Week Calendar

In partnership with the Town of Rotterdam, SCPL will be visiting parks around Rotterdam this Summer! Enjoy an outdoor story time with a breakfast snack and craft.

Early literacy class for children birth to age 5, with adult caregiver. Stories, songs, activities and social interaction for the whole family.

Drop-in, no registration required. 

Come check out our early literacy stations in the programming room, including a story time! We will have books previously selected for check out and a craft station every week! Activities and play stations will be different each week.

Bring your baby and bounce along to songs, rhymes, and stories! Learn about early literacy resources and connect with other caregivers. 

Come check out our early literacy stations in the programming room, including a story time! We will have books previously selected for check out and a craft station every week! Activities and play stations will be different each week.

Get inspired by books! Join us to enjoy a storybook reading and create a new masterpiece based on our book of the day. Today we'll read I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont.

Love stickers?  Love doodling?  Then, Sticker Doodle is the program for you.

Stories & learning for families with children ages birth to 5 years old. 

Join the library at the Schenectady Greenmarket to enjoy an activity for kids and families. Junkman Music presents "Junk Jam". Interactive music show & concert where kids make their own instruments and join the jam.

Celebrate the classic story Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. Children and adults will enjoy a retelling of the classic tale, followed by a painting activity based on the story!  Dress for a mess.

Discover how poop can actually help protect our planet in this fun nonfiction book on the nutrient cycle and scientific problem solving.

Experience life in a space kitchen with this fun class about how and what astronauts eat in orbit.

Let's get creative and paint rocks!

Celebrate the classic story Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. Children and adults will enjoy a retelling of the classic tale, followed by a painting activity based on the story!  Dress for a mess.

Join local nature educator George Steele for a fun art activity. Children will etch designs on to recycled styrofoam sheets and use washable marker to print the designs on paper!

Join local nature educator George Steele for a fun art activity. Children will etch designs on to recycled styrofoam sheets and use washable marker to print the designs on paper!

Calling all fiber arts enthusiasts! Bring your supplies to this open crafting hour and work on your project in good company.

With themed sensory bins, motor skills activities, and an open ended art project, this exploratory play time is designed for ages 2-5. Playtime is for parents/caregivers and their littles. Dress for mess.

Meet Genny, a therapy dog who would love to listen to you read a story. For children in grades K-5 with an adult.

This project is inspired by Ghost River, a painting by artist Tyson Reeder. For the program, participants will create their own ghostly scenes, out of air-dry clay, and card stock.

Celebrate the end of Summer by making your own play dough to take home! Reduce plastic packaging by using natural ingredients.

For school aged kids. 

Meet some animals from the Utica Zoo!

For families with kids and teens.