This Week at a Glance (August 31 - September 4)
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Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
Rock Creek Park's Nature Center and Planetarium are closed until further notice. Programs will take place outside when scheduled at the Nature Center
Southeast Library is closed and will reopen on September 10; Shaw Library is closed for renovations until 2027
MONDAY (August 31)
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Baby Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Arts & Crafts and Play Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Baby Jam Music Time (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Capitol View Library Arts and Crafts Time
TUESDAY (September 1)
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: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Family Story Time at Goethe-Institut (space is limited; admission is first-come, first-served)
10:30am - 11:00am: Deanwood Library Preschool 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: Southwest Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Lego Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northwest One Library Strong Start Play Group
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time
6:00pm: DC Parks and Recreation Jazz in the Park at Petworth Recreation Center
WEDNESDAY (September 2)
9:45am - 10:15am: Miss Amy's Music/Ward 4 Mutual Aid Fundraiser Music Together Free Demo Class at Yoga Heights
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, online pre-registration required)
10:00am - 10:30am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Lego Play 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: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Mt. Pleasant Library Bilingual (Spanish and English) Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Play Time (register)
10:30am - 11:15am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, online pre-registration required)
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Meet the Birds at Oxon Run Park James E. Bunn Amphitheater
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Strong Start Playgroup (register)
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
2:00pm - 2:30pm: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum STEAM Story Time (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Because Science Craft: Space UV Bracelets ($9)
5:00pm - 8:00pm: Planet Word Wordplay Wednesday: Back-to-School Edition
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
THURSDAY (September 3)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
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 - 10:55am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, Big Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (Short Film in Planetarium) (timed ticket required)
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Story Time at La Cosecha
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required; note new area: 2nd floor, Pioneers of Flight section)
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Palisades Library Performance: Curtis Blues Wild Animal Dance Party
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Story Time
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Story Time
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown Library Baby Story Time
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Toddler Play Time: Tinker Tots (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
2:45pm - 5:00pm: Palisades Library Arts and Crafts: Lanyards
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Georgetown Library End of Summer Party
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts
4:00pm - 8:00pm: Anthem Row DC JazzFest Downtown
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Library Arts and Crafts
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
6:00pm: DC Parks and Recreation Jazz in the Park at North Michigan Park
6:00pm - 6:45pm: Cleveland Park Library Pajama Story Time
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Labyrinth Board Game Night
FRIDAY (September 4)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Performance: Butterfly Wonder Puppet Show at Peirce Mill
10:00am - 11:00am: National Gallery of Art
First Friday Story Time in the East Building
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: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Mt. Pleasant Library Building Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Mt. Pleasant Library L'heure du conte - Bilingual French and English Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Bilingual Spanish and English Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Big Moments, Little Stories
11:00am - 11:30am: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
11:00am - 12:00pm: Deanwood Library Strong Start Playgroups
11:00am - 1:00pm: Smithsonian Gardens Nature Journaling
11:00am - 3:00pm: The Phillips Collection at the ARC (in SE DC) Art-Play-Practice
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
2:00pm - 2:30pm: American History Museum Performance: SHOUT
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Toddler Play Time: Fine Art (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Story Time
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Because Science Science Fair Fridays: Space
4:00pm - 7:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
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