This Week at a Glance (June 23 - June 27)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Jun 21
- 4 min read
Updated: Jun 26
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Program Updates:
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 (June 23)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Anacostia Library I SPY Discover Summer - Scavenger Hunt
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Shepherd Park Story Time for the Spectrum (registration required)
10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool 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 - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Baby and Toddler Arts & Crafts, Play Time
2:00pm - 4:00pm: Bellevue Library Matinee Movie
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Lap Time
TUESDAY (June 24)
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 - 11:00am: Woodridge Library Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
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 - 11:30am: 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: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Baby Lap Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:15am - 11:45am: American Indian Museum Story Time (ages 0-2, ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:45am - 12:15pm: Portrait Gallery Great Hall Story Time (free, registration encouraged.)
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
WEDNESDAY (June 25)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (ticket required, register online in advance)
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 Story and Craft Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler 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: 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: West End Library Family Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: American History Museum 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 in advance)
11:15am - 11:45am: American Indian Museum Story Time (ages 0-2, ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:15am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Planet Word Library Day (This event is free when you register through DCPL)
3:00pm - 6:00pm: Bellevue Library Discover Summer Kickoff (ice cream and other activities)
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Parklands-Turner Library Bingo!
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Library Lego Play Time
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
THURSDAY (June 26)
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)
10:45am - 11:15am: DCPL Baby and 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
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Performance Lab - Chamber Music at Noon
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Baby Lap Time
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 - 4:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Pajama Story Time
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Anacostia Library Special Olympics Young Athletes in the Community - An Early Childhood Play Program (ages 2-7, register online)
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Crafternoon
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Craft Time
FRIDAY (June 27)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story Time (meet in the Historic Lobby)
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond with a Ranger (at the Nature Center)
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 - 11:15am: Chevy Chase Library Friday Fun
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Rocknoceros Friday Concert
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Northeast Library Music and Movement
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Petworth Baby Lap Time
1:00pm - 2:00pm: American History Museum Naptown Jazz Kids Performance
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Hill Center Marsha and the Positrons Family Fun Concert(Tickets are $14 for kids and $7 for adults)
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