This Week at a Glance (May 26 - May 30)
- dcstayathomeparent
- May 27
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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 26)
Hope you had a meaningful Memorial Day!
TUESDAY (May 27)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House) // African American History and Culture Museum Kids at The National Zoo!
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 Family Play Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Hillwood Museum Preschool Program ($12 Child (age 2-5), with accompanying adult)
10:30am - 11:15am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show
10:30am - 11:30am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH: Birds!
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 28)
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
10:15am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Associates Jojo's Backyard Safari (ages 3-6, $8 Adult, $7 Child, $3 Child under 2)
10:30am - 11:00am: Takoma Park Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Hillwood Museum Preschool Program ($12 Child (age 2-5), with accompanying adult)
11:15am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Family Play Time
11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Jojo's Backyard Safari (ages 3-6, $8 Adult, $7 Child, $3 Child under 2)
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Takoma Park Library Lego Play Time
THURSDAY (May 29)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House) // African American History and Culture Museum Kids at The National Zoo!
9:45am - 10:15am: DCPL Baby Lap Time at 700 Pennsylvania Ave SE
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 Jojo's Backyard Safari (ages 3-6, $8 Adult, $7 Child, $3 Child under 2)
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: DCPL 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
11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Jojo's Backyard Safari (ages 3-6, $8 Adult, $7 Child, $3 Child under 2)
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 Japanese Kamishibai 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
FRIDAY (May 30)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 10:45am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond with a Ranger (at the Nature Center)
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story Time (meet in the Historic Library)
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 Jojo's Backyard Safari (ages 3-6, $8 Adult, $7 Child, $3 Child under 2)
10:30am - 11:30am: Kidsinger Jim Concert Friday (Rocknoceros)
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Sensory Play Time
11:30am - 12:15pm: Smithsonian Associates Jojo's Backyard Safari (ages 3-6, $8 Adult, $7 Child, $3 Child under 2)
1:00pm - 4:00pm: Portrait Gallery Art Studio
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