The Montauk School District got its first dose of the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday and what its implementation will mean to the district.

Karen Theiss, the school nurse, told the board that there are three phases it must go through before the program goes into effect by January 2016. Ms. Theiss has been attending workshops on the program at the Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Westhampton Beach for the past year.

Tuesday’s meeting was the first phase, which requires that the district look back over the last year to get a clearer view of how many on staff are insured or may become insured by the district. Currently, the school’s insurance plan covers 67 employees and costs $24,500 for a family plan and $10,800 for a single person. Those who are insured by the district make a contribution of 8 percent toward the cost.

The second phase involves an administrative period in which school officials look over the time period covering Oct. 15 through Dec. 31, 2014, to establish what provisions will be required of the district. “It’s a snapshot of sorts,” the nurse said.

The third phase includes a stability period at which time the implementation will take place, from Jan. 1, 2016, through Dec. 31, 2016.

As far as insurance coverage for substitute teachers is concerned, the district will be required to offer an employee affordable insurance if he or she works a period of 26 weeks, 30 hours per week. If a substitute should take a break longer than four weeks, then the district is no longer required to offer coverage. If the substitute teacher returns then the time frame begins anew.

The board also learned at the meeting that the school playground surface, which was laid 10 years ago, will soon be replaced with a fine mulch. The surface now is shredded rubber tires that some feel is not sturdy and not hygienically safe. The cost to resurface is $75,000 and includes removal of the old tires and additional drainage. American Recreational Product won the bid for the fiber replacement, which Jack Perna, the district superintendent, described as fine wooden chips, not as big as mulch, but larger than sawdust.

And finally, the board granted maternity leave to Rachel Kleinberg, the school librarian, from Feb. 23 to September.

Rose Kelly has danced just about every role in “The Nutcracker,” except that of the Sugar Plum Fairy, but this weekend the 15-year-old Hampton Ballet Theatre School student from Bridgehampton will take on the starring soloist role normally danced by a professional, even in student productions.

“It’s a huge accomplishment for me as a dancer,” Rose said before a rehearsal at Guild Hall on Monday. “It’s a really amazing part, and it’s a lot of fun to dance.” 

Rose will partner with Nick Peregrino of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet in Washington, D.C., in the grand pas de deux, which is the finale of the classic Christmas ballet set to Tchaikovsky. “To be supported by a professional dancer is very different, but a really good experience,” Rose said.

She remembers looking up to the older students when she was just a preschool dance student. “I can’t believe I made it here,” she said, as a group of younger dancers talked onstage with Sara Jo Strickland, the school’s director. “We were once those little dancers,” she said to Vincenzo James Harty, who, like her, began studying with Ms. Strickland at the age of 21/2.

“She’s like a second mother to me,” Vincenzo wrote in an email on Tuesday. He recalls his first role in “The Nutcracker” when he was 21/2 “I was a polichinelle, and although I don’t remember much of the actual performance (besides the excitement of shuffling alonginside the darkness of Mother Ginger’s skirt, and finally the fabric opening up and seeing the audience and the lights for the first time), I must’ve been so thrilled that I walked right to the edge of the stage and almost fell off.” He has loved the theater ever since.

Vincenzo, also 15 now, will dance the solo role of the Dewdrop Prince this weekend for the second year in a row, but will also have three other roles. He is one of only two boys in the production, a position that sometimes comes with added pressure. “You’re expected to do any partnering that’s needed, but it’s fun too.”

His Dewdrop Prince dance in “The Nutcracker” is seven minutes long. “Every year you’re working your way up to these levels and thinking how you can be better,” he said. “I just want to keep trying to be better.”

Rose’s part includes four dances, one after the other, no small feat for a young dancer. “It takes so much energy, and also partnering is different and it’s sometimes hard,” she said. She has partnered with Mr. Peregrino before, in the school’s spring production of “Cinderella,” “so it was a little easier to dance with him this time.”

