6 with questions on homework. The service is available from Monday through Thursday from 4 to 6PM (school days only). Registration is required once during each school year by a parent.

For more information on any of our Children's programs, please call Wendy Rathjens, Head of Children's Services, at 223-6228.