Week Calendar

Join us at Sophie and Madigan's Playground for a visit filled with rhymes, songs, lots of movement, and fun!

Join us inside to explore songs, stories, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers! This program is intended for children 0-12 months and their families.

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

Join us for a caregiver-led discussion and playgroup for tips and tricks to help navigate raising little ones. 

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.  Afterwards, we offer a baby playgroup for all to enjoy.

Inspired by Musical Storytime? Play with a variety of instruments from around the world and make some music of your own!

Music, movement, stories, and more! 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.

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.   Afterwards, we offer a "stay and play" for all to enjoy.

How much do you really know about good nutrition? Test your nutrition IQ in this fun and informative program presented by Humana while discovering why good nutrition is important for your mental and physical health.

Monthly library day at the Thurmont Senior Center

Join us at the Carroll Creek Amphitheater for Family storytime presented in partnership with Downtown Frederick Partnership. Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more.

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

Designed with beginning mobility in mind, join us for movement, songs, stories and more that will guide caregivers toward early learning and literacy for toddlers.

Celebrate all things Peter Rabbit and his friends with crafts, games, and activities. Designed for kids ages 0-5 with their caregivers. Designed for kids ages 0-5 with their caregivers.

Music, movement, stories and more!  

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for kids ages 0-5 with their caregivers.

Low impact exercise class for seniors.  This class will show you exercises to work on your core and help with your strength, balance and posture!

Music, movement, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Join us for a Senior Resource and Education Seminar, presented by SOAR and the Aging Network Alliance in partnership with Frederick County Public Libraries.

Freedom Bang is a pre-choreographed fusion of boxing, HIIT, hip hop, world dance, optional weighted gloves and just a touch of attitude.  Offering a wide range of intensity options to help you customize your workout.

Celebrate Earth Day at the Green Expo and get messy with us as we make seed bombs! The Expo is sponsored by the Middletown Sustainability Committee and will be held at Memorial Park at 310 South Church Street in Middletown. 

Celebrate Earth Day at the Green Expo and get messy with us as we make seed bombs! The Expo is sponsored by the Middletown Sustainability Committee and will be held at Memorial Park at 310 South Church Street in Middletown. 

Ready to exercise! Ready to dance! Ready to shake off the pounds? Come on in for Zumba at the Library on Saturday mornings!

This fun activity is just what you've been looking for!

Turn a bottlecap, some felt and some basic sewing into a flower pot! This cutie can be used as a pin cushion or reminder that Spring isn’t far away.

We welcome adults who want to practice their English to a conversation class hosted by the Literacy Council of Frederick.

Read with a dog from Wags for Hope on the fourth Saturday of every month.

Join us to explore songs, stories, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers.

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

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy a fun twist to bingo while learning about growing up in Frederick County (and beyond)! Kids and older adults will enjoy walking down memory lane as they make new friends toward filling their Bingo card.

Rain helps spring flowers grow and helps the environment we live in. Explore different facts about rain through hands on activities using science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts at the library.

Enjoy music, stories and more.

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

We're turning storytime up to 11! Come explore books and stories through music, movement, and plenty of dancing to kid-friendly tunes. Geared for children ages 0-5. Siblings welcome!

Bring your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. In the event of inclement weather, storytime will be held inside.

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers.

Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math concepts. Children under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Introducing toddlers and their caregivers to a variety of preschool-readiness skills including fine motor development, social emotional skills, and early literacy activities.

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

Preschoolers and their caregivers will learn all about the world of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics with a variety of hands-on activities.

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. 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. In the event of inclement weather, storytime will be held inside.

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

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

The Family Partnership Family Support Center and Maryland Family Network bring this five week Parent and Child Education Series to the Brunswick Library.  Each week will feature expert advice and explore a different topic for parents/caregive

This event is held at the Boxwood Herb Garden at the Villages of Urbana at 3811 Fulham Road, Frederick, MD 21704.

Preschoolers and their caregivers will practice school-readiness skills with cutting, tracing, play, and other literacy activities.

