Toddler Story Time
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Join us at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (1300 Constitution Ave. NW) for stories and songs! Find us in Coulter Plaza on the Main Floor. Free and open to the public.
Join us at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History (1300 Constitution Ave. NW) for stories and songs! Find us in Coulter Plaza on the Main Floor. Free and open to the public.
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Sing, dance, and read together at Woodridge Library’s Children’s Balcony, encouraging super‑readers to learn, for ages 5 and under.
Sing, dance, and read together in a unique story time encouraging enthusiastic learning, at Woodridge Neighborhood Library, for ages 5 and under.
Family Story Time (Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library) — Books, songs, rhymes, and movement promote early literacy; tickets at the Children’s Desk, first‑come, first‑served, ages 5 and under.
Stories, songs, rhymes and fingerplays fill the Children’s Floor at Southeast Neighborhood Library in 20‑30‑minute sessions for birth‑to‑two children and caregivers, participation expected, for ages 5 and under.
Costumed ghost hunt in Annette Lemieux’s Nomad painting, with read‑aloud, art‑making, and gallery tour at Hirshhorn Museum’s Storytime Studio, for ages 6 and under.
Wonderplace (American History Museum, 1 West) — Hands‑on activities and touchable museum objects introduce history; first‑come, first‑served, free timed tickets; for ages 6 and under.
Fall story time at Rosedale Neighborhood Library with the public library, featuring family storytelling for ages 5 and under.
ASL Story Time at the Central Library’s Children’s Room features signed and vocalized stories and songs, no ASL knowledge needed, for ages 5 and under.
Story Time with DC Public Library at the American History Museum offers reading activities that develop language and literacy skills, designed for learners five and under, all ages.
Classic Hong Kong style Mahjong instruction and play at Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library, teaching history, tile basics, scoring, and strategies in a welcoming community setting, ages 18+.
Museum Educator reads a Native author or illustrator book, while caregivers and toddlers enjoy free play and sensory enrichment in the imagiNATIONS Activity Center, ages 0–2.
Proctored 1.5‑hour session at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library lets participants take NorthStar Digital Literacy Assessments and earn an NDLA Certificate, limited to 16 seats, ages 18+.
Device help sessions covering laptops, cellphones, tablets, and iPads at Northwest One Neighborhood Library, Washington, for ages 18 and up.
Songs, bounces, scarves, shaker eggs, and parachutes fill 20‑30‑minute story times for infants and their caregivers at Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library, for ages 5 and under.