Week Calendar

Read a ghostly story and make a paper ghost to take home.

Find the 12 FALL-o-ween costumes that Pumpkin is trying on in the children's room.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Read a ghostly story and make a paper ghost to take home.

Find the 12 FALL-o-ween costumes that Pumpkin is trying on in the children's room.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Read a ghostly story and make a paper ghost to take home.

Find the 12 FALL-o-ween costumes that Pumpkin is trying on in the children's room.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver. Costumes encouraged!

Halloween songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Followed by a parade. Wear your costume!

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Read a ghostly story and make a paper ghost to take home.

Find the 12 FALL-o-ween costumes that Pumpkin is trying on in the children's room.

Songs, stories, and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts in the STEM Lab. Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an Adult.

Enjoy Halloween crafts and a costume parade.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Spend the morning with friends and enjoy some LEGO(R) and DUPLO(R) play!

Practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play, and other literacy activities.

Practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play, and other literacy activities.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Play and meet friends at the library.

Science Technology Engineering and Math for our youngest learners!

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Play and meet friends at the library!

Build your own R2D2 and program it using Little Bits Droid kits.

Storytime designed to engage your developing newborn.

Storytime designed to engage your developing newborn.

STEM projects geared toward smaller hands and imagination.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts in the STEM Lab. Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an Adult.

Play and meet friends at the library!

Join us for this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga's Good Cause Division. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat. Donations accepted.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Create a fun Halloween craft!

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play, and other literacy activities.

Join Jack and Annie on reading adventures and a hands-on activity each week.

Storytime followed by a short hike. Meet at Visitor Center, 14707 Park Central Rd, Thurmont.

Play and meet friends at the library!

Join us for this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga's Good Cause Division. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat. Donations accepted.

Get messy with fun projects that you could never do at home. Glitter, playdough, paint and more.

Explore your community at the library.

Songs, stories, and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Develop a greater understanding of the work of our State Historic Preservation Office, how they assist property owners, and how their work impacts our community. Please call 301-600-1368 for the topic schedule.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Whether at a special destination or the library, explore the people and places that make Frederick County great. Oct. 29: See how pizza is made in Walkersville, MD.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts in the STEM Lab. Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an Adult.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts in the STEM Lab. Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an Adult.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Let's talk about hibernation. A chill is in the air and animals are getting ready for the winter. Come and make your own hibernation cave to take home!

Let's talk about hibernation. A chill is in the air and animals are getting ready for the winter. Come and make your own hibernation cave to take home!

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Representatives from the Alzheimer's Association and the Department of Aging will discuss resources and care options for caregivers.

Representatives from the Alzheimer's Association and the Department of Aging will discuss resources and care options for caregivers.

Children read to Reading Education Assistance Dogs.

Use our equipment to convert your photos and analog home videos to digital formats you can share and enjoy today! Lab volunteers will be available to help. Formats accepted: mini DV tapes, VHS tapes, VHS-C tapes, photos, slides, and negatives.

Children read to therapy dogs.

Maryland will be 400 years old in 2034! It is not as far away as you think and it is never too early to begin the celebration. Our unique state is only the third former English colony to reach a Quadricentennial.

Practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play and other literacy activities.

A different playful STEAM experiment that encourages tinkering, curiosity, and creative thinking each month.

Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature.

Practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play, and other literacy activities.

Practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play, and other literacy activities.

Songs, stories, and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Challenge your mind with brainy games.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. This is a 4-week class.

An introduction to American Sign Language with verbal and non-verbal class participation. This course is presented at no charge courtesy of an FCPL partnership with Frederick Community College's Institute for Learning in Retirement.

Bring leftover Halloween candy to play a unique candy game.

Chat with the artists displaying their work in the Delaplaine's satellite gallery in the library. Light refreshments will be provided. In partnership with Delaplaine Arts Center.

Chat with the artists displaying their work in the Delaplaine's satellite gallery in the library. Light refreshments will be provided. In partnership with Delaplaine Arts Center.

Connect with nature every week through a wide array of activities, crafts, special presenters, and more. Come prepared to get dirty!

10/29: Flying Drones;  11/26: Building Little Bits Droids; 01/14: Building and Coding with Lego We-Do; 02/11: Flying Drones

Hangout with your friends, have a snack and participate in the day's activity: 10/1 - Program planning; 10/15 - Monopoly; 10/22 - TBA; 10/29 - TBA.

Discover fun activities and hands-on projects that explore our monthly theme.

Complete weekly experiments, projects, and crafts while exploring a different STEAM topic.

Play Clue as though you are the pieces! Solve the mystery of who committed the crime and win a prize.

Make fall crafts to keep or gift.

Solve different engineering challenges using LEGO® bricks.

Fun, creative projects for young makers.

Solve a weekly art problem and create a mess or a mess-terpiece. Make sure to bring creative problem solving skills.

Get messy with fun projects that you could never do at home. Glitter, playdough, paint and more.

Songs, stories, and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

A favorite board game of military strategy to celebrate the Maryland STEM Festival.

A favorite board game of military strategy to celebrate the Maryland STEM Festival.

Join Chirstine Kangas, MS, CCC-SLP in the 5-part series as she helps guide and give you the tools needed to help your struggling reader.

Learn the art of storytelling through fun interactive activities. Sept. 4: Prompt Jars; Sept. 11: Storycubes; Sept. 18: Shadow Puppets; Sept. 25: Sock Puppets; Oct. 2: Halloween Holly Author Visit; Oct. 9: Interview a Friend; Oct.

Fun class for those who want to practice speaking and understanding English. In partnership with the Literacy Council of Frederick County.

Create a sculpture, piece of art, jewelry, or limitless other items using dead computers, cables, keyboards, and other wonderful junk.

Let your voice be heard and influence the library! Gain leadership experience and discus what the library can do for you. Pizza provided by Manhattan Pizza.

BINGO Night for the whole family.

Author and historian James Rada, Jr. will present on the Daughters of Charity, the only trained nurses in the country at the start of the Civil War.

Author and historian James Rada, Jr. will present on the Daughters of Charity, the only trained nurses in the country at the start of the Civil War.

Pulled from his popular Stories In Stone blog, Chris Haugh will discuss the people of Mount Olivet Cemetery, along with changing burial practices and the cemetery industry.

You are trapped in the Stranger Things universe. Work as a team to decipher hidden clues before a Demogorgon finds you!

BINGO Night for the whole family.

SET UP STEM LAB IN SMALL MEETING ROOM