Week Calendar

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

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

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

Enjoy a variety of activities to help develop the skills needed for school. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Learn all about how to take care of your teeth!

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

Presented by SHIP, SMP, and Frederick County Division of Aging and Independence.

A sensory experience, exploring texture and color. Designed for ages 2-5, with a caregiver.

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

Join us at the Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center for a Storytime followed by an easy-going hike in the woods.

Catoctin Mountain Park

14707 Park Central Road

Thurmont, MD 21788

Join Joi Vogin LDN, MS, from the Frederick County Extension Office to discuss how to turn your home garden’s herbs and produce into delicious and nutritious meals!

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.

Have fun exploring literacy, science, mathematics, and art through play-based activities that integrate essential school skills.  Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver. 

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.

Calling all young readers and future book lovers—it’s time to join the library adventure! Come celebrate the magic of reading at our Library Card Sign-Up Bonanza, a fun-filled event just for preschoolers and their families. 

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

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

A song circle is a gathering of folks to make music together, to sing, play, and share songs. Bring your own acoustic instrument. You can also just sing or listen.

Get ready for the future and become an architect for a day. We provide the boxes, you provide the builds! Geared for elementary-aged children.

Join Ayanna Gallant from Aya Cultural Arts Studio for a fun and engaging drama and literacy session designed just for all readers! Participants will bring a story to life through expressive reading, acting, and creative movement.

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

Planning your own funeral may not be easy, but deciding your funeral arrangements in advance can give peace of mind to your loved ones when the time comes.

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.

Learn how you can join in the fun and create in the kitchen!

This program is for children in grades K-5 (ages 5-10).

Are you a gardener who’s been frustrated by deer grazing in your garden?

Make your very own mini library! Get creative by designing and filling your tiny tin library with replicas of your favorite titles.

Calling all young adventurers! Let's go on a magical adventure with our friends in this introduction to RPG.

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.

Get crocheting with the skilled ladies of the Woodlands! Whether you are a practiced hand or it's your first time holding a hook, join us for community and skill-sharing. You can also try our alternative fiber art craft.

Join us for a journey into space - the final frontier! We will have games, crafts, and activities to enjoy.

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

Create your own locker or fridge magnets using air-dry clay! Shape, decorate, and personalize your magnets to add a fun, creative touch to your space.

Use trash and recyclables to create some trolley art to display in the library's trolley art show. 

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

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

Anime Afternoon is a place to chat with other enthusiasts about your favorite anime and manga! Chat about what you're currently reading and watching. 

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! 

Teens: relax and relieve stress by spending time petting an adorable dog friend! For grades 6-12.

Learn why planning final arrangements for your pets and loved ones is helpful with the compassionate experts from Resthaven Funeral Home.

Join Jeff McAfee from the Department of Natural Resources as he informs and entertains us with first-hand, real-world experiences in managing and working with Black Bears in our community. 

Get creative and explore the world of art through hands-on projects and imaginative fun! Each session features a new artistic adventure designed for young artists to express themselves, try new techniques, and make something awesome.

Come practice your reading skills with patient and adorable Reading Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) from WAGS for Hope! For children grade K-5.

Come and decorate the Teen Zone windows with fun fall art!

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

Wear your pajamas and bring your stuffed friend for a special storytime!  After storytime, tuck in your stuffed animal and say goodnight because the stuffed animals are having a sleepover.

Join Go Team Therapy Dogs to improve your reading confidence and make a new friend when you read aloud to a therapy dog.

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