This Week at a Glance (February 3 - 7)

Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC

Program Updates:

• Rock Creek Park Nature Center is closed until further notice for renovations; children's programming will take place at the Peirce Barn (at Tilden St NW and Beach Drive NW)

• Mt. Pleasant Library is OPEN this week; closed starting February 10 for renovations

• Little Critters: Nature Play at the National Zoo will remain in the Think Tank building until further notice; they may re-open their space in the Bird House starting in March

MONDAY (February 3)

• 9:30am - 10:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time

• 10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time

• 11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Lap Time

• 11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time

• 11:30am - 12:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Lap Time

• 3:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Afterschool Coloring 

TUESDAY (February 4)

• 9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time

• 9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play

• 10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center

• 10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show Tuesday

• 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: Anacostia Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH

• 10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler Story Time

• 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

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Baby Lap Time

• 11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time

WEDNESDAY (February 5)

• 9:00am - 8:00pm: Benning Library Chocolate Treat to Celebrate National Chocolate Month

• 10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (pre-registration required, no walk-ins)

• 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 - 11:00am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Story Time

• 10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time

• 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: 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: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Musical Performance Boogie Wednesday

• 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 (pre-registration required, no walk-ins)

• 11:15am - 11:45am: Tenley-Friendship Library Toddler Play Time

• 11:15am - 12:15pm: Shepherd Park Library Family Play Time

• 11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)

• 5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Family Story Time

• 6:00pm - 6:45pm: Cleveland Park Library Pajama Story Time

THURSDAY (February 6)

• 9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play

• 9:45am - 10:15am: DC Public Library Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE - 7th Floor Baby Lap 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: DC Public Library Story Time at La Cosecha (1280 4th St NE, Washington, DC 20002) Toddler Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: National Building Museum Story Time (free; register for museum admission)

• 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)

• 10:45am - 11:15am: DC Public Library Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE - 7th Floor Toddler Story Time

• 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

• 12:00pm - 1:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Performance Lab: Chamber Music at Noon

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby Lap Time

• 1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Lap Time

• 1:00pm - 3:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby and Toddler Play 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

• 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Children's Paint N' Sip: Wooden Snake Craft to Celebrate Lunar New Year

• 5:00pm - 7:00pm: Rosedale Library Slime Time!

• 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Capitol View Library Pajama Story Time

• 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Bellevue Library Learn Chess

FRIDAY (February 7)

• 9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time

• 10:00am - 10:30am: Rock Creek Park Story Time with a Ranger (NEW TEMPORARY LOCATION: PEIRCE BARN)

• 10:00am - 11:00am: National Gallery of Art First Friday Bilingual Story Time: I Love You Sun, I Love You Moon/Te amo Sol / Te amo Luna

• 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: Shaw Library Heure Du Conte Bilingual Baby and Toddler Story Time (English and French)

• 10:30am - 11:15am: Chevy Chase Library Baby and Toddler Play Time 

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Kidsinger Jim Rocknoceros Concert Friday

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Music and Movement Babies and Toddlers

• 11:00am - 12:00pm: Bellevue Library Jenny the Cat: A Winter Time Adventure - The National Theatre Live! At the Library (Ages 2 and up)

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: Petworth Library Baby Lap Time

• 1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio

• 3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Lego Duplo Play Time