This Week at a Glance (March 16-20)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Mar 13
- 5 min read
Updated: Mar 16
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
The Zoo’s Elephant Community Center is currently closed (you can still see the elephants outside)
MONDAY (March 16)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Women's History Month Scavenger Hunt! - Hunt for twelve notable women at SPK library and win a prize
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library ASL Story 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 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 (March 17)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Women's History Month Scavenger Hunt! - Hunt for twelve notable women at SPK library and win a prize
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
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Estudio de Cuentos: ¿Quién Soy Yo? (Spanish-Language Story Time Studio)
10:00am - 12:00pm: National Gallery of Art Play Time (East Building Atrium)
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 ASL Story Time
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: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
10:30am - 12:00pm: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time
WEDNESDAY (March 18)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Women's History Month Scavenger Hunt! - Hunt for twelve notable women at SPK library and win a prize
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: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
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
10:15am - 11:00am: Tudor Place Tudor Tots: Q is for Quilt (Member Child: $5 | Non-Member Child: $10 | Accompanying Adult: Free)
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 Baby and Toddler Bilingual (Spanish and English) Story Time
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 (0-24 months)
10:30am - 11:30am: Rosedale Library Winter Children's Story Time - in Partnership with the Rosedale Recreation Center
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)
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum STEAM Story Time (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Children's Movie
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Special Olympics Young Athletes Playgroup (Register)
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
THURSDAY (March 19)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
9:45am - 10:15am: DC Public Library Baby and Toddler Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE - 7th Floor
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 - 11:15am: 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)
10:45am - 11:15am: DC Public Library Baby and Toddler Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE - 7th Floor
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required)
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
12:00pm - 8:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Women's History Month Scavenger Hunt! - Hunt for twelve notable women at SPK library and win a prize
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 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)
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Toddler Building Play Time
6:00pm - 6:45pm: Cleveland Park Library Pajama Story Time
FRIDAY (March 20)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike 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
10:00am - 6:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Women's History Month Scavenger Hunt! - Hunt for twelve notable women at SPK library and win a prize
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 - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Music and Movement
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 - 5:00pm: Bellevue Library Special Olympics Young Athletes Playgroup (Register)
4:00pm - 7:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
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