Week Calendar

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

Join us for a celebration of music and motion with the Frederick Children's Chorus! Children will enjoy music, rhythm, dancing and playing musical instruments. For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

Enjoy stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and more. Ages 0-5.

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. 

Connect U, LLC is passionate about making technology accessible and stress free for everyone.  Participants are encouraged to bring their smartphones or tablets.

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. 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.

Let's get our pajamas on and snuggle in for a good book! We'll enjoy some music, movement, and stories for the whole family. Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

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

Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy, and friends! Enjoy enchanting stories, sing-alongs, and magical adventures from Oz.

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.

Winter is coming—and animals all around are getting ready! Join us for stories, songs, and fun activities about how bears, bats, frogs, and other creatures prepare for the cold.

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.

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!

Join us as we welcome the Go Team Therapy Dogs to the Thurmont Library! We invite all adults with developmental disabilities and their caregivers to join us for this fun, sensory event.

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.

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.

Come meet some of the service people that help to keep us safe and learn about their roles in our community.  

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.

Beyond the Port: Making the Most of Every Cruise Stop - Cruising offers a taste of multiple destinations—but the real magic happens when you go beyond the typical tourist paths.

Get ready for the future and learn a few basics words and phrases from different languages! Geared for elementary-aged children.

FCPL will be presenting at this year's Meet the Frederick Funders, hosted virtually by Ausherman Family Foundation.

Have you always wanted to dip, or should we say-tip, your toe in ballet? Here's your chance! Join Elixir Dance and Fitness owner, Natalie, as we take ballet for a spin. Worried you won't know what to do?

Join Dr. Brad Eyler, a local physical therapist, for an interactive presentation on managing nerve pain. Learn what nerve pain is, what it can feel like, and ways to manage it.

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

Come join us as we learn about the fashions and dances of Jane Austen’s world! Dress historian Dr. Ann Wass will share her research into the styles worn by Jane Austen and her contemporaries.

Join local fiber arts crafter, Jordan Warner, for a 3-part beginner's crochet series. By the end of the series, each participant will have created their own handmade dishcloth and gained the confidence to continue exploring crochet.

"Curious about Artificial Intelligence but not sure where to start?
 

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.

Dino Dig is a hands-on adventure for elementary-aged explorers who love dinosaurs! Kids will uncover "fossils," learn fun facts about prehistoric creatures, and dig into science through games, crafts, and interactive activities.

Celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with a Thankful Turkey craft! Create a colorful turkey with feathers that list what you're thankful for! Age Group: Elementary.

Whether you are new to Thru Hiking or have experience on the trails, join Emily Greene from the Trail House to learn how to hike long distance trails!

Join Leslie Carter, author of Gemstones Beneath the Towpath, for a 90-minute walking tour of the historic culverts near Point of Rocks. The tour will emphasize how to safely visit and enjoy the culverts. All ages are welcome.

Drop in and experiment with our fun STEM toys!

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

Looking for a fun way to spend your afternoon? Whether you're into crafting, gaming, or both, this is the perfect opportunity to relax, hang out, and make new friends in a creative and friendly environment!

Put your detective skills to the test! Search the library for hidden clues, gather evidence, and see if you can be the first to solve the mystery!

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

UNPLUGGED is a midweek mindfulness program for teens and tweens. It features low lighting, soft noise, and sensory tools. Each program features a different mindful activity to promote mental wellbeing. Today we will have Go Team Therapy Dogs!

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.

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. 

Join us for a fun and creative exploration of American artist, Keith Haring.  Discover Haring's distinctive pop and graffiti infuenced style and create your own signature cartoon drawing.  Geared towards ages 6-10.

New to Anime and Manga? Longtime fan? Either way join us to celebrate it while talking all things art, story, cosplay, and culture! This month’s featured craft is Polco Deco! Materials provided, while supplies last. For teens in grade 6-12.

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

Celebrate Dinovember with dinosaur-themed crafts and activities!

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

Learn about some local cryptids for inspiration and then create one of your own! 

Join us for this Rubik’s Cube event for all skill levels. Learn solving techniques, work together to tackle cube challenges, and race against others to test your speed and skill.

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. 

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. 

This 60-minute dynamic gentle yoga class invites you to breathe more deeply, discover new strength and flexibility while honoring your limits, strengthen your concentration/focus, and relax your nervous system.

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

Looking to start your holiday shopping? Want to make something for someone instead? Come decorate your own photo frame mat using a variety of art supplies. While supplies last. For ages 13-18. 

Join us for this free monthly group series created for mothers with children 23 months and younger. Led by Dr. Maria Drvoshanov, a fellow mom and licensed psychologist, this series offers:

YMCA is coming to your neighborhood!

Enjoy fall and friends while making bracelets, for yourself, for your friends, for a loved one. Bracelets make great gifts! Beginners and advanced beaders welcome. Participants can come and go anytime during the 2-hour program as convenient.

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

Spend the first Thursday of the month with a game of chess! Open to all levels of chess players, bring your own chess set or use one of ours. Bring your friends and meet other chess enthusiasts. Ages 9-18. 

Express yourself through writing and media arts as part of our Teen Zine Series. Zines are small self-published magazines that are filled with art of all kinds. 

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

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

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.

Need a fun new bookmark? Come out and learn how to spin and dye wool roving and create a unique bookmark.

Join us at Myersville Community Library as we welcome Heartly House's Survivor Speakers panel.   

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 for an all-ages storytime featuring songs, stories, and rhymes in Spanish and other world languages. 

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.

In this course you’ll learn three quick techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out:

(1) How to use your hands to apply pressure to a wound;
(2) How to pack a wound to control bleeding;

Enjoy an evening at the Brunswick Library with author Leslie Carter as she discusses her book, Gemstones Beneath the Towpath, a study of the 19th century stone masonry culverts that support the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal's towpath. 

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

Put on your pajamas and come join us for music, stories, and more before bedtime! Designed for ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

Early sunset getting you down? Give your night a glow-up with fun glow-in-the-dark activities!

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

Join us for a variety of fun crafts and activities to light up the night.

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

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

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.

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