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Get curious and messy (in the best way)! Each session features a science-themed experiment, challenge, or puzzle to spark wonder and laughter. This program is geared for those in grades K-5. 

Children learn and explore through hands on activities using science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts at the library. Caregivers are encouraged to connect with children and participate in the activities!

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

Participate in a variety of experiences related to science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics.  This program is designed for children in grades K - 5.

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

Pop in for the pi-fect program with fun that goes on forever (but actually only until 11:45)! Because if there's one thing you can count on (other than your fingers) it's a fun library math program! 

Children learn and explore through hands on activities using science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts at the library. Caregivers are encouraged to connect with children and participate in the activities!

Come build with us! This program is made for builders of all skill levels to get creative, socialize, and problem-solve with LEGO bricks. We provide the bricks; you bring the imagination. Ages 5-12.

Come create a personalized phone charm using a variety of materials. (Ages 11-18) 

Do you like finding clues?  Dusting for fingerprints?  Solving a mystery?  Then tonight is your night, young detectives!  Take fingerprints and solve a mystery by decoding various clues at stations in the library.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

Young learners can practice skills they will need for school - listening, asking, writing, cutting, tracing, and more. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

Participate in a variety of experiences related to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.  

Want to learn to make your own videos games but don't know where to start? 
Swing by the library and learn how to turn real photos into games with Downpour, a cool, free, and easy to learn app! 

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

Stop by the Emmitsburg Library for some STEM-tastic fun. STEM related stations will be set up for hands on fun and experimentation. Age group: Elementary.

Have you ever wanted to be a spy and decode hidden messages? Learn about cryptography, the art (and math!) of creating codes, ciphers, and secret messages! Ages 10-13

What did the sun say to the moon on the equinox? "Let's share the spotlight today." Spring into the library for some well-balanced fun all revolving around the spring equinox. 

Join us for the Cereal Box Domino Challenge! Use cereal boxes to create your own domino design and help us build a giant domino tower through the library! Ages 6 and up. FCPS No School Day

Children learn and explore through hands on activities using science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts at the library. Caregivers are encouraged to connect with children and participate in the activities!

Get creative with an engineering challenge! Learn about simple machines and then work together in teams to design and build a Rube Goldberg Machine. At the end of the program see all the machines either succeed or fail spectacularly!

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

Dive into the pixelated universe of Minecraft right here at the library. Whether you’re a master builder with epic architectural visions or a strategic survivor ready to face the mobs, our Minecraft program has a world for you. Ages 8-13.