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Books, songs, rhymes and finger play! Introduce your child to language and early literacy skills in a positive and fun environment.
Books, songs, rhymes and finger play! Introduce your child to language and early literacy skills in a positive and fun environment.
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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.
Books, songs, rhymes and finger play fill Capitol View Neighborhood Library, introducing language and early literacy skills, for ages 5 and under.
Baby and Toddler Story Time (Palisades Neighborhood Library) — 20‑30‑minute sessions with books, songs, rhymes and fingerplays for children birth to three, limited space, 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.
Family Story Time (Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library) — 30‑40‑minute sessions featuring books, songs, rhymes and movement to promote early literacy, for ages 5 and under, large crowd.
Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library hosts 30‑minute Baby Lap Time story sessions with books, songs, rhymes, tickles and bounces for infants and their caregivers, ages 5 and under.
Baby & Toddler Story Time (Northeast Neighborhood Library) — 20‑30‑minute sessions of books, songs, rhymes and fingerplays for children birth to three, 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.
Creative drop-in play exploring garden plants year‑round in the Bird House Classroom, all ages.
Lego free‑play sessions let builders craft dream houses or flying machines in the Georgetown Neighborhood Library children’s room, lower level, ages 5–12.
Rotating teen activities like video games, origami, crafts, and special presenters at Tenley‑Friendship Neighborhood Library, ages 13–19.
Three rounds of changing-category trivia in the Alma Thomas Teen Space, with team or solo play and a prize for the winner, ages 13–19.
Portrait Gallery Kids (Portrait Gallery Education Center, E151) — Hands‑on art activities, music and story times with educators each Monday, for ages 3–13.
Ranger discusses FDR’s 1933 expansion of the National Park Service at the memorial’s bookstore exhibit area.
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.
Make sock puppets with assorted materials at Benning Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library, ages 5 and up.