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Enjoy constructive play! Children birth to 5 and their caregivers are invited to a special early literacy play date themed around building, knocking down, and building back up again!

Enjoy constructive play! Children birth to 5 and their caregivers are invited to a special early literacy play date themed around building, knocking down, and building back up again!
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Constructive play at Southwest Neighborhood Library features an early literacy play date where participants build, knock down, then rebuild structures, for ages 5 and under.
Constructive play at Southwest Neighborhood Library features an early literacy play date where participants build, knock down, then rebuild structures, for ages 5 and under.
Constructive play at Southwest Neighborhood Library features an early literacy play date where participants build, knock down, then rebuild structures, for ages 5 and under.
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.
Books, songs, rhymes and finger play fill Capitol View Neighborhood Library, introducing language and early literacy skills, for ages 5 and under.
Portrait Gallery Kids (Portrait Gallery Education Center, E151) — Hands‑on art activities, music and story times with educators each Monday, for ages 3–13.
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.
Magnetic Tile Monday at Northwest One Neighborhood Library offers open play with colorful Magna‑Tiles for ages 0–12, providing all materials for building and creativity.
Live video visitation with DC Jail inmates available at Anacostia Neighborhood Library Thursdays and Fridays 2‑4 pm, for ages 18 and up.
Obsession, a socially awkward music store employee’s cursed‑toy romance, screens at Southwest Neighborhood Library, Washington, for ages 18 and up.
Stitching group meets in Meeting Room #1 for knitting, crochet, embroidery, cross‑stitch and conversation, open to ages 13–19 and 55 and up.
Georgetown Hoyas face Loyola (MD) at Capital One Arena, free for ages 2 and under when seated on an adult’s lap.
Creative drop-in play exploring ancient worlds through fossils in the Bird House Classroom at the National Zoo, all ages.
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 zombie‑themed Barbie dolls with paint and fabric, then showcase them in a runway walk at Parklands‑Turner Neighborhood Library, ages 13–19.