This Week at a Glance (September 28 - October 2)
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 (September 28)
10:00am - 10:30am: DC Public Library Family Story Time at Reservoir Recreation Center
10:00am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Gardens Garden Play: Food!
10:00am - 4:00pm: National Geographic Museum Free Entry Day
10:30am: Heritage and Kingman Island Free Forest School Meetup
10:30am - 11:00am: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Chevy Chase Library Baby Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play 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
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Capitol View Library Arts and Crafts
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Special Olympics Young Athletes Playgroup - An Early Childhood Play Program (register)
TUESDAY (September 29)
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am: Woodridge Library Toddler Story Time & Dance Party
10:00am - 11:00am: Southeast Library Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Storytime Studio: Estudio de Cuentos en Espanol (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)
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: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Bellevue Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Cleveland Park Library ASL 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
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 (September 30)
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: Hirshhorn Museum Storytime Studio (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)
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
10:30am - 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 - 11:00am: West End Library Special Story Time with Police Dogs
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Baby and Toddler Play Time (register)
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
10:45am - 11:15am: Tenley-Friendship 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
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)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Because Science Craft ($9)
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Just Dance - Move with us on Wednesday afternoons!
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Story Time
THURSDAY (October 1)
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. 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
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)
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
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Southeast Library Baby Story Time
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Library Arts and Crafts
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Labyrinth Board Game Night
FRIDAY (October 2)
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 Bilingual Story Time
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 Baby and Toddler Bilingual (French and English) Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Mt. Pleasant Library Family Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Big Moments, Little Stories
11:00am - 12:00pm: Deanwood Library Strong Start Playgroups
11:00am - 12:45pm: Southwest Library Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series - Featuring Encanto
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: Hill Center King Bullfrog Hoppy Hour ($7-14)
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Child's Play DC First Friday Night
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