This Week at a Glance (March 23-27)

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 23)

• 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 - 11:00am: Smithsonian Gardens Garden Play: Signs of Spring in the East Terrace of the Enid A. Haupt Garden

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

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play 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

• 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library March of the Dinosaur Pajama Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)

TUESDAY (March 24)

• 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: National Gallery of Art Play Time (East Building Atrium)

• 10:00am - 12:00pm: West End Library Toddler Play Time

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

• 10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Play: Powerful Pollinators

• 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: 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: Shepherd Park Library Baby 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

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time

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

• 11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Play: Powerful Pollinators

• 12:00pm - 2:00pm: Union Station Free Performance: DC Monumental Strings

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time

• 4:00pm - 6:00pm: Union Station Free Performance: Desiree Jordan quartet

WEDNESDAY (March 25)

• 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 - 12:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Lego 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

• 10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Play: Powerful Pollinators

• 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 Children's Story Time - in Partnership with the Rosedale Recreation Center

• 10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Toddler Story Time

• 10:45am - 11:15am: American History Museum Story Time with the DC Public Library

• 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 (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

• 11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Play: Powerful Pollinators

• 12:00pm - 1:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Strong Start DC Early Intervention Program (DC EIP) Playgroup

• 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 - 5:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Dinosaur Roaring Contest and Family Party (register)

• 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Southwest Library Powwow Dance with Miss Chief Rocka

• 4:00pm - 6:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Children's Movie

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

THURSDAY (March 26)

• 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 - 1:00pm: National Children’s Museum Pop-Up Program: Ukraine House: Celebrating Ukrainian Spring Traditions (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)

• 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 Play: Powerful Pollinators

• 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

• 11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Play: Powerful Pollinators

• 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: 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

• 4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby and Toddler Arts and Crafts

FRIDAY (March 27)

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

• 10:00am - 10:45am: Hillwood Museum Preschool Program: Animal Antics ($12, $10 Member)

• 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 - 12:00pm: Tudor Place Eggstravaganza (Child Member: $15 | Child Non-member: $20 | Child Aged 0 – 2: Free | Accompanying Adult: $10)

• 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 - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Play: Powerful Pollinators

• 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 - 12:00pm: Woodridge Library Strong Start Blingual Play Group

• 11:00am - 1:00pm: Tudor Place Eggstravaganza (Child Member: $15 | Child Non-member: $20 | Child Aged 0 – 2: Free | Accompanying Adult: $10)

• 11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Play: Powerful Pollinators

• 12:00pm - 6:00pm: National Cherry Blossom Festival Events at the Tidal Basin

• 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

• 4:30pm - 5:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Ukulele Sing-Along