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.

Get a seated workout and dance to the music with Deidre Burriss of Chair One Fitness!  This program is intended for adults with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers.

Is your child interested in learning how to care for a garden? Look no further! Join us for a fun morning of exploring, creating, and learning how to care for plants and gardens at the Emmitsburg Library. Ages 0-12. 

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 fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0-5, with a caregiver.

Join Us for a lively handbell performance featuring dance -inspired favorites from around the globe. This concert is sure to get your toes tapping! The full FCC handbell choir will be performing at this event!

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. 

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

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.

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.

What do construction workers do at the party? They raise the roof!

Join us as we welcome the Go Team Therapy Dogs back to the Brunswick Library! We invite all adults with developmental disabilities to join us for this fun, sensory event.

Join us for an  information session  about educational opportunities through Frederick Community College. 

Plan to speak with an Admissions representative to get answers to your questions. 

Find out why container gardening is so popular, with Frederick County Master Gardeners, Denise Morrow and Judy Kelley.

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

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

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

Building and flying miniature aircraft have long been a great hobby as well as a component of full-scale aviation.  Flying model airplanes have frequently been used to test designs from the Wright Brothers to the modern-day SpaceShipOne.&nbsp

¡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. 

Have you HEARD the MOOS?! Join Middletown Library for a special storytime at South Mountain Creamery! After storytime, South Mountain Creamery staff will offer a farm tour for anyone interested!

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.

Celebrate and learn about all things period. Ask the questions you've always wanted to ask, learn about menstruation books, and design your own period product pouch. All things...period.

Come turn pre-painted canvases into your own works of art. Feel free to bring your own old painting/print or use one of ours and add ghosts, pigs, aliens, stick people, or whatever else you feel inspired to!

Add some flair to your paper mache creations! This week, we'll be using paint, markers, colorful paper, and a other materials to decorate your project. 

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 an important Community Health Talk with Dr.

Get started with crocheting, a life-long hobby - with the talented ladies of the Woodlands! Learn how to hold the hook & yarn and how to make a starting chain - then build from there! All materials provided, while supplies last.

Solve puzzles and uncover clues to escape the Egyptian pyramid!

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.

Come make bracelets using colorful beads! Get creative while designing bracelets to swap with friends or keep for yourself.

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

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! 

Express your style at our Tween Tote Bag Decorating event! Use fabric paint, patches, and markers to create a one-of-a-kind tote—perfect for books, school, or everyday use. Tote bags provided, supplies limited, ages 09-13.

Calling all young writer's ages 12-17! We're inviting Teens to practice the craft of writing, share their work, and enjoy the wonderful world of writing. Stop by for activities and discussion with other teen writers. www.marylandwriters.org

Spring is for Planting!  Come learn how to properly plant vegetables and flowers into the garden.  This hands-on activity will take place in the Library Garden which is next door to the library along Cedar Avenue.

Join the Chronicles of Yarnia group for casual craft time! 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.

Join us for FREE prenatal yoga from Family Connects, with instructors DeAnna Houston and Erica Chesnik

Join us for an evening of stories, songs and games!

This program is for children ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Blast off with us as we explore outer space with games and activities that are out of this world!

Practice basic coding skills with drones!

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.

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

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