Week Calendar

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

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers. Ages 18 - 36 mos.

Understand the history and structure of the Chinese language.

Learn basic greetings and self-introduction.

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

Join us for a special family storytime with firefighters from the Middletown Volunteer Fire Dept. We'll learn about fire safety and learn check out a fire truck too!  Ages 0-5, with caregiver. (FCPS no school day).

Learn how to grow a vegetable garden. Presented by Frederick County Master Gardeners, Tiger Waddel and Tracy Grubb.

Enjoy the musical stylings of the celtic harp, flute and violin.

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

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

This self-guided program is designed to help little learners (ages 3–5) build early school skills through fun, hands-on activities.

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

Katrina from Agewell Senior Fitness will be our guest speaker.  After our speaker, we will have games and activities. Games are among the many activities that can keep the human mind entertained and engaged.

An SBA representative will be available every third Wednesday of each month to assist with your small business needs.

Counseling | Funding | Contracting

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.

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.

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

You'll be green with envy if you miss this amazing program, featuring the Frederick County Department of Solid Waste and Recycling! There will be hands-on fun that highlights the importance of doing our part to keep our earth clean.

Visit beautiful Othello Regional Park to “touch” a variety of trucks and vehicles. Learn all about each vehicle and snap photos next to (or inside!) them. This event is rain or shine and appropriate for all ages.

Lawyer in the Library provides free one-on-one legal advice from Maryland Legal Aid lawyers. Types of issues include:

Hear from a Frederick Community College Admissions Representative about FCC educational opportunities.  All prospective students are welcome!

Play testing in-progress tabletop game designs with the designers to give feedback and have fun.

Ms. Weagley was a Hood College & Columbia College graduate, a Middletown native, and on the BOE of FCPS for Mathematics after a lengthy career teaching in Frederick & Baltimore Counties.

Kick off your Spring Break with the thrilling Amazing Race: Maryland Edition at the Walkersville Library!

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

Hop on over the library to meet and learn more about rabbits with the Frederick County 4-H Club.

Attention High School Juniors and Seniors!

It's National Exercise Day! Get your body moving by learning about basic martial arts from Jeff Chavez from Frederick Martial Arts.

Come explore musical games, songs and instruments with the Frederick Children's Chorus.

Join Lauren LaRocca, Features Editor of the Frederick News Post, in a discussion about what editors look for in freelancers and other writing tips. 

¡Bienvenidos! Welcome! Join us for a fun and friendly hour of language practice and cultural exchange.

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

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.

Are you a Ninja who needs to brush up on skills, or new to the Ninja way? Get active with Kicks Karate Frederick for an afternoon of basic martial arts instruction with practice in listening and self-control. 

Join us for a Tween (ages 9-13) Craft Hour. 

Based on the Mr. Lemoncello's Library series by Chris Grabenstein, join the Emmitsburg Branch Library children's staff for a thrilling scavenger hunt and learn more about your library! The adventure begins at the front desk!

Join us monthly for library resource explanations, themed book talks, and general tech help as the library comes to you!

Swing into spring with Spider-Man! Watch Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse and create your own Spider-Man craft. Ages 5-12.

Just keep swimming on over to the library!  From the deep blue ocean to Andy's Room to Monstropolis--we'll have games and fun for characters of all kinds.  Adventure is out there!

Come train with us and become an L.I.A. (Library Intelligence Agent). Find out your spy name, train with lasers and more.

Dive into the creative magic of spring with this paint session, where you'll bring an April Shower’s masterpiece to life using crayon, watercolor, and wax-resist techniques!

School is out! Enjoy an afternoon of creative play and LEGO® building fun while watching the movie Wish (PG)!

Want to learn how to stamp and make beautiful handmade greeting cards? Create 2 special greeting cards using stamps, cardstock and embellishments.

This musical program presented by local group Kokopelli Winds will offer some fun and familiar music with a few kinds of tea to enjoy while listening.

Take a trip to Japan and learn about the history and art of making sushi! Then, take part in creating and making your own tasty version out of candy! While supplies last! 

Use a miniature loom to create your own colorful woven designs.

Floods, fires, and avalanches - oh my! Join us as we explore the world and its natural disasters through an in-depth study of the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis.

Join us for a fun afternoon of larger-than life games including: checkers, ring toss, jenga, bowling, and more! 

Explore transportation and vehicles through fun games and activities.

This program is for children in kindergarten through 5th grades (ages 5-10).

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

Join us for a Sensory-Friendly Prom specifically geared towards teens (ages 13-18) with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Please wear what you feel most comfortable in as the dress code is entirely flexible.

It’s time to Spring clean our craft supplies. Visit makerspace stations and help us use our extra bits and baubles to create fun projects. 

Enjoy a fun afternoon creating as we use supplies from the craft closet.  Bring your friends and make bracelets, picture frames, and so much more! For ages 09-13. All activities while supplies last. 

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! 

Learn to play the tabletop game Art Society, an art collection game with easy-to-learn rules. Fun for the whole family!

Fran Roth of Envoy Games will demo and teach the game.

For ages 10+.

Chef4Health is inspiring a healthy lifestyle through whole food cuisine.

Come and earn your archaeology badge!  Archaeologists are like detectives of the past.

Join us for a guided chocolate tasting as we learn about different types of chocolate. Sample a variety of chocolates and learn how to make chocolate roses too. It's an evening to spoil your tastebuds.

Few of nature’s animals are as misunderstood as bats. Though often feared and loathed as sinister creatures of the night, bats are vital to the health of our environment and our economy.

Make a craft or piece of art using Scrabble letter tiles!

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.

Hop on into the library to learn all about rabbits! Join members of the Rabbit Raisers 4-H Club and their furry friends for an evening of education and enjoyment. All ages. 

Get creative at the library! Collaborate with your peers to create a zine featuring teen writing, art, and more! For ages 11-18

Finding ways to pay for college can feel overwhelming, but C2 Education is here to help! In this workshop, we’ll discuss how to search for scholarships, craft strong applications, and meet deadlines.