This Week at a Glance (March 30 - April 2)
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Updated: 14 hours ago
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)
Cherry Blossom Festival has daily performances, 12:00pm - 6:00pm at the Tidal Basin
MONDAY (March 30)
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 - 12:00pm: U.S. Botanic Garden Drop-In Family Program: Exploring Leaf Shapes
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: President Lincoln's Cottage Monday Funday Concert Series: Rocknoceros ($8 per ticket ages 6 months and up, including adults)
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: National Children’s Museum STEM Story Series: Story Time with Abby Invents Author (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
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
12:00pm - 6:00pm: National Cherry Blossom Festival Music and Performances at the Tidal Basin
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 31)
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
9:30am - 9:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Women's History Month Scavenger Hunt
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 - 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: Bellevue Library Preschool 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
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)
12:00pm - 2:00pm: Union Station Free Performance: District Strings
12:00pm - 6:00pm: National Cherry Blossom Festival Music and Performances at the Tidal Basin
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time
3:30pm - 4:30pm: Parklands-Turner Library Crayon Day Make Your Own Crayon
WEDNESDAY (April 1)
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
10:30am - 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: 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
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Mt Pleasant Library Strong Start DC Early Intervention Program (DC EIP) Playgroup (Register)
12:00pm - 6:00pm: National Cherry Blossom Festival Music and Performances at the Tidal Basin
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
5:00pm - 8:00pm: Planet Word Wordplay Wednesday: Cherry Blossom Edition (Pay what you can: $5–$25)
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
THURSDAY (April 2)
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 - 1:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Chamber Music Performance
12:00pm - 6:00pm: National Cherry Blossom Festival Music and Performances at the Tidal Basin
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
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Baby and Toddler Arts and Crafts
FRIDAY (April 3)
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 - 11:00am: National Gallery of Art (East Building) English and Spanish Bilingual Story Time: Hello, Farm!
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
10:15am: 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 - 11:00am: Shaw Library Heure Du Conte - Bilingual fun in French and English
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: Deanwood Library Strong Start Play Group
12:00pm - 6:00pm: National Cherry Blossom Festival Music and Performances 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
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