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.

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

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!

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.

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! 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.

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

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

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.

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.

Designed with beginning mobility in mind, join us for movement, songs, stories and more that will guide caregivers toward early learning and literacy for toddlers.

Join special guest Chase for a pawsome, great time with crafts and activities. Designed for pups on patrol ages 2-5, with a caregiver. 

February is Heart Month!  Join Katy Smith, Manager for Preventive Cardiology and Outpatient Cardiac Rehab at Frederick Health to learn about Heart Health, Risk Factors for Heart Disease, Signs/Symptoms, and Treatment.

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 toddlers and their grownups. Designed for 2 year olds with a caregiver.

Music, movement, stories and more! 

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.

Join us for a special storytime featuring songs, stories, and rhymes in different languages. For ages 0-5 with a caregiver.

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

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.

Hop on over to the library to meet and learn about bunnies with Leaps and Squeaks Animal Rescue. This program is for all ages. 

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 to explore songs, stories, and fun designed for our youngest audience and their caregivers.

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.

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, STEM, 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.

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.

Is your little one all suited up with no space to go? Blast into the library for this space-themed Fri-yay! You'll discover all sorts of hands-on fun revolving around stars, planets, the moon and more! 

Stories, movement, music, and fun for the entire family.  Designed for ages 0 and up with a caregiver.

The Battle of Midway was the turning point in the Pacific War.

Bring your creativity and good taste to an artistic afternoon at the library! Paint a winter landscape with guidance from students from Barbara Ingram School for the Arts and sip on a cool mocktail. (While supplies last!)

Test out your engineering skills! Learn all about gravity, force, weight, and inertia all while constructing your own egg drop device from recycled materials. Preconstructed devices are welcomed but not required. Eggs will be provided. 

Join us for an hour of crafting and learn the basics from local knitter Terry Cammack. Use our supplies or bring your own! Designed for those who are new to the knit and purl stitches. 

Come learn about space exploration with a NASA engineer!

Author Connie Collins Morgan transports children and families to New Orleans with music and an interactive storytime featuring her book "The Runaway Beignet".

Join staff from the local bicycle shop Bridgeway Bikes to learn some of the basics of cycling, including an introduction to terminology and easy, basic bike maintenance, such as how to lube a chain, check tire pressure, and assess the health of yo

Learn how to get e-books and e-audiobooks on your smart phone, tablet, or device with Libby and Hoopla!

Joseph Ogundeyi, a long-time  Frederick County resident, recently launched ATME—a free mobile and web platform designed to enhance communication and convenience for drivers.

Join us for an informative session on organ donation. Come learn about the process and dispel the myths of organ, eye, and tissue donation. 

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.

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.

Stop in and play chess with friends!

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 an hour of crafting and learn the basics from local knitter Terry Cammack. Use our supplies or bring your own! Designed for those who have mastered the knit and purl stitches. 

Join author and illustrator Elizabeth Lilly as she talks about children’s books, illustration, writing, animating, and art/illustration careers. Book signing to follow.

Happy Lunar New Year! Join the Asian American Center of Frederick County for a fun-filled event as we ring in the Year of the Snake.

Symphony Saturdays is designed to introduce children in first through third grade to the instrument families through hands-on demonstrations by Maryland Symphony Orchestra musicians.

Hang out with other tweens and enjoy some snacks! Play on the Switch or do some crafting!

Learn the art of Kumihimo, a traditional Japanese braiding technique used to create intricate, colorful cords and designs. Make your own custom bracelets or decorative cords to wear or gift.

Picture books Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Eating the Alphabet are wonderful examples of collage art.  Let's learn about collage technique while looking at Lois Ehlert's illustrations.  Geared for elementary-aged ch

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.

Come in to hear from the Heartly House about Healthy Relationships and Dating Violence Prevention. Intended for ages 13-18. Snacks will be provided for those attending the presentation

Dive into the world of Andy Warhol's pop art by crafting a quartet of snowmen inspired by his colorful take on everyday objects.

Enjoy an afternoon of cozy cookie decorating, while supplies last! For ages 13-18.

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

Learn about the artist Henri Matisse and make a cut paper collage.

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

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

Love is in the air at the Emmitsburg Library! Join us to craft some cute and friendly love bugs for yourself or a friend. 

Our presentation defines respect in relationships and the opposite, such as belittling, volatility and guilting. It teaches strategies for dealing with a friend or romantic interest who displays volatile emotions or unhealthy behaviors.

Calling all young adventurers! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create your own character and go on magical adventures with your friends? Do you enjoy playing games and being creative?

Come create Valentine's Day cards for Seniors in our community! Cards will be distributed to area nursing homes. 

Strengthen your body, clear your mind, and release the stress of living and working in today's hectic world with this gentle yoga class. Presented by a certified yoga instructor. Please bring your own yoga mat.

Come and celebrate with your best buds and make a friendship bracelet for Valentine's Day, while supplies last (ages 11-18).

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! Therapy dogs are provided by the Wags for Hope volunteers, whose pets bring comfort and joy to the lives of others. For grades 6-12

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

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 the Chronicles of Yarnia group for casual craft time! This is a group for those who would like to gather for a social time of crafting together. Instruction will be provided to new learners.

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

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

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

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

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

Learn how to build and maintain a personal budget with bankers from PNC bank!

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.

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

This month's TLC features a special presentation from Tyler Wolfe, Employer & Community Engagement Partner with Goodwill Industries, who will give a detailed overview of how to earn a Digital Literacy Certificate and become certified in Micros