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Flier for our Minecraft Build Challenge on 6/24!

Minecraft Build Challenge: Flying Machines (Ages 10-18)

Monday, June 24, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Community Room (MID) at Middletown Branch Library
Program Type:
Computers & Technology, Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary, Teen
Event Details:

Let your imagination take you sky high in our Minecraft Build Challenge! Show off your skills by making a flying machine, hot air balloon, or whatever else sends you soaring! ...

Library Branch: Middletown Branch Library
Room: Community Room (MID)
Age Group: Elementary, Teen
Program Type: Computers & Technology, Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Let your imagination take you sky high in our Minecraft Build Challenge! Show off your skills by making a flying machine, hot air balloon, or whatever else sends you soaring! 

Summer Explorers: Eric Carle Day

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Room (BR) at Brunswick Branch Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary
Event Details:

Learn all about author and illustrator, Eric Carle with a special reading of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." We will enjoy several creative activities as well. Designed for children...

Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Community Room (BR)
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Learn all about author and illustrator, Eric Carle with a special reading of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." We will enjoy several creative activities as well. Designed for children in grades K-5.

Little Gardeners

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room (EM) at Emmitsburg Branch Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Birth - 5, Elementary
Event Details:

Bring your children to the library to become little gardening experts! We will be busy creating, exploring, and learning how to care for Mother Earth's precious plant beauties!&nbs...

Library Branch: Emmitsburg Branch Library
Room: Community Room (EM)
Age Group: Birth - 5, Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Bring your children to the library to become little gardening experts! We will be busy creating, exploring, and learning how to care for Mother Earth's precious plant beauties! 

Tiny STEAM

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 11:15am - 11:45am
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Birth - 5
Event Details:

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 

Discovery Depot (Grades K-5)

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary
Event Details:

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

School Skills

Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 11:15am - 11:45am
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Birth - 5
Event Details:

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more.

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more.

Tween STEAM! Codes and Ciphers (ages 9-13)

Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Anthony M. Natelli Community Room at Urbana Regional Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Teen
Event Details:

Join us for engaging hands-on STEAM projects! Learn about cryptography, the art (and math!) of creating codes and hidden messages! Geared for grades 3-8 (ages 9-13).  Activ...

Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Room: Anthony M. Natelli Community Room
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Join us for engaging hands-on STEAM projects! Learn about cryptography, the art (and math!) of creating codes and hidden messages!

Geared for grades 3-8 (ages 9-13).  Activities while supplies last. 

Summer Explorers: Outdoor Art Party

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Outside Library (BR) at Brunswick Branch Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary
Event Details:

Join us on the patio for some messy art outside! Designed for children in grades K-5.

Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Outside Library (BR)
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Join us on the patio for some messy art outside!

Designed for children in grades K-5.

Tiny STEAM

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 11:15am - 11:45am
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Birth - 5
Event Details:

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 

Discovery Depot (Grades K-5)

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary
Event Details:

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

Independence Day - Libraries Closed

All Day
Around the Community, Brunswick Branch Library, C. Burr Artz Public Library, Community Bookmobile, Early Start Bookmobile, Edward F. Fry Memorial Library at Point of Rocks, Emmitsburg Branch Library, Middletown Branch Library, Myersville Community Library, Thurmont Regional Library, Urbana Regional Library, Walkersville Branch Library
Closing
Branches:
Around the Community, Brunswick Branch Library, C. Burr Artz Public Library, Community Bookmobile, Early Start Bookmobile, Edward F. Fry Memorial Library at Point of Rocks, Emmitsburg Branch Library, Middletown Branch Library, Myersville Community Library, Thurmont Regional Library, Urbana Regional Library, Walkersville Branch Library

Graphic Designing and Digital Marketing for Tweens (ages 10-13)

Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Anthony M. Natelli Community Room at Urbana Regional Library
Program Type:
Business & Job Skills, Computers & Technology, Education & Enjoyment, STEM
Age Group:
Teen
Event Details:

Learn graphic design fundamentals and how to create a compelling visual.  Discover the psychology of what attracts people and how to convey your message. Content suitable for ...

Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Room: Anthony M. Natelli Community Room
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Business & Job Skills, Computers & Technology, Education & Enjoyment, STEM
Event Details:

Learn graphic design fundamentals and how to create a compelling visual.  Discover the psychology of what attracts people and how to convey your message.

