Week Calendar

Join us at Sophie and Madigan's Playground for a visit filled with rhymes, songs, lots of movement, and fun!

Join us inside to explore songs, stories, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers! This program is intended for children 0-12 months and their families.

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

Enjoy music, stories, and more! Designed for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. Designed for ages 0-24 months with a caregiver. Afterwards, we offer a "stay and play" for all to enjoy. 

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups.  Afterwards, we offer a baby playgroup for all to enjoy.

This program is for children 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!

Join us for a not-too-scary adventure filled with silly monsters, friendly ghosts, and just a touch of spooky fun! Inspired by Goosebumps's R. L.

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Everywhere! Let's have fun with the entire family as we sing, dance, and enjoy a story about this popular squash. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! This program is for toddlers ages 2-3 and their caregivers.

Understand the history and structure of the Chinese language.

Learn basic greetings and self-introduction.

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

A multi-sensory storytime designed to support children with autism or sensory processing challenges. This time is designed to meet your child where they are in, a fun, engaging environment.

Join us at the Carroll Creek Amphitheater for Family storytime presented in partnership with Downtown Frederick Partnership. 

It's pumpkin week at the library!  Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. This program is for children ages 3-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver. 

Join Country Meadows as they help with the stress of moving and downsizing!  

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes, and more! This program is for children's ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays, rhymes, and more! Designed for ages 2-5 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.

A sensory experience, exploring texture and color that encourages toddler creativity & fine motor skills. Designed for ages 2-5, with a caregiver.

Songs, stories, and play for babies and their grownups. 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.

Story Stretchers brings stories to life through gentle stretching movements, helping children connect with tales in an interactive, playful way.

Freedom Bang is a pre-choreographed fusion of boxing, HIIT, hip hop, world dance, optional weighted gloves and just a touch of attitude. Offering a wide range of intensity options to help you customize your workout.

Shri Yoga is a calming but challenging style practiced in an informal environment. Classes include various asanas, breathing exercises, chakra vibration, mantras, and relaxation techniques. Attendees are welcome to bring their own mat.

Movement, music, stories and fun for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

All princes and princess are invited to celebrate all things dairy with a special storytime featuring Frederick County's own Dairy Princess, Leah Spurrier!  Bring your cameras and royal crowns (and attire) for great photo opportunities.

Practice reading with a furry friend! This program is for children ages 0-10 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 Bernadette Roche, Loyola professor and ecologist as she presents on animal and plant interactions!

Participants are encouraged to bring native seed to exchange or donate to the Middletown seed library. 

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

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

Children learn and explore through hands on activities using science, technology, engineering, art, and math concepts at the library. Caregivers are encouraged to connect with children and participate in the activities!

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Join us for play based learning, games and activities! Designed for toddlers and their caregivers.

Bring your wiggles for songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. 

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.

Join us for this free yoga class offered by Sol Yoga's Good Cause Division. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat. Donations accepted.

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.

Tabling @ FCC's Learning Commons for library card sign-ups.

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.

Songs, stories, and fun for preschoolers and their grownups. Designed for ages 3-5 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.

Songs, stories, and fun for toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds 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.

Grab your favorite stuffed animal friend and head over to the library for a peaceful, mindful program. See how well you and your stuffie can stretch and then enjoy a variety of sensory activities!

Come learn about nocturnal animals from the Catoctin Creek Nature Center! We invite all adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers to join us for this fun, sensory event.

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

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.

Explore simple science concepts and hands-on learning inspired by the colors all around us this season! We'll read a fun book followed by related activities.  For ages 3-6 with a caregiver.

This program is developed for adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers. Come and create art, fun, and memories!

As the weather cools down this fall it is best to offer shelter for mystical creatures. Join us to create small whimsical structures to take home for fairy friends that might be hiding in your very own back yard!

Indulge in the flavors of fall with scrumptious cookies and warm apple cider. Our instructor-led painting session will feature a cozy autumn theme, using traditional fall colors. 

Step into the world of folklore and tradition as we partner with the Thurmont Historical Society to explore the legendary creatures, mysterious happenings, and enduring tales of Northern Frederick County.

Join Wade Watson as he highlights items from his extensive collection of Civil War artifacts and describes how he went about collecting them from local Civil War battle sites.

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 to boost infant brain development through talking, singing, sharing books and playing with your baby.

Participate in a variety of experiences related to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.  This program is designed for children in grades K - 5 and their caregivers.

Join us for this Death Series program where we will be exploring deaths in different cultures, presented by Consetta Ambrose from Hood College. 

Learn what tarot is and what it isn't, and the framework that makes tarot cards unique. 

