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.

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. 

Come join the 2024's Sass Choice Award for Best Caterer, Box Theory, as we learn about how to create beautiful charcuterie boards.  As Box Theory suggests: Eat Pretty Food!  

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.

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

Practice reading to a furry friend with Wags for Hope. This program is designed for children ages 0-10.

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.

Kitty from Meals on Wheels 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.

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.

Step right up! While we may not have room for a Ferris wheel, we promise you'll have a wheel-y good time at this program as little ones get to try a variety of carnival games! 

Embark on your cycling journey with confidence!

Attention High School Juniors and Seniors!

This book club is designed to build on the excitement of emergent readers with different books and related activities to enjoy with their peers.

Interested in creating your own graphic novel? Join us for a presentation from author & illustrator Nilah Magruder! Nilah will be sharing about her creative process for her latest work, Creaky Acres.

Join Jaime Crosthwait from Terrapin Travel to learn about how to plan a trip across Northern France. Some of the regions Jaime will be covering are Paris, Champagne, the Loire Valley, and Normandy. 

Take a journey on the historic road that runs through Middletown, Frederick, and over 25 other Maryland towns. Bob Savitt from the Middletown Valley Historical Society recounts the National Road’s colorful history includes trips by Andrew Jac

Panel of former professional baseball players and baseball author enthusiasts will be here to promote their books and talk about their love of baseball, either by playing it or appreciating it when growing up. 

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.

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

Create poppies with only red cupcake liners, markers, and craft sticks! Poppies are symbols of sacrifice and remembrance, and they can be worn or displayed in honor of Memorial Day. Age Groups: Birth-5, Elementary.

Love anime and manga? Come talk with fellow fans about your all time favs and newest obsessions, and then watch a show chosen by club members!

Let's get creative and build rubber band-powered cars using everyday materials! We'll tinker, design, and see how far we can make our cars go with just the power of a rubber band.

April showers bring May flowers! Join us as we learn how plants and flowers grow and make your own wildflower seed pod to plant in your backyard. Geared for elementary ages.

Flute Choir Concert in honor of Memorial Day- Flutists from the Frederick Community College Flute Choir and other community musicians will perform music that honors the sacrifices made by veterans and their families for our country.

Join us for an afternoon of Minecraft creation. This program is for elementary age children who are ready to have fun crafting a world together. Never played, no problem, staff will be on hand to help with the basics.

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

Learn how your body works through fun experiments 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.

Want a garden but have limited space? Join Denise Morrow, Master Gardener, to learn how to create a container garden.

Come hang out at this program specifically designed for teens with ASD and other intellectual and developmental disorders. Snacks and sensory friendly games and crafts will be provided.

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! 

Design your own pressed flower frames, perfect for decorating your space or gifting to a friend. Learn how to arrange dried flowers in an acrylic frame for a stunning botanical display! Ages 09-13, supplies limited.

Get ready for an exhilarating adventure as you take the pilot's seat with our indoor drones! Master exciting indoor challenges, then dive into coding to program your drone for even more high-flying fun.

Yoga Instructor, Mary Koster will lead us as we find our zen and balance with special yoga program! Ages 3 and up.

Join our panel as they discuss Advanced Care Directives, DNR forms, and MOLST forms. We'll explain these important
documents in an easy-to-understand way, helping you to respect end-of-life care wishes.

Use air dry clay to sculpt a tiny pot you can plant something in!

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

Planning a Disney vacation and want to make it a truly magical experience?

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

Are you a 9th or 10th grader looking to get ahead on the PSAT/NMSQT?