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.

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! Join us for a special "Snow Fun!" Baby Storytime with songs, rhymes, and stories. Stay and play with snow-filled sensory activities. Geared for babies 0-24 months with a caregiver.

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

Enjoy music, stories, and more with a special theme! Designed for ages 0-5 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 "stay and play" for all to enjoy.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups.  Afterwards, we offer a baby playgroup for all to enjoy.

This program is for children ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

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

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.

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! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers. Ages 18 - 36 mos.

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! This program is for toddlers ages 2-3 and their caregivers.

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

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

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 preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. This program is for children ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for ages 2-5 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.

Tom Sutton from MedStar Physical Therapy in Frederick will be here to answer questions and demonstrate therapies that can benefit people of all ages.

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

Music, movement, stories and more! 

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! This program is for children's ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver. 

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Followed by baby playgroup. 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 cozy "The Snowy Day" Storytime, where we'll read this classic that captures the magic of the first snowfall! Afterwards we will have winter themed crafts and activities! 

Designed for ages 0-5, with a caregiver.

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.

Shri Yoga is a calming but challenging style practiced in an informal environment. Classes include various asanas, breathing exercises, chakra vibration, mantras, and relaxation techniques. Attendees are welcome to bring their own mat.

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

Join us for a morning of low-pressure speed puzzling. Work in teams of 2-4 to assemble a 500 piece puzzle. See if your team can be the first to finish!

Open to ages 10+. (Each team must include at least one adult.)

Bring your gently used puzzles and games to the library to exchange with others! 

Please be sure that all contributions are in good condition and include all pieces.

Engage your baby's senses with activities designed just for them while visiting with other caregivers. For ages 0-24 months, with a caregiver.

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

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!

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

Join us for play based learning, games and activities! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers.

Bring your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. 

Have fun exploring literacy, STEM, and art through play-based activities that integrate essential school skills.  Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver. 

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

Variety of preschool aged activities to support early literacy and school readiness skills. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

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.

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

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

Join us for a morning of building! Use the library's blocks and building toys to build with your little one while working on fine motor skills! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

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

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

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Check out fun, hands-on technology designed for even our littlest learners! 

Stories, movement, music, and fun for the entire family.  Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Celebrate National Hot Tea Month with Paulella Burchill, author and tea sommelier, who will talk about her new book, I Want to Drink That!

Learn about color theory with a watercolor project. Feel free to bring your own project to work on and enjoy time with other crafters in the community

Join Lori Himes with A Bloom as she demonstrates how to make a dried floral wreath.  Make your own wreath to take home while supplies last.

This workshop will provide an overview on how to create a life you love, using a proven, reliable, repeatable method.  As a DreamBuilder Life Coach certified by the The Brave Thinking Institute, Janice loves making DREAMS come true. &nbs

Do you have what it takes to build the ultimate rollercoaster? Learn about the physics of how rollercoasters work and then step up to the challenge to build your own using recycled materials. 

Unleash your creativity with Denise Wagenaar! Each month, we will complete a different project. All supplies provided.

Please join us for gentle chair yoga, suitable for all abilities.

Meet local artisan, Kunie Stabley, and her fantastical world of miniatures. Make-and-take your own handcrafted place card holder. Be sure to see Kunie's display in the lobby of CBA though January. Supplies are limited.

Preschoolers and their caregivers will build school-ready skills while having fun and exploring their social-emotional selves at this weekly kindergarten prep program. For ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Stop in and play chess with friends!

Not everyone gets dementia or memory loss as they get older!  Come hear from the Frederick County Health Department and Alzheimer's Association to get tips from the latest research on what you can do to keep your brain and body healthy as you

Participate in a variety of experiences related to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.  This week we'll be making tea light (battery powered) lanterns.

All aboard the trivia train! Experience an afternoon of train themed trivia! Prizes will be awarded to winning teams!

Learn the hows and whys of composting with Lauren Paulet, Sustainability Outreach Coordinator for the City of Frederick. Snacks will be provided so we can learn how to compost together.

Hang out with other tweens and enjoy some snacks! Play on the Switch or do some crafting!

Get ready to warm up your winter! Create your own reusable flannel hand warmers. These cozy creations are perfect for chilly days or as thoughtful handmade gifts. 

Elephant, Piggie and Pigeon are wonderful examples of line art. Let's learn about line drawing while looking at Mo Willems' illustrations. Geared for elementary-aged children.  

Join us as Middletown's Teen Leadership Council meets. Tweens and teens, grades 6 through 12, meet to collaborate with each other and teen librarians on upcoming library events and to plan teen-led projects.

Stop in and envision your future for 2025!

Join us as we learn about Angie Rozelaar, a British artist known for adorable cat illustrations.  We'll take inspiration from her cat scarf series and make our own scarf self-portrait.  Ages 6-10.

Join us for a fun hour of Switch gaming - no experience necessary! For ages 13-18. 

Join us for a variety of science, technology, engineering, arts and math activities for elementary-aged children.

Are you a fan of the mythical creatures found in book series such as the Harry Potter or Percy Jackson books? Learn all about mythical creatures and have fun creating your own.

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

Create a piece of art using salt and paint. Explore the world of texture and experiment with different colors to bring your unique masterpiece to life.

Calling all young adventurers! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create your own character and go on magical adventures with your friends? Do you enjoy playing games and being creative?

Come in, create a magical kitten character, and join a one-shot of the tabletop role playing game Magical Kitties!

Come use Watercolors to create your own reusable monthly calendar!

Strengthen your body, clear your mind, and release the stress of living and working in today's hectic world with this gentle yoga class. Presented by Mountain Spirit Yoga. Please bring your own yoga mat.

Teens and Tweens! Relax and relieve stress by spending time petting an adorable dog friend. Therapy dogs are provided by Wags for Hope volunteers, whose pets bring comfort and joy to the lives of others.

Join us for Dungeons & Dragons! Play through an exciting campaign DMed by one of our library teens. To sign up for DM slot, contact the librarian. Beginners arrive 15 minutes early for character creation.

New to anime and manga? A long time fan? Join us to discuss your favorite series, learn a little about Japan, and enjoy watching a show or two! 

Mine, build, and explore with like-minded tweens in our library Minecraft server! This program is intended for tweens ages 10-13. 

Teens: relax and relieve stress by spending time petting an adorable dog friend! Therapy dogs are provided by the Wags for Hope volunteers, whose pets bring comfort and joy to the lives of others. For grades 6-12

Storytime, pajama style!  Enjoy movement, music, and stories with the whole family.  PJ's optional!  Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

This is a group for those who would like to gather for a social time of crafting together. Instruction will be provided to new learners. Bring your own projects to work on and meet other local crafters.

In this series, we will go step by step in building a Winter Fairy Garden.   

Do you want to learn how to identify, propagate and care for succulents? 

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 for an evening of stories, songs and games! This program is for children ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

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

Come share a story with a specially trained therapy dog from WAGS for Hope!

Come build, explore, and play Minecraft with fellow teens at the library!

This program is for teens in 6th through 12th grades (ages 11-18).

Songs, stories and fun for the whole family -- pajamas are welcome!  Designed for ages 0-5, with a caregiver.

Join Go Team Therapy Dogs to improve your reading confidence and make a new friend when you read aloud to a therapy dog.

Join us for a fun hour of Switch gaming - no experience necessary! For ages 10-13. 

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

Join Thurmont area resident and retired U.S. Ambassador Shaun Donnelly in a group conversation on International Affairs!