This Week at a Glance (September 14-18)
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
The Zoo's Little Critters programming is cancelled this week
Southeast Library is now open. 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 (September 14)
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
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
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)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Capitol View Library Arts and Crafts Time
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Special Olympics Young Athletes Playgroup - An Early Childhood Play Program (Register)
5:00pm -7:00pm: Rosedale Recreation Center End of Summer Ice Cream Social
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Performance: Ants on a Log Band: Back to School Bash
TUESDAY (September 15)
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 11:00am: Southeast Library Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am: American Art Museum Art in the A.M. (Register)
10:30am: Rockoceros 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: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
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: Deanwood Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
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 Library 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
12:00pm - 1:00pm: DC Public Library Virtual Program Navigating the DCPS Special Education Process - An Early Stages Virtual Workshop for Parents and Caregivers (register)
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
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 - 4:45pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Arts and Crafts: Paper Bag Puppets
4:00pm - 6:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Arts and Crafts
WEDNESDAY (September 16)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, online pre-registration required)
10:00am - 10:30am: Southeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Lego Play 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 - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Mt. Pleasant Library Bilingual (Spanish and English) Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Play Time (register)
10:30am - 11:15am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Francis A. Gregory Library Performance: Uncle Devin Live - The Uncle Devin Show
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Northwest One Library Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Takoma Park Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, online pre-registration required)
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Southwest Library ASL Story Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
12:00pm - 2:30pm: Live Music in Farragut Square
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Performance: Uncle Devin's Percussion - The Uncle Devin Show
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Because Science Craft: Mini Moon Painting ($9)
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Merry Pin Open Crafting Studio for kids and families
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
5:30pm - 8:00pm: Hillwood Estate Jazz in the Gardens ($0-$30)
THURSDAY (September 17)
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 - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Toddler 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)
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. 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 - 2:30pm: Georgetown Library Baby Story Time
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)
2:45pm - 5:00pm: Palisades Library Arts and Crafts: Lanyards
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Library Arts and Crafts: Children's Paint N' Sip
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Tenley-Friendship Library Sensory Play Time
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
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Library Arts and Crafts
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Southeast Library Baby Story Time
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Labyrinth Board Game Night
FRIDAY (September 18)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 11:00am: Hillwood Museum Garden Tots: Let's Move! ($12, $10 member)
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: National Children’s Museum Fairytale Story Time Member Event (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Mt. Pleasant Library Lego Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Petworth Library Bilingual Spanish and English Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Big Moments, Little Stories
11:00am - 1:00pm: Smithsonian Gardens Nature Journaling
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Woodrow Wilson Plaza Live Concert Series on the Plaza 2026
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
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Because Science Science Fair Fridays: Space
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Georgetown Library Arts and Crafts
4:30pm - 5:00pm: Clevelands Park Library Ukulele Sing-Along
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