Week Calendar

Join Collaboratory staff at the Fresh Meadow Nature Trail for an outdoor drawing program! Participants will use oil pastels and/or charcoal to create nature drawings.  One-on-one instruction and all drawing materials will be provided.

Ages 0-18 months | Registration Required

Ages 15 mo - 35 mo | Registration Required

Ages 2-3 | Registration Required

Full of music, movement, and stories, this program is perfect for children who are working on making the transition to Preschool Story Time.

Ages 3-5 | Registration Required

Books, puppets, and songs will reinforce your child's pre-reading skills through repetition and rhyme. A craft is included that will help kids develop their fine motor skills. 

Ages 3-5 | Registration Required

Grades K-5 | Registration Required

Grades K-5 | Registration Required

Ages 15 mo - 35 mo | Registration Required

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know!

Grades K-5 | Registration Required

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Grades K-5 | Registration Required

Homeschool Families | Registration encouraged

Help us create knitted or crocheted squares that will later be stitched together to "yarn bomb" the trunks of the trees in front of the Library along North Main Street!

Our three-part "Food for Thought" series, led by Priya Gooty of Omni Health LLC, emphasizes the benefits of eating nutritious, home-prepared meals over eating out.

Grades 6-12 | Register for a reminder

Do you feel like technology has left you behind? Do you have a burning question, but you don’t know who to ask?

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Paint a sunset or sunrise over a spooky silhouette! Aprons will be available, but please try to wear something you don't mind getting paint on.

Make custom laser cut wall art using your favorite word or short phrase. You will decorate the individual letters with paint, yarn, and other embellishments.

Grades 1-5 | Registration Required

The Choate Mentorship Project intends to strengthen the foundational learning practices of students in public middle schools.

Have questions about your homework? The Wallingford Public Library offers FREE drop in Homework Help!

Grades 2-6 | Registration Required

The WPL is pleased to introduce our new English Conversation Group! This is an informal gathering for people who wish to practice speaking English. There is no level of proficiency required to join.

Create a polymer clay doorway, which can be inserted into a real pumpkin and reused year after year.

Note: This is a repeat program. Please do not register if you have attended previously.

Join us for a community conversation on housing, neighboring, and calling Wallingford home. This gathering will provide an opportunity for participants to get to know each other as they share their housing experiences.

Birth - Age 5 | Registration Required

Join Miss Kari at this active, early literacy enriched story time where we will explore books, songs, and rhymes for all ages. Wear your pj's for added fun!

Grades K-5 | Registration Required

Alebrijes are brightly colored imaginary creatures. Join SCOW to learn more about these Mexican folk art sculptures with a bilingual story and then create your own fantastical animal!

VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON MEETING

I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore

Make custom laser cut wall art using your favorite word or short phrase. You will decorate the individual letters with paint, yarn, and other embellishments.