This Week at a Glance (March 24-28)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Mar 16
- 5 min read
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
Rock Creek Park Nature Center is CLOSED until further notice for renovations; children's programming will take place at the Peirce Barn (at Tilden St NW and Beach Drive NW)
MONDAY (March 24)
9:00am - 6:00pm: Parklands Turner Book March Madness (read a selection of books in the Children's Area and vote via a ballot box for your favorite!)
9:30am - 10:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Gardens Garden Play: Seeds! at the Enid A. Haupt Garden
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Lincoln’s Cottage (Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center) Monday Funday Concert with Kidsinger Jim
10:30am - 12:00pm: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Lap Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Lap Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Baby and Toddler Arts & Crafts, Play Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: DCPL Virtual Program: Virtual Parent Workshops with Early Stages - Making it Happen! (The Power of Play and Friendship Skills) (registration required)
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Afterschool Coloring
4:00pm - 5:00pm: DCPL Virtual Program: Story Time: Cape by Kevin Johnson - A Virtual Author Talk (registration required)
5:30pm - 8:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Opening Reception, ARTivism: New Beginnings Exhibit (registration required)
TUESDAY (March 25)
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 - 12:00pm: West End Library Toddler Play Time
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 - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show Tuesday
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler STEM Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Baby Lap Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Air and Space Museum Story Time
12:30pm - 2:00pm: Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin (Mt. Pleasant Library Stand-in) Baby Lap Time
WEDNESDAY (March 26)
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 - 11:00am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (register online)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Story and Craft 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: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (register HERE)
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Lego Duplo Play Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler 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: Shaw Library Family Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
11:15am - 12:15pm: 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)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Bellevue Library Arts and Crafts (recommended ages 4-12)
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Welcome to a Native Place: Performance
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Family Story Time
6:00pm - 6:45pm: Cleveland Park Library Pajama Story Time
THURSDAY (March 27)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
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: National Building Museum Story Time
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 - 1:00pm: Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin (Mt. Pleasant Library Stand-in) Toddler Story Time and Play Time
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
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial 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 - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Crafternoon
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Pajama Story Time
6:00pm - 6:30pm: Capitol View Library Pajama Story Time
FRIDAY (March 28)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike with a Ranger
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 - 11:00am: Shepherd Park Library Story Time For the Spectrum (registration required)
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Kidsinger Jim Concert Friday (Rocknoceros)
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Music and Movement
11:00am - 11:30am: Rock Creek Park Children's Film - Stranger in the Woods: The Movie
11:00am - 12:00pm: Woodridge Library Strong Start Play Group (bilingual playground ofr children ages 12-24 months)
12:00pm - 5:30pm: Asian Art Museum Kyoto Kimono Trunk Show
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Petworth Library Baby Lap Time
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio
1:30pm - 3:30pm: National Zoo Pan-demonium in the Mammal Hall: learn about pollinators
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Lego Duplo Play Time
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby and Toddler Ukulele Sing-Along
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