Week Calendar

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.

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!

Go Team Therapy dogs will be here to visit!

This program designed for adults with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers.

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.

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.

A multi-sensory storytime designed to support children with autism or sensory processing challenges. This time is designed to meet your child where they are in, a fun, engaging environment. 

Songs, stories, and fun for the whole family. This Storytime is followed by a playgroup.  Designed for ages 0 -5, with a caregiver.

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

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5 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.

Let's celebrate all our furry friends with special pet-themed stories, songs, and rhymes! Stuffed animal pets and friends are welcome! Ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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

Music, movement, stories and more!  

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Ages 0-5 with a caregiver. 

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

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

Enjoy music, stories and more! Designed for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

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!

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.

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

Preschoolers and their caregivers will build school-ready skills while having fun and exploring their social-emotional selves at this weekly kindergarten prep program. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be held inside.

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

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

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.

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

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

Are you a teen or adult fan of Dungeons & Dragons?  Then come out for "Session 0" and go over all the basic D&D stuff - character creation, dice rolling, and have some fun!

Join Frederick's nonprofit community for our second annual "Meet the Frederick Funders." This program will be an exchange of knowledge and ideas between Frederick County foundations and nonprofits.

Come join us for our special DINOvember celebration! Listen to stories, and have some fun with Dinosaur themed, activities, crafts, and games. 

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

Take a tour of the different dances in the Swing Dance family! Learn basic steps from Charleston, Lindy Hop, Jukin’ Blues, and Jitterbug.

Connect with other kids, create, and be curious together!

Missed our in-person Meet the Frederick Funders program? Don't worry! You can join a virtual session and learn about Frederick County foundations and the opportunities available to grantees.

Calling all teens! Join us to explore, create, and innovate!

Grades 6-12, join us to make a perler bead creation of your choosing! From simple to complex there are endless options when it comes to creating with perler beads!

Children can learn and explore using STEAM-based activities. Caregivers are encouraged to connect with children and participate in the activities! Designed for elementary-aged students.

Create a fun seasonal craft using pipe cleaners and pony beads. STEAM Lab takes place every Tuesday afternoon at 4pm.

Join us as we learn all about leaves! We will explore our nature trail looking for leaves.

We will learn about how and why leaves change colors in the Fall, through crafts, STEM, games and activities. 

Join us for a Chemistry lab and learn about local environmental issues through hands-on experiments. Conduct investigations on water, soil samples collected from Frederick County to analyze harmful metals, chemicals and microplastics.

Celebrate DINOvember with a variety of fun, dinosaur-themed activities. 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.

Are you interested in a career in Firefighting or EMS work?

Elementary Explorers is a weekly after-school program that connects children in Grades K-5 to fun, hands-on experiences. Join other curious kids as we explore a different topic each week!

Students will learn about previous missions to the moon as well explore the aspirations of NASA to explore Mars.

Need help expunging your record from a past conviction? Meet with an attorney from Maryland Legal Aid to discuss your options and begin the process.

Need a quiet-ish place to study? We'll provide the tables, chairs, and some extra surprises to help you get the most of your cram sessions! 

Join FCPL archivist Mary Mannix to learn about Frederick County history through the Linton Obituary Collection.

Grades 4-7. Learn the beginner basics of knitting and crocheting or bring your own projects to join in the crafting. All skill levels welcome. Materials will be provided.

Have fun learning and playing the tabletop game The Lord of the Rings: Adventure to Mount Doom. In this cooperative strategy game, players join Frodo and Sam to complete their quest to destroy the one ring and save Middle Earth. 

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

This is a group for those who would like to gather for a social time of crafting together. Bring your own projects to work on and meet other local crafters. Knitting, crochet, all fiber crafts welcome! 

Join the adventure! Elementary ages and up are welcome to join us at Middletown Library for Dungeons and Dragons! All skill levels welcome!

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.

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

Come share a story with a specially trained therapy dog form WAGS for Hope.

Get your blue shells ready! It's Mario Kart night at the Brunswick library! Come and pit your kart-racing skills against your fellow teens and bring home the gold!

Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey into the world of babysitting? Get ready to become the ultimate go-to babysitter in your neighborhood with the Frederick County 4-H Babysitting 101 course.

Improve your reading confidence and make a new friend when you read aloud to a Go Team Therapy Dog.

Join representatives from Hood College to learn about the steps leading up to applying to college and what to expect through the process.

Join us for a fun evening of Trivia at the new 10Tavern, an american style pub in downtown Thurmont.

10 East Main Street
Thurmont, MD 21788

If you are a fly fisher living anywhere in the world, you have probably heard of Lefty Kreh. His unparalleled accomplishments to the sport of fly fishing and his commitment to conservation began in Frederick Maryland.