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.

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

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.

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

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

Join us at the Frederick Keys Stadium, to "touch" a variety of different trucks and vehicles. Learn about these vehicles and feel free to snap some photos!

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

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. 

Jordan Cox, Dementia Friendly Frederick, 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.

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.

Get ready for a wild adventure! Join a real park ranger at the library for an exciting nature program just for kids. With Park Ranger Joe, we'll learn about animals, plants, and the great outdoors.

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

Join Dr. John George, a Champion of the Great Frederick Fair to learn all about this local historic event.  John was the Chairman of the 150th Anniversary Committee for the Fair in 2012.

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

Calling all knitters—whether you're a seasoned pro, a curious beginner, or somewhere in between! The Knitting Help Circle is a cozy and collaborative space where Frederick’s fiber enthusiasts come together to stitch, learn, and share.

Fall Veggies - what and how to plant cooler weather vegetables. Prep, planting, harvesting. Low effort, high yield. Presented by Master Gardener, Tiger Waddell.

Join Dr. Michael Lerner to learn how to understand Medicare, health insurance, medical bills, and how to save money on healthcare.

The content in this program is not medical advice or diagnosis. 

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.

Want to learn to make your own hand sanitizer that is natural and simple using an Aloe Vera plant? Join us for a hands-on activity and leave with a bottle of hand sanitizer that you made yourself.

Join us for a fun, creative, and relaxing Sand Art Program at the library! This hands-on activity is perfect for elementary ages.

Spend your Tuesday afternoons with us. Take time to create art, all supplies provided by the library.

Use recycled materials and craft supplies to build a robot!

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

Come hang out at this program specifically designed for teens with ASD and other intellectual disorders. Snacks and sensory friendly games and crafts will be provided. For teens ages 13-18. 

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

Maybe you’ve heard of some of Maryland’s most notorious crimes, such as the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln or the murder of Sister Cathy, subject of the popular Netflix series, The Keepers.

Come experiment and see what you can concoct using ordinary kitchen supplies and ingredients!

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

Join us to explore slime making both with and without a recipe!

This program is for tweens in 3rd through 8th grades (ages 8-13.)