“Ballet is my life,” Rose said. “It’s every breath I take and it’s always been that way.” She attends Bishop McCann Mercy High School in Riverhead and hopes that dance will be in her future. Vincenzo, who is from East Hampton and is home schooled, has his sights set on a medical profession, perhaps as a veterinarian, but said that whatever he does, performing arts will have to be a part of his life. He is also a tenor with the award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

“Dance helps you a lot because you have to have a great stage presence and a sense of your body,” he said.

Rose, Vincenzo, and Mr. Peregrino will be joined on stage by the students of the Hampton Ballet Theatre School along with some parents and local actors.

Ms. Strickland choreographed “The Nutcracker.” Working with her once again are Yuka Silvera, who designed and sewed the costumes, and Sebastian Paczynski, the lighting designer. Performances are tomorrow at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance, $20 for children through hamptonballetheatreschool.com or 888-933-4287, and $30 and $25 at the door.

“This year, all of the girls have really grown up and gotten stronger,” Rose said of the Hampton Ballet Theatre troupe. “They know the dances by heart. It’s going to be a stronger production and the dancers are absolutely amazing.”

“Every year we progress more and more, and I think that this year will probably be the best yet,” Vincenzo said.

Since the Conservatory of Danse Arts closed its doors this year, this weekend’s production will be the only South Fork staging of “The Nutcracker.” However Studio 3 of Bridgehampton will present “Mixed Nuts,” a multi-dance blending of “The Nutcracker” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” next weekend at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. Shows will be Friday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. and Dec. 20 at 2 and 7 p.m.

Part Nutcracker, Part Grinch

The young dancers of Studio 3 in Bridgehampton will present “Mixed Nuts,” a production that is part “The Nutcracker,” part “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” tomorrow and Saturday at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. The show includes ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, and other dance forms in an original holiday story with classic Christmas characters.

Performances are tomorrow at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 for children under 10 and senior citizens. They can be purchased at the door.

Vacation Camps and Workshops

Working parents who don’t have two weeks off for the holiday break like their kids do or those who just want to get the little ones out of the house over the long school break will find vacation camps and holiday-break workshops at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton, the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, Hampton Kids in East Hampton, and the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. Advance registration is required for all, because some will not run without sufficient enrollment and others will fill up quickly.

At the Y.M.C.A. in East Hampton, a full-day camp running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. will be offered for 5 to 12-year-olds on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Dec. 26, and again on Dec. 29, Dec. 30, and Jan. 2. The cost is $65 per day, per child, with discounts for additional days. All six sessions cost $355 per child. Camp forms are available on the Y’s website or at the center and must be filled out in advance of attendance.

At Hampton Kids on Daniel’s Hole Road, a kids club for ages 2 to 12 will be offered starting Monday and continuing every day through Jan. 2 with the exception of Christmas and New Year’s. Parents can enroll children in a half day from 9 a.m. to noon or from noon to 3 p.m., or a full day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program will be offered only in the morning on Saturday and Sunday. The cost is $100 per day including snacks, lunch, tokens, and use of the bounce house. A half day costs $40. Members pay $70 or $30. Siblings will receive a 10-percent discount.

At CMEE, a kids club for 4 to 6-year-olds will be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, Dec. 26, from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and again at the same time on Dec. 29 and 30 and Jan. 2. This drop-off program will include circle time, arts and crafts, science or cooking, snack time, and a story time. The cost is $55 per day or $45 for members and includes admission to the museum.

At the Parrish Art Museum, where classes always fill up quickly, there will be art workshops Dec. 29 through 31. Sessions for kids 4 to 6 will run from 10 a.m. to noon, and those for kids 7 and older will be from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $40, $30 for museum members.

Also at CMEE, kids 2 to 6 can make snow globes on Saturday at 10 a.m. following a reading of Wong Herbert Yee’s “Tracks in the Snow.” The workshop costs $20, $15 for members.

“How Santa Got His Job”

At the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor on Saturday, Nappy’s Puppets will present “How Santa Got His Job,” a show about all the things young Santa tried before he finally landed the job he has today. Shows are at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and cost $12, $10 for members and grandparents, and $8 for children under 3 or each additional child.

