Library Closure

Due to Hurricane Helene, the Library will be closed tomorrow, September 26.  We will resume normal hours on Friday, September 27 as long as it is safe to do so.

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Sensory Story Time

10:30am - 11:15am
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

Sensory Story Time

Explore early learning concepts with Ms. Christina and Ms. Kami with action songs, interactive stories, and sensory activities! This special story time is on the last Friday of the month @ 10:30am.

Recommended for children ages 2 to 5.

Poetry Coffeehouse Night

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Poetry & Writing
Event Details:

Join us for an open-mic night. You are invited to read an original poem of your own or just sit back and enjoy.

Disclaimer(s)

Allergy Notice

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with nuts, tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

American Girl® Friendship Club

2:00pm - 5:00pm
Tweens
Meeting Room
Join Waiting List
Registration
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Tweens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Workshop
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Welcome to the new "American Girl Friendship Club," a unique educational adventure for friends 8-12 years old. Join us for a fun afternoon of crafting, cooking, and learning about an American Girl doll character and her times. 

Disclaimer(s)

Allergy Notice

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with nuts, tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Photo Waiver

Children and adults participating in Maitland Public Library's programs may be photographed or recorded by Library staff members, newspaper or television reporters/photographers, or others involved with the program. The Maitland Public Library reserves the right to use such photographs or recordings for promotional purposes, in print and online. All library patrons consent to the use of their photo and/or video for such purposes, without compensation. To ensure the privacy of individuals and children, images will not be labeled with personally identifiable information without express consent. Notify Library staff if you do not want to be photographed or recorded.

Yoga with Deborah

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Join Deborah in the meeting room for a FREE Yoga class. Bring your own mat and water bottle.  

Preschool Palooza

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

Preschool Palooza

Enjoy age-appropriate stories, songs, movement, and a puppet show finale to help support early literacy development and cognitive growth using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed by a fun craft.

Recommended for children ages 3 to 5 years.

No registration required.

Terror-iums

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 3
Event Details:

Join us to make your own spooky, but charming, mini-garden.

Toddler Tales

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Toddler Tales

Enjoy age-appropriate books and stories, as well as action rhymes, songs, fingerplays, a puppet show finale, to help support toddlers’ early literacy development, basic gross motor movement and cognitive growth using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed with puppet playtime.

Recommended for children ages 18 months to 3 years.

No registration required.

Maitland Walks

7:00am - 8:30am
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness

Maitland Walks

Join us every Thursday at 7 am for a group walk around our neighboring lakes, then cool down with conversation and coffee at the Library. 

Baby Babbles

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Baby Babbles

Socialize with other caregivers while engaging your baby with stories, songs, and rhymes that are carefully selected to foster cognitive and fine motor skill development using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed with open play and socializing.

Recommended for babies from birth to 18 months.

No registration required.

Adventures with Books

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Children
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Adventures with Books is an enrichment program geared towards homeschooled children (K-8), run by local moms and sponsored by the Library. The program is free, but you may be asked to help with supplies or snacks.

Sit n'Stitch

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Director's Conference Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Director's Conference Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Join us for an evening of knitting, crocheting, embroidery or whatever you like! This is time to work on a project and meet new fiber artists and have fun.

Fall Festival

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Children
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool, Children
Program Type: Special Event
Event Details:

Dress in your spooky-time best and get ready for all sorts of fun, fall activities. Enjoy tales told by a Woodland Fairy and Forest Guardian, festival games, entertaining crafts and activities for all ages.

Disclaimer(s)

Allergy Notice

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with nuts, tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Photo Waiver

Children and adults participating in Maitland Public Library's programs may be photographed or recorded by Library staff members, newspaper or television reporters/photographers, or others involved with the program. The Maitland Public Library reserves the right to use such photographs or recordings for promotional purposes, in print and online. All library patrons consent to the use of their photo and/or video for such purposes, without compensation. To ensure the privacy of individuals and children, images will not be labeled with personally identifiable information without express consent. Notify Library staff if you do not want to be photographed or recorded.

Heartfulness Meditation

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness
Event Details:

Get your month off to a good start, joining Heartfulness Meditation for an in-person session on the first Monday of each month.

Preschool Palooza

10:30am - 11:30am
Preschool
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Story Time

Preschool Palooza

Enjoy age-appropriate stories, songs, movement, and a puppet show finale to help support early literacy development and cognitive growth using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed by a fun craft.

Recommended for children ages 3 to 5 years.

No registration required.

Book Talk with Lin Green

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Lecture/Presentation
Event Details:

Come hear Lin Green, author of  Enough with the Secrets, Mama: An Immigrant’s Woman’s Story of Overcoming Failure, Equipping Women with the Skills Needed to Enjoy a Fruitful Life Free of Maternal Headache, talk about her experie

Toddler Tales

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Toddler Tales

Enjoy age-appropriate books and stories, as well as action rhymes, songs, fingerplays, a puppet show finale, to help support toddlers’ early literacy development, basic gross motor movement and cognitive growth using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed with puppet playtime.

Recommended for children ages 18 months to 3 years.

No registration required.

Fresh for Kids

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Children
Meeting Room
Join Waiting List
Registration
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Cooking, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

It's our hands-on cooking class for kids. Each month, we'll learn two to three new recipes that children can make themselves.

Disclaimer(s)

Allergy Notice

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with nuts, tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.

Meet the Artist: Patricia Gardner Pope

7:00pm - 8:30pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Meet the Artist(s)

Meet this month's artist, ask questions, and tour their exhibition. 

Event Details:

Patricia’s artistic mediums are silk painting and Batik. Welcome her to the library and view her works in person

Maitland Walks

7:00am - 8:30am
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Health & Wellness

Maitland Walks

Join us every Thursday at 7 am for a group walk around our neighboring lakes, then cool down with conversation and coffee at the Library. 

Baby Babbles

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Story Time

Baby Babbles

Socialize with other caregivers while engaging your baby with stories, songs, and rhymes that are carefully selected to foster cognitive and fine motor skill development using Every Child Ready to Read practices: reading, writing, playing, singing, and talking. The program is followed with open play and socializing.

Recommended for babies from birth to 18 months.

No registration required.

Adventures with Books

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Children
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Workshop
Event Details:

Adventures with Books is an enrichment program geared towards homeschooled children (K-8), run by local moms and sponsored by the Library. The program is free, but you may be asked to help with supplies or snacks.

Share-a-Title Book Club

10:30am - 12:00pm
Adults
Meeting Room
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club

Share-a-Title Book Club

This special book club has no set book list! Read what you want, then come discuss it with others to find new reads.

 

Unable to attend in person, Zoom in!

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Or call 301-715-8592

Meeting ID: 998 3551 5977

Passcode: 328176

Cuentos Bilingüe / Bilingual Story Time

10:30am - 11:30am
Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Meeting Room
Register Now
Registration
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Preschool
Program Type: Story Time
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 20
Event Details:

Enjoy bilingual stories, rhymes, songs, and sensory activities for preschool children. This bilingual story time draws on professional literacy research, learning theory, and Every Child Ready to Read® best practices.

Friends of the Library Executive Board

1:00pm - 2:30pm
Director's Conference Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Maitland Public Library
Room: Director's Conference Room
Purpose of Meeting

The regular meeting of the Executive Board of the Friends of the Maitland Public Library.