This Week at a Glance (December 15-19)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Dec 15, 2025
- 4 min read
Updated: Dec 29, 2025
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
Petworth Library is closed for renovations until further notice
MONDAY (December 15)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Hot Chocolate Bar
9:30am - 9:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Winter Scavenger Hunt
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Music Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Arts & Crafts and Play Time
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)
3:00pm - 4:45pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Coloring Time
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Capitol View Library Library Coloring Time
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Story Time
TUESDAY (December 16)
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 - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Estudio de Cuentos: ¡Bailemos salsa! (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)
10:30am: Folger Shakespeare Library Story Time (in the Great Hall)
10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Deanwood Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Stor Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands Turner Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
1:00pm - 2:30pm: Southwest Library Richard Wright Choir - Carols
2:00pm- 3:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Family-Friendly DJ Dance Party
4:00pm - 6:00pm: West End Library Kids Holiday Karaoke
5:00pm - 7:30pm: Southwest Library Holiday Kids Movie: The Grinch
WEDNESDAY (December 17)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online here)
10:00am - 10:30am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Storytime Studio (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)
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: American Art Museum Art in the A.M.
10:30am: Folger Shakespeare Library Story Time (in the Great Hall)
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Play Time (registration required, 0-24 months)
10:45am: American History Museum Story Time with DC Public Library
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 (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online here)
11:15am - 11:45am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
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: Northwest One Library Crafternoon: Holiday Cards
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Special Olympics Young Athletes Playgroup - An Early Childhood Play Program (register here)
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time: The Nutcracker (musical/mini-concert)
6:30pm - 7:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time: The Nutcracker (musical/mini-concert)
THURSDAY (December 18)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
9:45am - 10:15am: DC Public Library at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE Baby and Toddler Story 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
10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Screening: Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy Day
10:30am: Mama Elena Music at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: National Building Museum Story Time (free; register for museum admission)
10:45am - 11:15am: DC Public Library at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 5:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Hot Chocolate Bar & Holiday Movie Marathon
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)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Southwest Library Winter Party - Craft, Hot Cocoa, and Stories
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Children's Paint and Sip (register online)
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Shaw Library Craft: Create a Snow Scene
5:00pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Hot Cocoa Winter Story Time
FRIDAY (December 19)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond Story Time with a Ranger at Peirce Barn
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story and Play Time (meet in the historic lobby)
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
10:15am: Zinnia Silver Spring Lunch Bunch Kids Music
10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Baby and Toddler Play Time: Fine Art (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
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