Join us for a frightfully fun dance class where ghosts groove and skeletons shimmy! From Thriller to the Time Warp, Carissa Barth with FIBE Dance will show you the moves. It's sure to be a fang-tastic good time!

Love anime and manga? Swing by our animanga club! Every month is something different - draw and chat with friends while doing themed crafts, learning some trivia, or watching an episode or two!

Decorate your own mask using paint, markers, and fun embellishments! Whether you choose scary, playful, or completely original styles, bring your design to life in any way you like.

Come learn about artist Yayoi Kusama and create a patterned artwork inspired by the artist's love of dots and pumpkins. Geared for elementary ages.

Create a felt mask (fox, deer or raccoon) for Halloween.  The best part about these masks is no sewing required.  Trace the pattern on the felt, cut it out and glue all the pieces together.  Cute, Easy and Fun!

Join us for Dungeons & Dragons! Play through an exciting campaign DMed by one of our library teens. To sign up for DM slot, contact the librarian. Beginners arrive 15 minutes early for character creation.

It's time for a pop-up library experience.  Visit the Rover, sign up for a library card, check out some materials, and participate in fun seasonal activities.  We can't wait to see you at the park!

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

Dive into the world of Table-Top Role Playing Games! Whether you're a seasoned veteran or a new recruit, you've got a spot at our table. Pull up a chair as we fight monsters on bikes or perform a daring heist while being a hungry bear.

Join us for a variety of science, technology, engineering, arts and math activities for elementary-aged children.

Celebrate the Goosebumps books by making your own goopy, glowing slime!

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

Create your own mini ninja using pipe cleaners, beads, and imagination! These tiny warriors are fun to make and perfect to take home and display.

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

Laser Maze Box Challenge: Join us to learn a little bit about lasers and angles, then set to work using the knowledge you've gained and some hands-on experience to solve some laser box challenges. Ages 8-13.

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

Step into the haunted art studio! In this program, you’ll design and create your very own ghost portrait—silly, spooky, or stylish. All supplies are provided, and your one-of-a-kind ghostly artwork will be yours to take home. Ages 13-18.

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

Come hang out at this program specifically designed for teens with ASD and other developmental and intellectual disorders and their caregivers -if they chose to stay. Snacks and sensory friendly games and crafts will be provided.  

Join us for a fun, festive masquerade party! Make a mask or wear your own. Costumes welcome. Fun for families.

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

Step into the haunted art studio! In this program, you’ll design and create your very own ghost portrait—silly, spooky, or stylish. All supplies are provided, and your one-of-a-kind ghostly artwork will be yours to take home. Ages 9-13.

October EmPower Networking Event, in collaboration with the Frederick County Office of Economic Development. The FCOED's monthly EmPOWER networking events are dedicated to helping underrepresented businesses and allies connect and grow.

Learn to play Harmonies, a new tabletop game where you build landscapes and create habitats for your animals. Fun for the whole family!

Join Us for the Middletown Community Trunk or Treat. If you would like to sign up for a spot, please see the Middletown PTA. Signing up is not a requirement for participation.

Mine, build, and explore with like-minded tweens in our library Minecraft server! This program is intended for tweens ages 10-13. 

This education session encourages death positivity. It promotes open discussion and acceptance of death as a natural part of life, rather than something to be feared or avoided.

Can you fix it? Yes, you can! Can you sew a button? Can you hang a picture? Can you fix a bike? Join us for an evening full of making, mending, and repairing and earn the next stamp in your Elementary Explorer's passport.

Join us for a harvest themed evening of crafts, games and stem activities.  Families ages 3+.

Join us for a not-too-scary adventure filled with silly monsters, friendly ghosts, and some spooky fun! 

Inspired by Goosebumps's R. L. Stine - 2025 Frederick Reads featured author. 

Storytime, pajama style!  Enjoy movement, music, and stories with the whole family.  PJ's optional!  Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

Join us on a history walking tour around Emmitsburg.

Join us for FREE prenatal yoga from Family Connects with instructor DeAnna Houston.

Join us for an all-ages storytime after a long day of work and play. Unwind with stories, songs, and rhymes for the whole family!

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.

Join us for bedtime themed songs and stories--pajamas are welcome!

Stop by the Emmitsburg Library for some STEM-tastic fun. STEM related stations will be set up for hands on fun and experimentation. Age group: Elementary.

Create a festive fall pumpkin design on fabric with wool! We'll learn about how to "paint" with wool using the art of needlefelting.

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.

Journey through the colonial witch trials, from Connecticut to Virginia (with a stop in Maryland), and uncover the truth behind the accusations.

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

Frederick County Public Libraries is celebrating library card sign-ups in our community this Fall!

This event takes place at Oakdale High School at 5850 Eaglehead Drive, Ijamsville, MD 21754.

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