Week Calendar

Join Miss Eliza for songs, rhymes, and bounces followed by a short playtime. While the activities provided are targeted toward babies, older siblings are welcome to enjoy the session.

English language learners are invited to join us at the library to practice speaking and listening skills while making new friends in a casual, conversational atmosphere.

All levels are welcome! 

Join us for songs, rhymes, fingerplays, stories, and fun!

Rhyme Time is an interactive program of various fun skill-building activities packed into a lively thirty-minute session.  It is designed to develop your children’s early literacy skills.  To improve engagement and encourage a more fun e

Join us to share stories, songs, rhymes, and crafts! This storytime is structured to focus on kindergarten readiness skills. Parent participation is encouraged.

Parents and babies are invited to join us for this drop-in, unstructured open baby play. It is a perfect time to play and give baby an chance to interact with others while caregivers get to know one another.

If English is not your first language, join us at the library to practice your speaking and listening skills and improve your English vocabulary in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. All levels and ages are welcome!

Children are encouraged to use their creativity to decorate our Peace Garden with colorful chalk drawings. In addition, there will be chalk activities for children to complete.

Learn to play the ukulele, a stringed instrument which is similar to a guitar. Music teacher Yael Rothfeld will teach you basic chords, patterns, and rhythms to play several songs. This is a beginner’s workshop, and no music experience is needed.

Join Kirsten Leestma, a teacher and literacy coach, for a 4-day virtual short story writing camp. By day 4 you will have a finished story to publish as you please! Each session will include a lesson and allow time for writing. 

Join Kirsten Leestma, a teacher and literacy coach, for a 4-day virtual short story writing camp. By day 4 you will have a finished story to publish as you please! Each session will include a lesson and allow time for writing. 

Join Kirsten Leestma, a teacher and literacy coach, for a 4-day virtual short story writing camp. By day 4 you will have a finished story to publish as you please! Each session will include a lesson and allow time for writing. 

Join Kirsten Leestma, a teacher and literacy coach, for a 4-day virtual short story writing camp. By day 4 you will have a finished story to publish as you please! Each session will include a lesson and allow time for writing. 

English language learners are invited to meet for coffee and conversation at Biggby Coffee in Troy. Discussion is always laid-back and friendly, and you are not required to have read the whole book to participate.

We provide the movie, you provide the non-sticky snacks and closed-lidded drinks! Join us for Mary Poppins Returns (PG) 2019.

Limited chair seating provided. 

Join us for this storytime presented in English, but focused on introducing children to the Japanese language and culture through books, songs, games and sometimes even snacks!

Learn about the science behind making your own ice cream from scratch. Each person gets to make their own batch and add their favorite topping to enjoy! For grades 6-12

Kids can experiment with different types of craft materials, and let their inner artist shine! Staff will oversee the program, but this is a structure-free program, where kids create whatever they want at their own speed!

TAB meetings are now back in person! If you would like to join TAB please email the Teen Services Librarian (Holly. Osentoski@troymi.gov). The Troy Public Library seeks young people to join the Teen Advisory Board.

Join Red Lotus Yoga as we spend an hour introducing the benefits of breath work, bringing mindfulness in everyday situations, and have some fun playing in yoga postures!

Whether you’re excited or a little nervous about heading to middle school, we know you’ve got questions. Join us to get your questions answered from middle schoolers who’ve been through it!

Do you have a great business idea? Do you want to learn how these ideas can be turned into possible businesses? Join us for a business workshop for teens. Teens will then present their business plan to a panel of judges to win gift cards!

This program is a follow up information session for the participants of the SAT practice exam. A Troy Sylvan Learning Center Representative will give out the scores and go over how to improve upon them.

If you’ve ever wanted to hang out in the library while it’s closed, this is your chance. We’ll be playing games, eating pizza,and giving away prizes to celebrate the end of the teen summer reading program. 

Families with children can join us for a variety of stories, songs, rhymes and movement activities. We'll build early literacy skills while having fun!