Family STEAM: Rainbow In a Jar (ages 6 -12)

Monday, July 8, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Meeting Room B at Middletown Branch Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary
Event Details:

Come explore liquid densities in this elementary school aged STEM program. We will talk briefly about how liquids have different densities and then we will set to work using what w...

Library Branch: Middletown Branch Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, STEM
Event Details:

Come explore liquid densities in this elementary school aged STEM program.

Preschool STEM: Reactions (ages 3-6)

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Meeting Room B at Middletown Branch Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Special Storytime, STEM
Age Group:
Birth - 5
Event Details:

Let's get exploring! We'll read a fun book about science and then get some hands-on learning about reactions!

Library Branch: Middletown Branch Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Special Storytime, STEM
Event Details:

Let's get exploring! We'll read a fun book about science and then get some hands-on learning about reactions!

Summer Explorer: STEM Adventures with the Science Guys

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Room (BR) at Brunswick Branch Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary
Event Details:

In this thrilling show, young scientists will embark on a STEM adventure! Kids will explode right into a mission that reveals challenges of defying gravity and electrifying obstacl...

Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Community Room (BR)
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

In this thrilling show, young scientists will embark on a STEM adventure! Kids will explode right into a mission that reveals challenges of defying gravity and electrifying obstacles, all while exploring science principles to navigate an escape!

Tiny STEAM

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 11:15am - 11:45am
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Birth - 5
Event Details:

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 

Discovery Depot: Reading With Heiress, a live animal event (Grades K-5)

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Birth - 5, Elementary
Event Details:

Learn about body boundaries with Heiress, the service dog from the Child Advocacy Center. Through stories, experts will help kids know their own body, understand how to r...

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Birth - 5, Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Learn about body boundaries with Heiress, the service dog from the Child Advocacy Center.

School Skills

Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 11:15am - 11:45am
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Birth - 5
Event Details:

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more.

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more.

Crash Test Dummies

Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
STEM Lab at C. Burr Artz Public Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Teen
Event Details:

Learn a bit about crash test dummies, then see if you can come up with your own!

Library Branch: C. Burr Artz Public Library
Room: STEM Lab
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: STEM
Event Details:

Learn a bit about crash test dummies, then see if you can come up with your own!

Graphic Designing and Digital Marketing for Tweens (ages 10-13)

Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Anthony M. Natelli Community Room at Urbana Regional Library
Program Type:
Business & Job Skills, Computers & Technology, Education & Enjoyment, STEM
Age Group:
Teen
Event Details:

Learn the basics of digital marketing and content creation and explore the topics of copywriting and social media marketing as well. Content suitable for tweens who are rising...

Library Branch: Urbana Regional Library
Room: Anthony M. Natelli Community Room
Age Group: Teen
Program Type: Business & Job Skills, Computers & Technology, Education & Enjoyment, STEM
Event Details:

Learn the basics of digital marketing and content creation and explore the topics of copywriting and social media marketing as well. Content suitable for tweens who are rising 5th graders to 7th graders. 

Minecraft Monday (ages 6-10)

Monday, July 15, 2024 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Meeting Room B at Middletown Branch Library
Program Type:
Computers & Technology, Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of Minecraft creation. This program is for elementary age children who are ready to have fun crafting a world together. Never played, no problem, staff wil...

Library Branch: Middletown Branch Library
Room: Meeting Room B
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Computers & Technology, Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, STEM
Event Details:

Join us for an afternoon of Minecraft creation. This program is for elementary age children who are ready to have fun crafting a world together. Never played, no problem, staff will be on hand to help with the basics.

Summer Explorers: Pompom Launchers

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Community Room (BR) at Brunswick Branch Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary
Event Details:

Try one of our designs or create your own way to launch a pompom into the air. Designed for children in grades K-5.

Library Branch: Brunswick Branch Library
Room: Community Room (BR)
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Try one of our designs or create your own way to launch a pompom into the air. Designed for children in grades K-5.

Tiny STEAM

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 11:15am - 11:45am
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Birth - 5
Event Details:

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Birth - 5
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 

Discovery Depot (Grades K-5)

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Community Room (MY) at Myersville Community Library
Program Type:
Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, Make & Create, STEM
Age Group:
Elementary
Event Details:

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

Library Branch: Myersville Community Library
Room: Community Room (MY)
Age Group: Elementary
Program Type: Education & Enjoyment, Homeschool, Make & Create, STEM
Event Details:

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.