This Week at a Glance (April 14 - April 18)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Apr 14
- 4 min read
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Program Updates:
Rock Creek Park Nature Center has reopened. Little Tyke Hikes and Books and Beyond programs will take place alternating at the Nature Center AND Peirce Barn
Mt. Pleasant Library is temporarily CLOSED for renovations; scheduled to reopen in late June 2025. During this time, baby lap time and toddler story time will take place at Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin
MONDAY (April 14)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Lincoln’s Cottage (Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center) Monday Funday Concert
10:30am - 12:00pm: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Playtime
10:30am - 12:00pm: National Building Museum Craft: School’s Out!: Japanese Influence on Frank Lloyd Wright Workshop (Program tickets are $15 per participating child and $10 per adult, which includes admission to the Museum’s exhibitions)
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Baby and Toddler American Sign Language (ASL) Story Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Lap Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Baby and Toddler Arts & Crafts, Play Time
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Afterschool Coloring
TUESDAY (April 15)
9:00am: Renwick Gallery: Art in the A.M.
9:00am - 8:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Scavenger Hunt: Arab American Month
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Shepherd Park Library Author Talk: Clothilde Ewing - The Stella Series
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
11:00am - 11:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Baby Lap Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Nanny Party
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
2:00pm - 4:00pm: Benning Library Spring Celebration! Craft
WEDNESDAY (April 16)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Story and Craft Time
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Boogie Wednesday
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (register HERE)
11:15am - 12:15pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
THURSDAY (April 17)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
9:45am - 10:15am: DCPL Baby Lap Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (timed ticket required)
10:30am - 11:15am: National Building Museum Story Time (free; register for museum admission)
10:30am - 12:00pm: National Building Museum Craft: School’s Out!: Bird House Design Workshop (Program tickets are $15 per participating child and $10 per adult, which includes admission to the Museum’s exhibitions)
10:45am - 11:15am: DCPL Toddler Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required)
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby Lap Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Lap Time
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Lap Time
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown Library Baby Lap Time
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Crafternoon
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Smithsonian American Art Museum Take 5: Jazz at SAAM with Grant Langford
6:00pm - 6:30pm: Capitol View Library Pajama Story Time
FRIDAY (April 18)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond with a Ranger (at Peirce Barn)
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Shepherd Park Library Baby and Toddler Story Time for the Spectrum (register here)
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Kidsinger Jim Concert Friday (Rocknoceros)
10:30am - 12:00pm: National Building Museum Craft: School’s Out!: Bird House Design Workshop (Program tickets are $15 per participating child and $10 per adult, which includes admission to the Museum’s exhibitions)
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Music and Movement
11:00am - 11:30am: Rock Creek Park Children's Film - The Zula Patrol: Down to Earth (at the Nature Center)
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Lego Duplo Play Time
4:00pm - 5:55pm: Cleveland Park Library Movie Night: Soul
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