Have a sense of adventure.

In winter, it can be a challenge getting kids out of the house to interact with other kids. It’s important, though. One fantastically low-pressure way to do this is to hit your local library. There’s no cover, you can come and go as you please, and there are special events happening all the time.

Whether you’re a parent, caregiver or babysitter, one great activity going on this Fri. Feb. 17 at 11am is the Town of Esopus Library’s “Play to Learn: Sensory Social Hour”. For an hour, the library gives books a break and focuses on sensory explorations with a variety of “sensory explorations” set up for creative play.

If you’re looking for something different, the Town of Esopus LIbrary has several other events going on, and they’re only one of the many libraries in Ulster County offering great programming. If you haven’t been to your local library in a while, you owe it to yourself and the kid(s) to scan the events happening this week – there’s so much to do, like a drawing workshop for ages 5-12 with artist David Goldin on Tue. Feb. 21 at 4pm over at the Woodstock LIbrary.