This Week at a Glance (March 9-13)

Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC

Programming Updates:

• DC Public Library story time is on a scheduled break, back next week. Some libraries will have structured play times. Story times listed below reflect the library websites, please verify with individual libraries

• 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 9)

• 9:30am - 10:00am: Cleveland Park Library Play Time (registration required)

• 10:15am - 10:45am: Cleveland Park Library Play Time (registration required)

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Play Time (registration required)

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler ASL Story Time(ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)

• 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

TUESDAY (March 10)

• 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

• 10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Deanwood Library Preschool Play 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

• 10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler STEM Play Time

• 11:00am - 11:25am: Northeast Library ASL Story Time

• 11:00am - 11:45am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Music and Movement Time(ticket required, on a first come first serve basis)

• 2:30pm - 3:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Family Dance Party

• 3:30pm - 5:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Art Club

• 3:30pm - 5:00pm: Northwest One Library Arts and Crafts

WEDNESDAY (March 11)

• 10:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, pre-registration only)

• 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

• 10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Walloping Weather! Performance (geared toward kids 6+ but anyone can attend) (prices range $8- $3)

• 10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, pre-registration only)

• 11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Walloping Weather! Performance (geared toward kids 6+ but anyone can attend) (prices range $8- $3)

• 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 12)

• 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 - 11:00am: Capital Jewish Museum Story Time: Using Your Voice

• 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 Walloping Weather! Performance (geared toward kids 6+ but anyone can attend) (prices range $8- $3)

• 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 Walloping Weather! Performance (geared toward kids 6+ but anyone can attend) (prices range $8- $3)

• 1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Play Time

• 1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Play Time

• 1:30pm - 2:00pm: West End Library Baby ASL Play Time

• 12:00pm - 2:30pm: American History Museum Performance: Music from the Hearts of America - U.S. Air Force (Broadway and contemporary)

• 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 - 6:00pm: Benning Library Arts and Crafts

FRIDAY (March 13)

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

• 10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike 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

• 10:15am: Zinnia Silver Spring Lunch Bunch Kids Music

• 10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Walloping Weather! Performance (geared toward kids 6+ but anyone can attend) (prices range $8- $3)

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

• 11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Walloping Weather! Performance (geared toward kids 6+ but anyone can attend) (prices range $8- $3)

• 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 - 7:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities