Woonsocket Radio News Room

 

 

Solar Eclipse Event

 

Monday April 8th

 

3:30-4:30pm

 

We will have extras of the solar glasses to hand out just for this event. 

 

 

 

Join us at the library to celebrate the Solar Eclipse.

 

1.  Learn about what a solar eclipse is all about.

 

2.  Make a bracelet. We have beads that you can make a bracelet out of that change color in the sun.

 

3.  Paint a bag. We have paints that change color in the sun.

 

 

 

The eclipse will start just after 2p.m. and peak around 3:30p.m.

 

We chose the start time of 3:30pm, as that is when the school kids arrive.

 

 

 

Chris Wallace Goldstein

Children's Librarian 

Woonsocket Harris Public Library

303 Clinton Street

Woonsocket, RI  02895

401-769-9044 x2

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