Smithtown Building Closed

Due to the storm that occurred during the early morning hours of August 19, which caused torrential flooding, our Smithtown Building suffered catastrophic damage to its lower level. Therefore, until further notice, our Smithtown Building will be closed while we continue to assess the damage and begin to rebuild.  Our other three buildings remain open to assist our patrons. For updates, click here. 

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Holiday Closing

In observance of Thanksgiving, the Library will be closed Thursday, November 28.  We will reopen on Friday, November 29 at 9:30am.  

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Scarecrow Storytime

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Celebrate all things fall with some stories and a scarecrow craft!

Open
Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 7
Event Details:

Celebrate all things fall with some stories and a scarecrow craft!

Art Starts

Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Art Starts:

Different crafts encourage children's eye-hand coordination and gross and fine motor skills development, includes storytime. Dress to make a mess.

Open
Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 4

Art Starts

Different crafts encourage children's eye-hand coordination and gross and fine motor skills development, includes storytime. Dress to make a mess.

Pot Belly Turkeys

Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Come on down for a fun Thanksgiving story and create your very own turkey!

Waitlist
Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Come on down for a fun Thanksgiving story and create your very own turkey!

Story Tots

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Unplug and unwind with your little ones.  Engage in stories, fingerplays, rhymes and musical activities.

Closed
Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Unplug and unwind with your little ones.  Engage in stories, fingerplays, rhymes and musical activities.

Parachute Playtime

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Games
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Bring your littlest ones down to the library for a fun-filled time of stories, songs, bubbles and parachute play!

Closed
Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Games
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Bring your littlest ones down to the library for a fun-filled time of stories, songs, bubbles and parachute play!

Imagination Station

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Exercise your imagination as we engage in dramatic play.

Open
Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 11
Event Details:

Exercise your imagination as we engage in dramatic play.

Thanksgiving Day

Thursday, November 28, 2024 at 10:45am - 11:45am
Commack Building, Kings Park Building, Nesconset Building, Smithtown Building, Offsite, Virtual
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Commack Building, Kings Park Building, Nesconset Building, Smithtown Building, Offsite, Virtual

Little Turkeys

Friday, November 29, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

There is so much to be thankful for!  Join us for Thanksgiving stories and songs, then make a seasonal keepsake with your little one.

Closed
Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

There is so much to be thankful for!  Join us for Thanksgiving stories and songs, then make a seasonal keepsake with your little one.

Let's Have a Hoot

Friday, November 29, 2024 at 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Turn your head, flap your wings and sing with a hoot in this storytime and craft all about owls.

Waitlist
Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Turn your head, flap your wings and sing with a hoot in this storytime and craft all about owls.

Baby Playground

Monday, December 2, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Enjoy free play and language-based activities with other babies in a relaxed, friendly environment. Siblings are welcome.

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Enjoy free play and language-based activities with other babies in a relaxed, friendly environment. Siblings are welcome.

Wonderful Ones

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Wonderful Ones:

This action-packed program engages little ones in language-based activities includes free play, stories and fun.

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20

Wonderful Ones

This action-packed program engages little ones in language-based activities includes free play, stories and fun.

Library Playdate

Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:45am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Library Playdate:

Sieze the play and keep the mess at our place. Meet other children and families while playing with toys and creating an art project.

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20

Library Playdate

Sieze the play and keep the mess at our place. Meet other children and families while playing with toys and creating an art project.

Snowflake Slime

Friday, December 6, 2024 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Do you love to play in the snow? Do you love slime? Come in and make your own snowflake slime to play with and take home! Dress to make a mess.

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Do you love to play in the snow? Do you love slime? Come in and make your own snowflake slime to play with and take home! Dress to make a mess.

Creation Station

Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 10:00am - 3:00pm
Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children
Creation Station:

Are you looking for something to do on a Saturday? Come to the Library during these hours and complete some cool crafts.

Location: Commack Building
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Creation Station

Are you looking for something to do on a Saturday? Come to the Library during these hours and complete some cool crafts.

Silly Snowmen

Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Come on down to the Library to hear some snowmen stories and create a cool snowman craft.

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Come on down to the Library to hear some snowmen stories and create a cool snowman craft.

Time for Twos

Monday, December 9, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Time for Twos:

Visit the Library and enjoy building social skills in a relaxed, friendly environment; includes free play, songs, stories and a craft.

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20

Time for Twos

Visit the Library and enjoy building social skills in a relaxed, friendly environment; includes free play, songs, stories and a craft.

Little Book Buddies

Monday, December 9, 2024 at 4:15pm - 5:00pm
Commack Building
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Book Buddies is a program in which a child is paired with a teen for a rewarding reading experience.

Required
Location: Commack Building
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Book Buddies is a program in which a child is paired with a teen for a rewarding reading experience.

Nursery Rhyme Time

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Nursery Rhyme Time:

Enjoy a traditional time of nursery rhymes and songs for baby. A great introduction to the Library for the youngest of children!

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20

Nursery Rhyme Time

Enjoy a traditional time of nursery rhymes and songs for baby. A great introduction to the Library for the youngest of children!

Playful Penguins

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:15pm
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Waddle on in for some playful stories featuring our arctic penguin pals!  Create your very playful penguin to take home.

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Waddle on in for some playful stories featuring our arctic penguin pals!  Create your very playful penguin to take home.

Wonderful Ones

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Wonderful Ones:

This action-packed program engages little ones in language-based activities includes free play, stories and fun.

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20

Wonderful Ones

This action-packed program engages little ones in language-based activities includes free play, stories and fun.

I Survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888

Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:00pm
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Enjoy a brief book talk on Lauren Tarshis’ I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 and then use your STEAM knowledge to design and build a blizzard proof structure out of marshmal...

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Enjoy a brief book talk on Lauren Tarshis’ I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 and then use your STEAM knowledge to design and build a blizzard proof structure out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

Lil' Athletes - Football Fun

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 10:00am - 10:45am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Fitness
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Get ready for fun as we learn how to play football with Lil' Athletes. 

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Fitness
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Get ready for fun as we learn how to play football with Lil' Athletes. 

Lil' Athletes - Football Fun

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 11:00am - 11:45am
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Fitness, Games
Age Group:
Children
Event Details:

Get ready for fun as we learn how to play football with Lil' Athletes!

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Fitness, Games
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Get ready for fun as we learn how to play football with Lil' Athletes!

Family Gingerbread House Decorating

Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Commack Building Community Room at Commack Building
Program Type:
Cooking
Age Group:
Children, Families
Event Details:

Bring the family to the Library and decorate a gingerbread house provided by Fanny Cakes bakery! Each family will receive one house to decorate together. Please register for one sp...

Required
Location: Commack Building
Room: Commack Building Community Room
Age Group: Children, Families
Program Type: Cooking
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

Bring the family to the Library and decorate a gingerbread house provided by Fanny Cakes bakery! Each family will receive one house to decorate together. Please register for one spot per family.

 

Disclaimer(s)

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Drop offs will not be permitted.

This program may not be suitable for those with food allergies.