This Week at a Glance (November 2 - 6)
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
Shaw Library is closed for renovations until 2027
Rock Creek Park's Nature Center and Planetarium are closed until further notice. Programs will take place outside when scheduled at the Nature Center
MONDAY (November 2)
9:00am - 6:00pm: National Geographic Museum Family Fun Day: Exclusive Screening of Africa Earth’s Wild Home ($5)
10:00am - 10:30am: Chevy Chase Library Baby Story Time
10:30am: Heritage and Kingman Island Free Forest School Meetup
10:30am - 11:00am: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library ASL Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Woodridge Library Baby Story Time
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery 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 - 4:30pm: Northwest One Library Family Play Time: Magnetic Tiles
3:30pm - 4:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Afternoon Story Time for the Spectrum (register)
TUESDAY (November 3)
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
9:30am - 11:00am: Flor Coffee and Books (1220 31st St NW) Just Mama Meetup (babies welcome)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 11:00am: Southeast Library Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 11:00am: Woodridge Library Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 1:00pm: National Gallery of Art Baby and Toddler Play Time (East building atrium)
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: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Family Story Time at Goethe-Institut - for ages 0-5
10:30am - 11:00am: Deanwood Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time - DC Fire and EMS Visit
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Lego Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Baby Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northwest Library Strong Start Play Group
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time
4:00pm - 6:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
WEDNESDAY (November 4)
9:30am - 11:00am: Church of the Advent (1546 5th St NW) Tots Playgroup
10:00am - 10:30am: Mt. Pleasant Library Bilingual Story Time Spanish and English
10:00am - 10:30am: Southeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Takoma Park Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 11:15am: Benning 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 - 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: Tudor Place Tudor Tots: W is for Warmth (Member Child: $5 | Non-Member Child: $10 | Accompanying Adult: Free)
10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:00am - 10:30am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Takoma Park Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
11:15am - 12:15pm: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Play Hour
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Strong Start Playgroup - with Multicultural Rehab
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)
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Anacostia Library Seed to Steward - Gardening Program
THURSDAY (November 5)
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: National Building Museum Story Time
10:30am - 10:55am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, Big Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (Short Film in Planetarium) (timed ticket required)
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Story Time - at La Cosecha
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required; ask at the Welcome Center for the exact location of that day's story time)
11:30am: East City Bookshop 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 - 3:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Home-School Connection
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 - 5:30pm: Because Science Craft: Sun Catchers
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Benning Library DiNovember Fossil Hunt
4:00pm - 6:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Arts and Crafts
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Southeast Library Baby Story Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Pajama Movie Night - The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Labyrinth Board Game Night
FRIDAY (November 6)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am: Rock Creek Park Books and Beyond with a Ranger at the Nature Center
10:00am - 11:00am: National Gallery of Art Baby and Toddler Story and Play Time (East building atrium)
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story 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
10:30am: 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: Mt. Pleasant Library L'heure du conte - Bilingual Story Time in French and English
10:30am - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Big Moments, Little Stories
11:00am - 12:00pm: Deanwood Library Strong Start Playgroups
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)
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Story Time
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Because Science Craft Night
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