Programs

Join us for fun activities every Thursday after school and make new friends, with snacks provided by donors. 

Drop-in. No registration required.

If your child lives with a disability, and requires an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services at accessibleservices@tpl.ca or phone 416-393-7099. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

This is a free, drop-in program where children and their parents or caregivers can enjoy play-based learning, creative activities, games, and stories and songs while learning about the stages of child development.  For ages 0-6, with their parent or caregiver.

Drop-in. No registration required.

If your child lives with a disability, and requires an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services at accessibleservices@tpl.ca or phone 416-393-7099. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Join us to learn about the Makers Making Change program and to switch-adapt toys. Participants will learn how to take apart a toy, identify buttons that control the toy, and soldier in jacks that will allow someone to control the toy with an assistive switch. All switch-adapted toys will be donated to children with disabilities across Ontario to Neil Squire's Makers Making Change program to make play accessible to families with children with disabilities across Canada. Volunteer hours can be provided to participants upon request.

Please register in-branch or by calling (416) 395-5440. Spots are limited. This is a program for teens only

Brighten your Saturday mornings with a family movie at the library! Bring your own snacks and drinks. Drop-in, no registration required. 

May 11th: Finding Nemo 

If your child lives with a disability, and requires an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services at accessibleservices@tpl.ca or phone 416-393-7099. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance

Si vous vous considérez, votre enfant ou vous-même, comme des personnes handicapées ou sourdes et que vous avez besoin de ce document en format accessible ou d’une mesure d’adaptation pour participer à ce programme, veuillez communiquer avec [insérer les coordonnées] ou utilisez le formulaire en ligne au tpl.ca/accessibility pour faire une demande. Veuillez communiquer avec nous au moins trois semaine à l’avance.

Join us a fun STEAM program on a Sunday afternoon! For ages 5-12.

Drop-in. No Registration.

May 7 – KEVA planks 

May 12 – LEGO

No program May 19 for Victoria’s Day

May 26 – Snap Circuits

If you or your child lives with a disability, and requires an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Come join us at the library for story time filled with songs, rhymes, stories and dance! 

If your child lives with a disability, and requires an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services at accessibleservices@tpl.ca or phone 416-393-7099. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance

Si vous vous considérez, votre enfant ou vous-même, comme des personnes handicapées ou sourdes et que vous avez besoin de ce document en format accessible ou d’une mesure d’adaptation pour participer à ce programme, veuillez communiquer avec [insérer les coordonnées] ou utilisez le formulaire en ligne au tpl.ca/accessibility pour faire une demande. Veuillez communiquer avec nous au moins trois semaine à l’avance.

Dates: Every Monday evening throughout the year. Note the new start time: 6:30pm!

Songs, stories, and rhymes for children ages 5 and under with their parents or caregivers. Drop in.

If your child lives with a disability, and requires an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services at accessibleservices@tpl.ca or phone 416-393-7099. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Join us for a gayageum music concert to celebrate Asian Heritage Month! The gayageum music concert is performed by Roa (HyunYoung) Lee, a composer, arranger and gayageum musician from Korea. Roa Lee is performing classic, jazz, waltz and pop music played with the 25-stringed Gayageum (a traditional Korean musical instrument) and traditional Korean music on the 12-stringed Gayageum. 

Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Please register in person at Barbara Frum branch or by calling 416-395-5440. 


Accessibility at Toronto Public Library
If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.

Come join us every Tuesday morning for songs, rhymes, and stories! For children and their parents or caregivers. 

If your child lives with a disability, and requires an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services at accessibleservices@tpl.ca or phone 416-393-7099. Please contact us at least three weeks in advance

Si vous vous considérez, votre enfant ou vous-même, comme des personnes handicapées ou sourdes et que vous avez besoin de ce document en format accessible ou d’une mesure d’adaptation pour participer à ce programme, veuillez communiquer avec [insérer les coordonnées] ou utilisez le formulaire en ligne au tpl.ca/accessibility pour faire une demande. Veuillez communiquer avec nous au moins trois semaine à l’avance.

Build on your basic Microsoft Word 2019 skills and learn to use Word more effectively.

In this class you will:  

- Practice new Word skills while you design a flyer
- Format text, margins, indents, headers and footers
- Format text as columns
- Create bulleted, numbered and sorted lists
- Review your document with Spelling and Grammar check and Thesaurus

Upon completion of this class students will be able to use even more Word tools to design their documents.

Pre-requisite:  Word Basics 1 or equivalent skills. Basic keyboarding and mouse skills required.
Format: Hands-on with demonstrations
 

If you identify as a person with a disability and require an accessibility accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Accessibility Services by email, accessibleservices@tpl.ca, or voicemail, 416-393-7099, to make a request.  Please contact us at least three weeks in advance.  

Please note: The class is limited to 10 participants. 
Please register in person or by calling Barbara Frum branch at 416-395–5440.