This Week at a Glance (October 5-9)
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 (October 5)
10:30am: Heritage and Kingman Island Free Forest School Meetup
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Baby 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 - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play 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
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Special Olympics Young Athletes Playgroup - An Early Childhood Play Program (register)
TUESDAY (October 6)
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 - 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: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Family Story Time at Goethe-Institut (space is limited; admission is first-come, first-served)
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Music and Movement Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Music and Movement Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Lego Play Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northwest One Library Strong Start Play Group
11:00am - 12:00pm: Rosedale Conservancy Family Story Time with CP Librarian
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Parklands-Turner Library Arts and Crafts Club
4:00pm - 6:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
WEDNESDAY (October 7)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, online pre-registration required)
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 - 11:30am: Southeast Library Toddler Art Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Play Time: Legos
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: M is for Music (Member Child: $5 | Non-Member Child: $10 | Accompanying Adult: Free)
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, online pre-registration required)
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Strong Start Playgroup - DC Early Intervention Program (register)
12:00pm - 2:30pm: Live Music in Farragut Square
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
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Because Science Craft: DIY Lava Lamp ($9)
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Just Dance - Move with us on Wednesday afternoons!
4:30pm - 5:15pm: Cleveland Park Library Raising Kids in a Digital World Workshop for kids and caregivers (register)
THURSDAY (October 8)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 11:00am: Capital Jewish Museum Story Time: Chesed
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: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required; note new area: 2nd floor, Pioneers of Flight section) [this week's session includes representatives from the African American History and Culture Museum]
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Story Time
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Story Time
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown 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 - 6:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Capitol View Library Family Story Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
5:30pm - 7:10pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Pajama Movie Night: Monsters, Inc. (2001)
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Labyrinth Board Game Night
FRIDAY (October 9)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike with a Ranger at the Nature Center
10:00am - 11:00am: Hillwood Estate Garden Tots ($12 Child (age 2-5), with accompanying adult; $10 Member child (age 2-5), with accompanying adult)
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 - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Big Moments, Little Stories
10:30am - 11:30am: National Children’s Museum Fairytale Story Time Member Event
11:00am - 12:00pm: Georgetown Library Baby Play Time
11:00am - 12:45pm: Southwest Library Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series - Featuring Rio
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)
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Ukulele Sing-Along
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