This Week at a Glance (June 1-5)
- dcstayathomeparent
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Updated: 3 days ago
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
The Bird House/Little Critters program at the zoo will open at 11am on Thursday, June 4
Petworth Library is closed for renovations until further notice
Rock Creek Park's Nature Center and Planetarium are closed until further notice. Programs will take place outside when scheduled at the Nature Center
MONDAY (June 1)
9:00am - 6:00pm: Georgetown Library Discover Summer Kickoff
10:00am - 12:00pm: West End Library Discover Summer Kickoff
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library ASL Story Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Francis A. Gregory Library Strong Start Playgroups
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Arts & Crafts and Play Time
12:30pm - 4:30pm: National Children’s Museum Kids Shadow Playtime (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
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 Coloring Time
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Special Olympics Young Athletes Playgroup - An Early Childhood Play Program (register)
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Story Time
5:45pm - 6:30pm: BloomBars Kids Circle Jam Session and Musical Instrument Exposure Session (Ages 1-5, first class free)
TUESDAY (June 2)
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby & 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: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Goethe-Institut Washington DC Library Partnership: Family Story Time (space is limited; admission is first-come, first-served)
10:30am - 11:00am: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Music and Movement Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northwest One Strong Start Play Group
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Discover Summer Kickoff - Firetruck Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Capitol View Library Discover Summer Kickoff
WEDNESDAY (June 3)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (note: no sign up today: Miss Marisa's last class)
10:00am - 10:30am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
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
10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Under the Baobab Tree at the S. Dillon Ripley Center Discovery Theater, 3rd Sublevel ($3-$8)
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 - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Play 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 (note: no sign up today: Miss Marisa's last class)
11:15am - 11:45am: Deanwood Library Preschool Story Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Strong Start Playgroup - DC Early Intervention Program
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American History Museum Musical Performance: SHOUT
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Anacostia Library Discover Summer Kickoff
2:00pm - 2:30pm: American History Museum Musical 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)
3:00pm - 6:00pm: Bellevue Library Discover Summer Kickoff
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Parklands-Turner Discover Summer Kickoff
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Every DC Library: Celebrate DC Public Library's 130th Birthday (The first 130 customers at each location will receive a special, individually wrapped 130th‑birthday cookie.)
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
5:45pm: BloomBars Pirate Adventures With Captain Sage! Sing, Dance, and Explore! (ages 2-6, recommended $15 per child)
THURSDAY (June 4)
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
10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Under the Baobab Tree at the S. Dillon Ripley Center Discovery Theater, 3rd Sublevel ($3-$8)
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Story Time - at La Cosecha
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)
10:30am - 10:55am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, Big Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (Short Film in Planetarium) (timed ticket required)
11:00am: BloomBars HARAMBEE Experience: Kid-Friendly Music with Baba Ras D. ($15 per person on EventBright, $20 (suggested donation) at the door.)
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required; note new area: 2nd floor, Pioneers of Flight section)
11:00am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Under the Baobab Tree at the S. Dillon Ripley Center Discovery Theater, 3rd Sublevel ($3-$8)
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Performance Lab - Chamber Music at Noon
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Play 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)
3:30pm - 7:00pm: Francis A. Gregory Library Discover Summer Kickoff
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Arts and Crafts
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Deanwood Library Family Game Night
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
FRIDAY (June 5)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond with a Park Ranger at Nature Center
10:00am - 11:00am: National Gallery of Art Storytime: Across the USA with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story and Play Time (meet in the historic lobby)
10:00am - 11:45am: Hillwood Museum Preschool Program: Sensational Scents
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 Performance: Under the Baobab Tree at the S. Dillon Ripley Center Discovery Theater, 3rd Sublevel ($3-$8)
10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Big Moments, Little Stories
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Deanwood Library Strong Start Playgroup
11:00am - 1:30pm: Rock Creek Park Fun with Flora and Fauna at Nature Center
11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Performance: Under the Baobab Tree at the S. Dillon Ripley Center Discovery Theater, 3rd Sublevel ($3-$8)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Discover Summer Kickoff (Ice Pops!)
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)
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Child's Play DC First Fridays Activity
4:00pm - 7:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities

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