This Week at a Glance (March 2-6)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Feb 28
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 6
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 2)
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Francis A. Gregory Library Strong Start Playgroups
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 5:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Ecuador Brilla Para El Mundo - International Children's Art Exhibition
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
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Benning Library National Read Across America Day
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Baby StoryTime
TUESDAY (March 3)
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 - 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: Deanwood Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Dance and Music Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Music and Movement Time(ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northwest One Library Strong Start Play Group
WEDNESDAY (March 4)
10:00am - 11:00am: Takoma Park Library Baby and Toddler Play 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 - 12:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Toddler Legos 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: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Family Story and Play 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)
THURSDAY (March 5)
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
10:15am - 11:00am: Tudor Place Tudor Tots: K is for Key (Member Child: $5 | Non-Member Child: $10 | Accompanying Adult: Free)
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)
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 - 1:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Performance Lab - Chamber Music at Noon
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Story Time
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Story Time
1:30pm - 2:30pm: American History Museum Performance: Music from the Hearts of America - U.S. Navy Country Current (Bluegrass)
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
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Arts and Crafts
FRIDAY (March 6)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond with a Ranger at Nature Center
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 - 5:00pm: National Gallery of Art Story Time: Big Little
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: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Shaw Library Heure Du Conte - Bilingual fun in French and English
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 5:00pm: American History Museum Interactive Craft Demonstrations
11:00am - 12:00pm: Deanwood Library Strong Start Playgroups
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)
3:30pm - 5:45pm: Cleveland Park Library Kids Movie: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
4:00pm - 7:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
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