{"id":147263,"date":"2026-03-24T19:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147263\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:53:10","slug":"building-and-learning-at-the-childrens-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/147263\/","title":{"rendered":"Building and learning at the children\u2019s library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When children build, they learn things such as math, engineering, social skills and more. A group of children, ages 3 to 8, and their caregivers gathered Tuesday at the Lackawanna County Children\u2019s Library on Vine Street in Scranton, for a Little Builders\u2019 Party. Children used their imaginations to build structures while practicing socialization and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jack Lee, 5, of Waymart, smiles during the Little Builders\u2019...\" class=\"size-article_inline\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/STT-L-BUILDERS-0325-04.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jack Lee, 5, of Waymart, smiles during the Little Builders\u2019 Party at the Lackawanna County Children\u2019s Library in Scranton Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Children do activities during the LIttle Builders\u2019 Party at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/STT-L-BUILDERS-0325-03.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/STT-L-BUILDERS-0325-03.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Children do activities during the LIttle Builders\u2019 Party at the Lackawanna County Children\u2019s Library in Scranton Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stephanie Chimbo, of Scranton, helps her son Liam Yunga, 2,...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/STT-L-BUILDERS-0325-02.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/STT-L-BUILDERS-0325-02.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Chimbo, of Scranton, helps her son Liam Yunga, 2, do a building activity during the LIttle Builders\u2019 Party at the Lackawanna County Children\u2019s Library in Scranton Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 3<\/p>\n<p>Jack Lee, 5, of Waymart, smiles during the Little Builders\u2019 Party at the Lackawanna County Children\u2019s Library in Scranton Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When children build, they learn things such as math, engineering, social skills and more. A group of children,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[182,139,178,180,179,181],"class_list":["post-147263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}