Getting Ready for Kindergarten (Summer 2026)
Clapp Memorial Library 19 South Main Street, Belchertown
Week of Events
Sunday, July 12, 2026
No events on this day.
Monday, July 13, 2026
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Featured July 13, 2026 -Featured Seeds Storytime (3-12 mo)
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Featured July 13, 2026 -Featured Sprouts Storytime (13-24 mo)
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Featured July 13, 2026 -Featured Summer Teen D&D
Seeds Storytime (3-12 mo)
Monday Seeds Storytime (3-12 mo) Summer 2026 9:00-9:45 AM, Monday, July 6th - August 10th Sign up here: https://forms.gle/TEq5hWYAQuH5ryvh8 Children participate in stories, finger plays, songs, dancing, instrument play and crafts. Come spend some quality time with your child. We encourage all children to also register for Plant A Seed, Read!, our summer reading program. [...]
Sprouts Storytime (13-24 mo)
Monday Seeds Storytime (13-24 mo) Summer 2026 10:00-10:45 AM, Monday, July 6th - August 10th Sign up here: https://forms.gle/DXniAKScqjHurJPj8 Children participate in stories, finger plays, songs, dancing, instrument play and crafts. Come spend some quality time with your child. We encourage all children to also register for Plant A Seed, Read!, our summer reading program. [...]
Summer Teen D&D
Calling all Belchertown Teens for Summer D&D Mondays, 1-2:30, July 6, 13, 20, & 27, August 3 & 10 Join us for summer Dungeons & Dragons fun! The Undying Sands are a shifting, treacherous place. Treasures and monsters hidden by dunes, waiting for someone brave enough to journey forth. Prophecies of a Great Worm rising [...]
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
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Featured July 14, 2026 -Featured Seedlings Storytime (2-3 years)
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Featured July 14, 2026 -Featured RPG Night – Lost Mountain Saga
Seedlings Storytime (2-3 years)
Tuesday Seedlings Storytime (2-3 years) Summer 2026 9:30-10:30 AM, Tuesday, July 7th - August 11th Sign up here: https://forms.gle/X9psvW3k27apQxdn9 Children participate in stories, finger plays, songs, dancing, instrument play and crafts. Come spend some quality time with your child. We encourage all children to also register for Plant A Seed, Read!, our summer reading program. [...]
RPG Night – Lost Mountain Saga
Break out your dice and join us for a monthly game! Our current RPG campaign, Vaesen: The Lost Mountain Saga & Other Tales, is a dark Gothic setting steeped in Nordic folklore and the old myths of Scandinavia! Dive into mysteries where old struggles against the new, and myths come alive. Players can expect to [...]
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
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Featured July 15, 2026 -Featured Getting Ready for Kindergarten (Summer 2026)
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Featured July 15, 2026 -Featured Stitched Journals Workshop
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Featured July 15, 2026 -Featured Two Dinosaurs Are Better Than One
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Featured July 15, 2026 -Featured Clapp Writing Group
Getting Ready for Kindergarten (Summer 2026)
Wednesday Getting Ready for Kindergarten, Summer 2026 9:30-10:30 AM, Wednesday, July 8th - August 12th Sign up here: https://forms.gle/KmH8CD6czH3aCRiR8 Children who will start Kindergarten in the fall will attend this storytime program on their own. We will read stories, sing songs and talk about what school will be like and the different feelings they may [...]
Stitched Journals Workshop
Wednesday, July 15th from 4:00-5:30PM Teens and their adult loved ones are invited to the library on Wednesday, July 15th from 4:00-5:00PM for an Intergenerational Stitched Journal Workshop with Lisa Hersey of Antler Editions! At this beginner class, participants will make two blank journals with pockets in the back. Materials, tools, and instruction will be [...]
Two Dinosaurs Are Better Than One
Talking Hands Theatre, a woman-owned puppet company based in Shutesbury, brings you this musical tabletop show featuring brightly colored dinosaurs. Meet different kinds of dinosaurs from the Jurassic Era, and find out what the dinosaurs plan to do about that big carnivore, Allosaurus, who is pushing everyone around! No registration required. Children should be registered [...]
Clapp Writing Group
The Clapp Memorial Library hosts a bi-weekly writing group for adults aged 18+. Whether you write romance, mystery, fantasy, non-fiction, poetry, children’s books, or screenplays, you’re welcome to join us! Come meet with other writers and share what you’ve been working on over the past month, work on your writing, and more. If you are [...]
Thursday, July 16, 2026
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Featured July 16, 2026 -Featured Sunflowers Storytime (3-7 years)
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July 16, 2026 -Fiber Arts with the Woolies
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Featured July 16, 2026 -Featured Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Meeting
Sunflowers Storytime (3-7 years)
Thursday Sunflowers Storytime (3-7 years) Summer 2026 9:30-10:30 AM, Thursday, July 9th - August 13th Sign up here: https://forms.gle/vZFCtPDePbaARTxD9 Children participate in stories, finger plays, songs, dancing, instrument play and crafts. Come spend some quality time with your child. We encourage all children to also register for Plant A Seed, Read!, our summer reading program. [...]
Fiber Arts with the Woolies
The Woolies are a local fiber arts group who meet weekly at the library to socialize and work on their various projects. Whether you're interested in knitting, crocheting, felting, weaving, embroidery, needle point, sewing, or another fiber art, you're welcome to join the fun.
Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Meeting
All are invited to the The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library Board Meeting in the Activity Room at 6:30pm. For information email friendsofclappmemoriallibrary@gmail.com http://www.friendsofclapplibrary.org/ The Friends of Clapp Memorial Library is a volunteer not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising monies to assist the Library beyond the ordinary scope of the Library’s budget to reach its [...]
Friday, July 17, 2026
No events on this day.
Saturday, July 18, 2026
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Featured July 18, 2026 -Featured Messy Outside Art Day
Messy Outside Art Day
Join us at 10AM on July 18th for a morning of fun on the Library Lawn Art fun for everyone who doesn’t mind getting messy! Visit the CML to create and explore with paint, glue, water, bubbles, shaving cream, and more. Wear play clothes, sunscreen, and bug spray and bring a towel. Activities are geared [...]