Crafts, Crafts, Crafts

Snow, togetherness, giving, gingerbread. Programs at local libraries will focus on the things that make this time of year what it is.

At the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, kids can drop in all day tomorrow and Saturday to make handprint crafts. On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, the library will have all the materials needed for holiday gift labels.

Snow globes are on the agenda during a family program at the Amagansett Library on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. On Sunday at 2 p.m., kids in kindergarten through third grade can make a bead craft ornament to help them ring in the new year. The library will show the film “Mary Poppins” on Friday, Dec. 26, at 2 p.m. Snacks will be provided.

Children 4 and older will make poster collages about family and friends on Monday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the East Hampton Library. On Friday, Dec. 26, from 2 to 3 p.m., they’ll mix and measure to make a gingerbread treat they can bake at home.

“The Snowflake Man”

After a week with no school, families needing some out-of-the-house entertainment might head over to the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor on Saturday, where Puppetkabob will present “The Snowflake Man” at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Inspired by the true story of the man who first photographed a snow crystal, the show uses Czech-style marionettes to share this fascinating American tale. Tickets cost $12, $10 for grandparents and theater members, and $8 for siblings or additional children in the same group.

Movies in the Afternoon

At the Amagansett Library, family movies will be shown the day after Christmas and again on Friday, Jan. 2, at 2 p.m. Tomorrow’s selection is “Mary Poppins.” Next week, it will be “The Wizard of Oz.” Snacks will be provided.

On Saturday, children in kindergarten through third grade can make pinecone birdfeeders at 3:30 p.m. The library is also running its regular weekly story, craft, and toddler music programs over the holiday break.

Busy Holiday at CMEE

Children can get in touch with their artistic sides at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Saturday. Younger ones, 2 to 6 years old, will mix watercolors, glue, and salt to make colorful canvases at 10 a.m. The program costs $15 including museum admission, $10 for members. Also at 10 that day, there will be a foam board printmaking workshop for 6 to 10-year-olds. The hourlong drop-off program costs $25 including museum admission, or $10 for members.

Sunday is Waffle Day at the museum, when families can make their own brunch from 10 to 11 a.m. The cost is $20 including museum admission, $7 for members.

Looking ahead to New Year’s Eve, the museum will celebrate 12 hours early with noisemaker crafts starting at 11 a.m., a countdown to noon, and a ball drop. Members get in free. All others pay $10.

Finally, on Friday, Jan. 2, CMEE’s Pizza and Pajama night from 6 to 7:30 will include a reading of Denise Fleming’s “Time to Sleep,” about hibernation. This too is free for members and $10 for others.

The museum’s Kids Club, a 9:30 a.m. to noon drop-off program for ages 4 to 6, continues the day after Christmas and on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, Jan. 2. Each day brings a different activity and includes a snack. The cost is $55 per day per child, $45 for members. Advance registration has been requested for all CMEE activities.

A Countdown for Kids

The John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor will host an early New Year’s Eve party for kids of all ages on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with games, treats, dancing, and, of course, a countdown.

Recycle It

In addition to its regular weekly fun, the East Hampton Library will host kids 4 and up for art workshops on Monday and Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. A recycled art fantasyland is on the agenda for Monday. Tuesday it’s cut-paper snow people. Sign-up in advance is required.

The Springs School Board convened a special session Thursday morning to unanimously appoint Christopher Sarlo as interim principal.

Eric Casale, the current principal, will undergo spinal surgery on Jan. 6. He is expected to return to his post in February.

Mr. Sarlo was a principal of East Hampton High School and in 2005 served as the interim principal of the Springs School. As interim principal this time around, he will serve from Jan. 5 until Jan. 31.

 “I would like to assure you that we fully anticipate a smooth transition, with absolutely no disruption in the students’ educational experience during this time,” Elizabeth Mendelman, the board president, wrote in an email to parents. “Given his track record and history in not only our district but the surrounding area as well, the board of education has the utmost confidence in Mr. Sarlo and his ability to serve the Springs community.”

