Week Calendar

Join us as babies and their caregivers explore early literacy and social emotional developmental skills. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver.

Join us for some fiber art fun and learn from local knitter Terry Cammack. Use our supplies or bring your own!

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.

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

Join us every Thursday this summer for a Tween/Teen Leadership Camp and earn Community Service hours each week. Today's theme is Public Speaking.  Anyone can have a good idea, but leaders know how to inspire people to listen to their ideas!

Adults who want to practice their English are welcome 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.

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.

Learn about lavender with Frederick County Master Gardener Tiger Waddell. Explore the varied uses and benefits of this fragrant flowering shrub.

Run away and join the circus without leaving home! Join former Ringling Brothers performer and professional knucklehead Gregory May as he builds his own wacky circus show.

Terrific for adults of all fitness levels and abilities. Tai Chi Ch'uan has been practiced for fitness and heath for hundreds of years.

Join us to watch the 2023 film "The Haunted Mansion". Rated PG13. For Teens 13-18. Snacks will be provided. 

Come join Weis Dietitian Christina Fritz as she demonstrates how to make three, no-bake recipes for your 4th of July picnic: Caprese Bites, Strawberry Lemonade Mocktails, and Peach and Raspberry Parfaits. Samples will be provided.

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.

Love to sing or want to develop your vocal skills? Join us for a fun and engaging program designed to introduce the fundamentals of singing in a relaxed yet structured setting.

Participate in an action-packed set of activities that enhance summer reading at the library.

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

Ever wanted to see what goes on behind the scenes of your local art center? Then come with us as we travel down Carroll Creek to visit our Summer Challenge Partner, The Delaplaine Arts Center!

Drop in for a hands-on STEM Lab or STEAM Lab opportunity. This program is designed for children in grades K-5 and their caregiver.

New to anime and manga? A long time fan? Join us to discuss your favorite series, learn a little about Japan, and celebrate the joy of anime and manga! 

Unleash your creativity through fun, hands-on art activities! Kids will explore colorful materials and make their own unique masterpieces inspired by a surprise theme. Let your imagination run wild! Geared for elementary ages.

Join us for a fun afternoon of larger-than life games including: a dunk tank, checkers, Connect 4, ring toss, Jenga, bowling, and more! 

Choose an animal and build a diorama of a habitat to meet its needs.

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

Light up your creativity with a Teen Paper Lantern Workshop! Design and decorate your own unique lantern using paper, markers, and embellishments. Ages 13-18, supplies limited.

Feeling gnome-ward bound? Learn to make your own gnome in this gnome-mazing workshop! No sewing skills needed. Bring yourself and your gnomies! (Ages 11-18)

Looking for a fun way to spend some free time? Let's get creative with poetry! Hang out, make some poetry, and make new friends in a creative and friendly environment! And also, snacks!

Join us in the library garden.  Learn how to properly care for vegetables and flowers.  This hands-on activity will take place next door to the library along Cedar Avenue.  Be sure to wear old shoes!

Run away and join the circus without leaving home! Join former Ringling Brothers performer and professional knucklehead Gregory May as he builds his own wacky circus show.

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

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

Did you know that “going green” can help your budget AND the planet?

Come and decorate the Teen Zone windows with fun art!

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.