Week Calendar

For ages 5 and younger with a caregiver.

Registration is required.

Register each week, one week in advance. 

Please register using your child's name.

Sign up to have the Colonie Police Department check your child's car seat for proper installation and ensure the safety of your child.  This event will take place in the library's back parking lot. Please register below. 

Join us for stories, games and activities designed to encourage the development of early learning practices. Using stories, songs, simple experiments and art, we'll explore literacy, math and science.

For ages 5 and younger with a caregiver.

Registration is required.

Register each week, one week in advance. 

Please register using your child's name.

A special storytime for babies that are not yet walking and their caregivers. This fun 15-20 minute program includes songs, fingerplays, lap bounces, and books.

Establish a steady writing habit with this biweekly nonfiction writing group.  Each session will feature a brief writing exercise for warmup, feedback opportunities, and open writing time.

You will be introduced to a unique form of meditation called Sahaja Meditation that is practiced in over 100 countries and is always free. With your desire, an energy within you will be awakened.

We're hosting a 3-day scrapbooking and crafting event, so gather your supplies and haul them over to the library for some creative camaraderie!  Feel free to bring whatever craft project you're working on; it's always fun to see wha

Come join our group to practice Italian conversation in a friendly and relaxed environment!

DIY Dollar Tree Pallet Pumpkin.

This craft may be a little messy. 

An Afternoon Art workshop where each week we will be making a different art project!  Come use your imagination and get creative! Wear clothing that can get messy. 

Love LEGOs?  We do, too! We have a vast collection of LEGOs for you to build with! Your finished piece will be on display in the Children's Room for a whole week! Come build with us and show off your skills.

Get ready for spooky season with pretty velvet pumpkins! Grades 6 to 12 only, please.

Young writers in grades 3 to 5 will learn about writing characters (protagonists, antagonists), simple poetry, plot structures, and more. They will end with a “published” portfolio of their work.

DIY Dollar Tree Pallet Pumpkin.

This craft may be a little messy. 

Join us for a beginners knitting workshop. Instructions will include simple stitches that you can use to create a beginner project. Please bring knitting needles in 5mm (size 8). Yarn can be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own.

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