Check out one of FCPL's bookmobiles and meet one of the librarians who helps to bring books and resources to the whole county! 

Play is the window into a child's world and the best way to CONNECT with your child. Have you ever wanted to play with your child but you couldn't remember how to play? It's ok! Let's reconnect with your inner child and get to playing!

Help plant an international community garden in Emmitsburg. Sow a variety of seeds from around the world this Earth Day. The community garden is located next to the library on Cedar Ave. 

Come one, come all, as we celebrate spring with a carnival here at our branch! Get your fill of fun by playing carnival games outside! Head inside the library between 1-3:00 p.m.

Children practice reading skills to the patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs. For Children Grades K-5. 

Learn about the life of William Shakespeare and practice your own storytelling skills with hands-on activities. 

Explore reading, science, history, and art through crafts, activities, and games!  Designed for elementary-aged learners.  Today we'll be doing Rainbow STEM activities!

Join is to learn to decode behavioral messages, identify common triggers, and learn strategies to help manage some of the most common behavioral challenges of Alzheimer's disease.

Celebrate the natural world through stories and hands-on activities.

Celebrate the 275^th Anniversary of Frederick County, and the rich culture the Deaf Community has cultivated in arts and literature at this ASL Immersive event.

Super easy and fun to make, start a new tradition this Earth Day with Green Team Urbana and learn how to make seed bombs!  A flower seed bomb is also a fun DIY gift!

Math can be a fun part of kids’ everyday lives! We'll explore mathematical thinking through storytelling and hands-on activities featuring early math concepts. Get ready for some math fun! Geared for Preschool - 2nd graders.

Runny nose, itchy eyes, and sore throat got you down?

Learn how to apply make-up and pick up some tips on how to do your make-up for prom (or any day of the week)! Join local make-up artist, Sina as she teaches us all about make-up. Please bring your own make-up to this program.

Calling all teens! Join us to explore, create, and experiment with STEAM activities!

Grades 6-12, test your skills behind the wheel by playing Mario Kart on Nintendo Switch! 

Join us in The Loft on Friday afternoons to enjoy tabletop games, video games, and assorted activities in the company of friends.

Celebrate Poetry Month and express yourself with this fun, artistic, and EASY poetry style! All materials provided while supplies last. Snacks provided.

Expand your horizons, make friends and more as we explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math with hands-on afterschool activities! Elementary Explorers takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 4pm.

Join us as we get creative exploring art, science, history, and more!  Grades K-5.  Today we're doing Rainbow STEM activities!

Celebrate Poetry Month and express yourself with this fun, artistic, and EASY poetry style! All materials provided while supplies last. Snacks provided.

Learn about owls and dissect an owl pellet! Designed for children in grades K-5. 

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

Come hang out and create with perler beads! Geared for ages 9-13.

Crafters, Creepers, and Master Builders are invited to the Minecraft Club.  Chat with other players, work together to build great things, or just play on the Library’s own server.

Reuse. Recycle. Reduce. We'll make a clipboard using items we'd normally either recycle or throw away. Bring your creativity! 

Grades 6-12. Looking for a place to do homework or work on a project with friends? Come to the library! The Teen Services Librarian will be on hand to help you with reference questions and highlight library resources.

Come play on Open Game Night!  Board games, card games, chess and much more. It's a fun night of cooperative play and team building.

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

Join us for this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga.  Be sure to wear comfortable clothes.

Join us for an all-ages storytime after a long day of work and play. Unwind with stories, songs, and rhymes for the whole family!

Join us in the Urbana Library for music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Yearly celebration of local archeology sponsored by the Frederick City Planning Department, co-sponsored by the Monocacy Archeological Society and the FCPL Maryland Room. Dr.

Join us for bedtime themed songs and stories--pajamas are welcome!

Want to win fun prizes? Come out for a night of bingo activities!

Meet Anna Twigg, the tree planting specialist in charge of implementing the Five Million Trees Initiative from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service in Frederick and Washington counties.  Twigg will discuss a variety of

Play Minecraft with your friends on laptops at the library.