The Springs School begins its two-week winter recess on Monday. Classes will resume on Jan. 5.

Did you ever wonder what life was like here 100 years ago? Springs School fourth graders did, and they let their imaginations and a good deal of research on the history of the hamlet and Gardiner’s Island guide them as they developed “Bound for Gardiner’s Island,” an original opera set in Springs a century ago.

The school’s 18th fourth-grade opera will premiere at Guild Hall’s John Drew Theater on Wednesday at 7 p.m., with additional performances for students next Thursday and Friday, Jan. 16.

Only a fraction of the fourth-grade class will take the stage next week, but more than 100 fourth graders had a hand in bringing the production to fruition. The students conceived, developed, wrote, composed, designed, and marketed the opera under the guidance of Sue Ellen O’Connor, Colleen McGowan, and a host of other teachers and community members.

 “Bound for Gardiner’s Island” is an original story by the 76 Pick Up Sticks Opera Company, a k a Springs fourth graders, with original music composed with help from Angelina Modica, the musical director, and Kyril Bromley, who has been the arranger and accompanist through the fourth-grade opera program’s 18-year history. Terie Greene was the acting coach this year, Lisa Weston oversaw set design, Andrea McCafferty was in charge of costumes and makeup, and Paton Miller headed up the artistic design team.

Wednesday’s performance is open to the public, and if past experience is any indication, it will be standing-room-only. DVDs of the opening night production and behind-the-scenes work will be sold for $15 apiece to raise money for the opera program. C.K.

Teen Finance

Budgeting, balancing a bank statement, and smart debit and credit card habits are among the topics on the agenda for a Wednesday evening session on personal finance for teenagers at the Amagansett Library. At 6:30 p.m. Lynn Allen of Allen Business Services and Eileen Espana, a senior at East Hampton High School, will discuss practical skills for those just starting to manage their own finances. And don’t worry about spending your hard-earned money on snacks to tide you over till dinnertime; they’ll be provided by the library.

Art After School

Free after-school art workshops will begin at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill this week and run through March. Classes for children in kindergarten through fifth grade will be on Wednesdays from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. A class for prekindergartners will be offered on Thursdays from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Advance registration is a must.

Classes for kindergarten through fifth grade on Mondays and Thursdays are full, but the museum is accepting names for a wait list.

Bouncy Balls and Snowflakes

For the curious, crafty, and scientific-minded, local libraries will be the place to be this week. Today at 4 p.m. at the East Hampton Library, kids 5 and older can learn the scientific principles behind bouncing and make their own bouncy balls using ingredients found in most households.

The Montauk Library will show off its 3-D printer in three sessions on Saturday. Kids in kindergarten through third grade can see what it does from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Third through fifth graders can take a look from 2:30 to 3, and kids in sixth grade and above will learn how people are using these cool machines from 3 to 3:30.

The Amagansett Library will open its craft closet to families on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. for a story time followed by a puppet-making session. The library has added a potions class for kindergarten through third grade to its weekly schedule. Young wizards will gather on Wednesdays at 3:15 p.m. through Jan. 21. A weekly Legos and games get-together for the same age group will now be offered on a new day, Tuesday, at 4 p.m.

Kids 4 to 10 will use watercolors, tape, salt, and charcoal to create birch tree paintings on Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor.

At the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, children 4 and up will make snowflakes from borax, while also learning about the myriad forms snowflakes can take on Friday, Jan. 16, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Advance sign-up has been requested for all library programs.

Birding in Mecox

The South Fork Natural History Museum will lead 8 to 12-year-olds on a birding expedition to Mecox Bay on Saturday at 10 a.m. Participants will borrow the museum’s binoculars, magnifiers, compasses, and field guides to observe and record what they see. They can take their own nature journals or purchase one for $2. Registration in advance is required.

ABC Soup

Alphabet noodle soup will be the dish of the day on Saturday as kids 3 to 6 get cooking at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. Starting at 10 a.m., they will chop and measure ingredients for a soup they can take home, then listen to a reading of “Stone Soup.” The program costs $22, including museum admission, $10 for members.

