
Weekly Kids Play Date
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Join us for a special uninterrupted playtime with your child and meet other caregivers. Discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand. (ages 0-5). Supported by the Friends of the Burke Library.

Join us for a special uninterrupted playtime with your child and meet other caregivers. Discover how play and learning go hand-in-hand. (ages 0-5). Supported by the Friends of the Burke Library.
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Uninterrupted playtime for children, caregivers meeting and exploring play‑learning connections, supported by the Friends of the Burke Library at Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library, for ages 3–12.
Uninterrupted playtime for children, caregivers meeting and exploring play‑learning connections, supported by the Friends of the Burke Library at Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library, for ages 3–12.
Uninterrupted playtime for children, caregivers meeting and exploring play‑learning connections, supported by the Friends of the Burke Library at Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library, for ages 3–12.
Uninterrupted playtime for children, caregivers meeting and exploring play‑learning connections, supported by the Friends of the Burke Library at Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library, for ages 3–12.
Storytelling, music, and movement activities at Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library, with supplies provided by the Friends of the Burke Library, for ages 3–12.
Stories, music, and movement designed for toddlers in the Sherwood Meeting Room, Alexandria, registration required, for ages 18–35 months.
Unstructured outdoor playtime in the Reading Garden with supplied toys; tickets available at the Children’s Desk, handed out starting at 10:30, for ages 3–12.
Songs, games, movement activities and bubbles fill the Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library for ages 0–23 months.
Stories, songs, and movement fill the library’s outdoor Reading Garden; yoga mats provide seating and tickets are given at the Children’s Desk, for ages 0‑5 with an adult.
Jamie Novak teaches virtual yard‑sale planning, covering item selection, pricing strategies, and leftover handling, ages 13 and up.
Amy Strauss leads a workshop at James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library exploring six intuitive archetypes through stories, reflection, conversation, and experiential exercises, for ages 18 and up.
Pick up vegetable, fruit, herb, or flower seed packets at John Marshall Library, including 2025 and older varieties, and donate extras at the information desk.
Story and song lapsit session for babies and caregivers in the Martha Washington Library meeting room, for ages birth to 17 months with adult, ages 3 and under.
Stories, songs, movement, and early literacy activities for preschoolers at Sherwood Regional Library’s Sherwood Meeting Room, for ages 3–5.
Shop over 10,000 books, CDs, and DVDs at the Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library, with a $10 bag sale on Saturday, all ages.
French conversation practice at Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library, adults engage in real-life dialogue without formal instruction, ages 18 and up.