This Week at a Glance (May 19 - May 23)

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 19)

10:00am - 12:00pm: Petworth Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Music and Movement Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Lincoln’s Cottage (Robert H. Smith Visitor Education Center) Monday Funday Concert
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Baby and Toddler Arts & Crafts, Play Time
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Afterschool Coloring
6:30pm - 7:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Family Glow in the Dark Bowling Time

TUESDAY (May 20)

9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:00am - 11:30am: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Family Play 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 (May 21)

THURSDAY (May 22)

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: 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
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 Play Time
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown Library Baby Play Time
3:30pm - 4:45pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Outdoor Play Time
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Pajama Story Time
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Anacostia Library Special Olympics Young Athletes in the Community - An Early Childhood Play Program (ages 2-7, register online)
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Crafternoon
4:00pm - 5:00pm: West End Library Washington Ballet Performance and Story Time

FRIDAY (May 23)

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 - 11:00am: Shepherd Park Library Story Time for the Spectrum (register online)
10:30am - 11:30am: Kidsinger Jim Concert Friday (Rocknoceros)
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Woodridge Library Strong Start Bilingual Play Group
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio

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