Abington, MA Library Gets Grant For New Program

Acting Library Director Deborah Grimmett said the Abington, MA library has been awarded a $2,000 grant from Target in support of the library’s popular children’s drop-in story hour.

“The Library Trustees and I are thrilled we were able to find additional sources of funding which will provide books for the children’s collection and support the story-hour program,” Grimmett said.

The grant will also provide music and craft materials for the program, which is open to children ages 3 to 5 every Monday at 11 a.m. Registration is not required and the fall session will begin on Oct. 4.

Drop-In Story Hour and other early literacy programs at the library are designed around the developmental needs of preschool children and organized using guidelines from the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, Grimmett said.

Children learn to interact with others in a small group, participate in activities and songs that generate a response, and develop listening and language skills, she said.

Bring the kids to this wonderful program.