On Sunday at the museum, there will be a story time with Sima from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. It is free with museum admission.

The East Hampton School Board convened a nearly two-hour education forum on Tuesday night, during which it explored the possibility of expanding its technology programs while facing lean financial times.

Richard Burns, the superintendent, explained that the district has cut $5 million in recent years since the imposition of the statewide 2-percent tax cap, while also adding classes in robotics, computer programming, and coding. But he foresees another challenging year ahead, with “probably a $600,000 increase budget to budget.

With about two dozen parents and teachers in the audience, Mr. Burns saw it as a rare opportunity to elicit community feedback. “What concerns do you have that will help us make decisions and judgments when we start looking at the budget in a more thorough manner?”

Robert Tymann, the assistant superintendent, led the S.T.E.M. presentation (science, technology, engineering, and math). He first discussed national science standards, describing it as a direction in which the district was already headed. “Anything that can be done that’s repetitious can be done with an algorithm and a computer program,” he said. “The instructional model has to change.”

A hands-on science curriculum is already underway in grades 3 to 8, and this year the curriculum is being expanded to the younger grades, including the eventual rollout (funds permitting) of Bee-Bot, a beginning computer coding program. Looking ahead, the district also hopes to begin a junior Lego league in conjunction with Project Most, an after-school program at John M. Marshall Elementary School.

Besides offering coding in the younger grades, Mr. Tymann described a forthcoming “invention convention,” in addition to expanded offerings for the East Hampton Middle School’s Science Olympiad team and a greater array of computer programming and robotics classes in grades 9 to 12.

Mark Mendelman, an East Hampton High School graduate who studied engineering in college and a parent of two children at the Springs School, said the news was “a long time coming.” Besides coding and programming classes, he advocated for other offerings, including 3-D modeling, chemical engineering, and energy.

“We need the teachers of tomorrow, but need them right now,” urged Mary McPartland, a parent. “Our children are already there.”

Chris Merkert, who teaches science at the middle school, said he had retooled his entire approach to teaching over the past five years. “I spent 15 years doing it the old way. I forced myself to change,” said Mr. Merkert. “From a learner’s perspective, it’s the way to go.”

Stephanie Lynch, a parent of three, said a particular challenge was how to keep teachers ahead of the ability levels of their students. She urged the district to pursue various technology grants, including corporate donations. Suzanne Spencer, a parent of two, also asked that the district be more specific in terms of exactly what resources are needed.

To be sure, expanding such offerings requires additional funding. “We will have to cut professional development,” said Mr. Burns, explaining that the district simply does not qualify for many technology-based grants due to the socioeconomic levels of its residents. “We’ve already cut the pens and pencils. We don’t even have proper oboes for our kids to play on.”

Earlier in the night, the board swiftly tackled other business, speeding through a truncated agenda.

Though LTV records the board’s twice-a-month meetings, its current agreement does not include the budget working sessions, which begin in late January. The total cost of recording the seven extra sessions is $1,400, and  the board welcomed local businesses or individual sponsors to cover it.

 The board will next meet on Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m.

For many years, the Montauk Public School has had a lenient attendance policy. School administrators recognized that since the hamlet is a seasonal resort, families often cannot take vacations in summer and do so instead during the winter months. Some vacationing families have used the time before and after school holidays to take extended trips, which adds to the number of school days their children miss.

At a school board meeting in September, however, teachers said that with the inception of New York State standardized testing, otherwise known as Common Core, student attendance has become more important than ever. They pressed the point at a meeting of the board on Tuesday.

The teachers association had written to board members two months ago asking that they review and revise the current attendance policy, which, the letter stated, was instituted before the stakes were made higher and the ramifications were not as widely felt as they are in today’s performance-based model.

“Newly implemented state programs such as Common Core and the Annual Professional Policy Review of teachers established aggregate assessment that are, in our opinion, adversely affected by absenteeism and, to a lesser degree, of tardiness,” the letter states.

