This Week at a Glance (May 12 - May 16)

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

MONDAY (May 12)

• 9:30am - 10:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time

• 10:00am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Gardens Garden Play: Shapes!

• 10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play 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 

• 10:30am - 12:00pm: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Play Time

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

• 11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time

• 11:30am - 12:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Story Time

• 11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Baby and Toddler Arts & Crafts, Play Time

• 3:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Afterschool Coloring 

• 5:00pm - 6:55pm: Cleveland Park Library Movie Night - Ponyo

TUESDAY (May 13)

• 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

• 10:00am - 11:30am: Lamond-Riggs Library Baby and Toddler Play Time 

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Toddler Story Time

• 10:30am - 11:15am: Hillwood Museum Preschool Program Colors in the Garden

• 10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time

• 10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH

• 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 (May 14)

• 10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Family Story Time (ticket required, 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 - 11:15am: Hillwood Museum Preschool Program Colors in the Garden

• 10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Boogie Wednesday

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Family Story Time (ticket required, register online)

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place

• 5:00pm - 5:00pm: Heurich House Get Crafty

• 5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Baby and Toddler AAPI Story and Craft Time

THURSDAY (May 15)

• 9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)

• 9:45am - 10:15am: DC Public Library Baby Lap Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE

• 10:00am - 5:00pm: Capital Book Fest at Woodrow Wilson Plaza

• 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 - 11:00am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (timed ticket required)

• 10:30am - 11:15am: National Building Museum Story Time (free; register for museum admission)

• 10:30am - 1:00pm: Rita Bright Family & Youth Center on 14th and Chapin (Mt. Pleasant Library Stand-in) Toddler Story Time and Play Time

• 10:45am - 11:15am: DC Public Library Toddler Story Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE

• 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 - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Lap Time

• 2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown Library Baby Lap Time

• 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Crafternoon

FRIDAY (May 16)

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

• 10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike with a Ranger (at Peirce Barn)

• 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 - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Nanny Karaoke Time

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Kidsinger Jim Concert Friday (Rocknoceros)

• 10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time

• 11:00am - 11:30am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Music and Movement

• 1:00pm - 1:30pm: Petworth Library Baby Lap Time

• 1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio

• 3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Lego Duplo Play Time