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.

Finish our month of color storytimes with a party. 

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

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.

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.

Visit to learn how to make a Fall Natural Wreath with community member Miss T.

Refresh your stash with a craft supply swap!

Drop in to learn the history of Trolley Car #150 with the president of the Hagerstown & Frederick Railway Historical Society.

Practice reading skills to patient and adorable Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.). For Children Grades K-5. 

Meet and take a photo with your favorite Police Pup. Enjoy a few crafts and learn about the Trolley.

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.

Calling all aspiring music makers! Learn about music theory and history through rhythmic and melodic exercises, games, and activities! Age Group: Elementary.

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.

Get into the fall spirit and leaf your worries behind with a variety of autumn-related activities!

Join us at the library to celebrate the beautiful season of fall! There will be activities and fun for the whole family including local vendors, a Frederick County Dairy Princess Leah Spurrier, and much, much more! 

Join the Friends of the Library (Emmitsburg Branch) for a mini book sale on Saturday, October 4th from 11am-1pm. Books for all ages! Grab a few great reads and then participate in our other fun Fall Fest activities too. All ages. 

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

Spiritual experiences are not well understood or discussed. Experiencers often fear being misunderstood or judged. In recent years, several organizations have been set up to study and understand these and other spiritual phenomena.

Drop in to make a Wicked craft or two, or play a Wicked-themed party game at Myersville's Shiz University.

For grades 6-12.

Get creative this spooky season and participate in our Spooky House Design display using a variety of materials! FCPS Closed

Submission Guidelines

Spend one short day in Emerald City having some Wicked fun with Glinda. Enjoy activities and make and take crafts. Costumes encouraged. Enter a drawing for a chance to win a movie theater gift card.

Enter if you dare! Join us for Microscope Mysteries! — a hands-on adventure where young scientists will uncover the hidden world of creepy crawlies and mysterious mini-monsters under the microscope.

In this engaging science lesson, we will explore the food web and predator-prey relationships by dissecting real owl pellets.

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.

Small business owners can come by and get to know local lenders and resources that are available to them, and anyone can come by to participate. 

Join us in partnership with the Maryland Symphony Orchestra for a special musical reading of "A Horn is Born".  A story by Bill Borders. MSO conductor Elizabeth Schulze and violinist. All ages welcome.

Looking for quality resources to enhance your home-school curriculum? Come learn about the wealth of online resources that your library offers at no cost to you.

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.

"Kokopelli Winds will present music of British composers such as Purcell, Edward Elgar, Vaughan Williams and The Beatles. Then we plan to serve up some teas that the folks of the U.K. like to drink along with some delicious biscuits to dunk."

Celebrate the season with fall-themed window painting! Use vibrant paints to decorate our windows with leaves, pumpkins, and other autumn designs.

Get ready for the future and experience a day in the life of some of your favorite careers! Geared for elementary-aged children.

Join us as Middletown's Teen Leadership Council meets. Tweens and teens, grades 6 through 12, meet to collaborate with each other and teen librarians on upcoming library events and to plan teen-led projects.

Join instructors from the Literacy Council for a series of High Beginner/Low Intermediate ESL classes. 

Take the time to create art! Bring a work in progress or start a new project with all supplies provided by the library. No experience necessary! For teens in grades 6-12. Activities while supplies last. 

Learn about birds and have fun with our crafts and activities!

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

Want to get Halloween ready? Come in to learn about how to create your own SFX makeup with simple household items. 

Materials will be provided. 

Celebrate the season by helping decorate the library windows with bright and colorful fall designs! Add your own touch of autumn creativity to the space.

Join instructors from the Literacy Council for a series of High Beginner/Low Intermediate ESL classes. 

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

Kid Quest, an elementary RPG returns! Parental Supervision is required.

Tweens and teens, grades 6 through 12, meet to collaborate with each other and teen librarians on upcoming library events and to plan teen-led projects.  Teen Library Council (TLC) is an opportunity for teens to make an impact within the libr

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

Calling for brave hearts and souls to meet the challenge of this Great Goosebumps escape! Ghastly ghouls, menacing monsters, creepy creatures from Goosebumps book series have escaped their pages and are haunting the Point of Rocks Library.

Join us for an interactive guided discussion on resilience designed for ages 14-22. The discussion will highlight key concepts of adversity, emotional and mental stamina, and resiliency.

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.

Staff from the C2 Education Center in Urbana will break down key differences between major standardized tests and explain how to build an effective prep timeline.

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

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

Come play games and make board game crafts at the library!

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.

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

Join instructors from the Literacy Council for a series of Low Beginner ESL classes.