Moreover, it says, students who go away for long periods are sometimes tutored by those with little knowledge of New York State curriculum and the Common Core method of teaching. Absentee students miss out on valuable lectures and group work, with a resulting decline in their grades and knowledge of content. The lack of consequences for poor attendance and frequent tardiness produces little motivation to be in school and on time, the letter says.

On Tuesday, Collette Clancy, a teacher, handed out documents with graphs showing the length of time students are absent or away before and  after Christmas, winter break, testing periods, and Easter break. When they return from long absences, she told the board, it changes the whole dynamic of the classroom.

It is a persistent problem, Ms. Clancy said in an email message, and one that has been brought up before. The teachers are marginalized in their call for action, she said, adding that they understand that Montauk is in an unusual situation, but also that things will not change unless the board of education says so.

Jack Perna, the superintendent, seemed a bit miffed that the graphs and other information were not screened by him before the teachers went before the board. He told Ms. Clancy that in the future she should let him know in advance what would be presented to the board.

In other school news, Gregg Chavious, a senior external auditor, said the district received an “unmodified opinion” regarding its audit, which is the highest rating a school can receive. The district invested 80 percent of its budget into instruction, he said, up one point from last year. “This district is in good financial standing,” he said.

Museum Magic

At the Children’s Museum of the East End, fans of Angelina Ballerina may still have a chance to hear the series’ author, Katharine Holabird, read from and sign copies of books in her new Twinkle series tomorrow at 10 a.m. The reading costs $15 and is free for museum members.

On Saturday, children 6 to 10 can make Model Magic figurines at 10 a.m., while younger ones 2 to 6 work on cinnamon dough ornaments in a separate family workshop at the same time. The Model Magic costs $15, or $10 for members; the ornament workshop is $15 plus museum admission.

Sunday at 10 a.m. marks the return of Waffle Sundays at the museum. Families can make their own waffles and eat them, too, at 10 a.m. The cost is $20, including admission, or $7 for members. Looking ahead, a Pizza and Pajama Night on Friday, Dec. 5, will include a reading of “Maisy Makes Gingerbread” and some gingerbread baking from 6 to 7:30 p.m. for $10, free for members. Reservations are also being taken for gingerbread house workshops on Dec. 6 and Dec. 12 at 10 and 11 a.m. The cost of $30 per house, or $20 for members, includes entrance to the museum.

They’re Brave

Kate McMullan, a children’s book author, will be at Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor tomorrow at 11 a.m. to read from her new one, “I’m Brave,” illustrated by Jim McMullan, her husband. Both will be on hand to sign copies.

Open Studio at the Parrish

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will cater to families tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday with open studio hours from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. Drawing inspiration from works in the collection or the current exhibitions, “Steven and William Ladd: Mary Queen of the Universe” and “Alan Shields: In Motion,” families can let their own creative juices flow. The open studio is free with museum admission.

For Thanksgiving Week

The post-Thanksgiving week will be busy at the local libraries, with things for kids to do almost every day of the week. Tomorrow, kids 4 and older can explore the “wonders of wood” during an art program from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the East Hampton Library. On Wednesday, the same ages can make Olaf sock-body snowmen from 4 to 5 p.m.

At the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, kids who take in a photograph can make a frame for it with the help of Valerie DiLorenzo on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., while holiday music plays in the background. Singing will be welcomed. It will be over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. during a story and craft time for all ages at the Amagansett Library.

At the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, snow globes are in the forecast in a program for 7 to 12-year-olds from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday. All ages have been invited to join in a holiday garland workshop at the library on Friday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Jungle Bob

Jungle Bob will visit the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton with his collection of snakes, lizards, turtles, tarantulas, and other exotic creatures for a “live animal extravaganza” for all ages on Saturday at 11 a.m. Space is limited and advance reservations are a must.

On Sunday at the museum, kids 6 and older can learn about fossils and how they were made, then make their own versions to take home. There is a $5 materials fee for the program, and advance registration has been suggested.