Beat the winter blues with our three-part Escape Room Series! Each month features a different Escape Room experience! Worksheets will be emailed upon registration before each escape room, giving you time to review the material with your kids and prepare them for the event. The kids will be working in teams.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Once you register, you will receive an email containing a study guide filled with book suggestions and activities designed to help your child prepare for the homeschool escape room event on December 12. Your kids will be all set to enjoy decoding the answers!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Don’t let the weather get you down! During the December homeschool program, we will provide a study list, including vocabulary words, to help prepare your kids for the escape room on January 9. Get ready to conclude the escape room with an exciting STEM challenge!

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

In preparation for Valentine’s Day, let’s escape with exhilarating experiences by preparing playful puzzles designed to ignite your STEM enthusiasm. Don’t forget to pick up your study guide after the January 9 escape room or anytime after.

Game Days (All Ages)

Tuesdays | 1:00-4:00 p.m.

No registration required

December 3 & 17, January 7 & 21, February 4 & 18

Bring your favorite board game or choose from one of ours! Join us for a fun-filled meet-up where homeschool families can connect and enjoy friendly competition. We’ll have separate areas for teens and younger kids, ensuring everyone has a great time!

Improv Tuesdays (Ages 10-18)

Tuesdays | 1:00-3:00 p.m.

No registration required

December 10, January 14, February 11

No experience required! (Some might say that’s the whole point!) Make it up as you go along with our guest instructor Sam Phemister during these introductory sessions to the beauty and comedy of improvisation.

To follow along with the calendar online sign up at READsquared.

We are excited to announce a new program that encourages us to stretch our comfort zone and bring us together for conversation. Our hope is to foster new friendships by participating in the Open Hearts ~ Open Minds Book Club. Join us in a safe space for this youth book club on the second Saturday of each month to discuss diversity. Each month we will cover a different, nationally-recognized, diversity acknowledgment.

We will be reading picture books to our Pre-K kids ages (0-5). For kids ages (6-10), they can either read on their own or you can enjoy the book as a family. We will have several copies of each book available at the library beginning a month before the scheduled conversation date.

On the second Saturday of each month, we will get together to talk about what we have read. Did the children enjoy it? Did you? Did you learn anything new? Did it make you laugh or cry? During the discussion, we will assemble an easy craft related to the books or let kids play while we talk.

Middle Grade (ages 10-14) and Teens (ages 15-19): Read the title(s) before our meeting date and come prepared with an open heart and open mind to have a conversation with your peers, encouraged by your youth librarians. See our website for the list of scheduled topics or log in to READsquared.

September title:

Copies available at the library.

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Copies available at the library.

September title:

Copies available at the library.

September title:

Copies available at the library.

CONNECT. DISCOVER. CREATE.

Do you have a program you want to offer? Or one you would like to see at the library? Please contact Denise at:

youth.services@rochesterlibrary.org