Are you expecting, or have a infant up to four months old? Bring yourself and your baby to this four session series (10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4). Learn to build a love of reading and lifelong learning through the early literacy practices of talking, singing, sharing books, and playing. Registration is limited to 12 families. Come to as many as you can!
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Four-session series at New Carrollton teaches expectant parents and infants up to four months reading basics through talking, singing, book sharing, and play, limited to 12 families.
Earn community service hours by contributing to local projects, meeting peers, and sharing ideas at the New Carrollton library’s Large Meeting Room 1, ages 13–18.
Needlework Social: Knitting and Crochet (New Carrollton) — Community members share current projects, exchange tips and ideas in a relaxed atmosphere, ages 13 and up.
Legos in the Library — Lego building sessions at Lamond‑Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library, with caregivers, for ages 2–6.
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, and fingerplays fill a half‑hour at New Carrollton, nurturing reading love and creativity, for ages 5 and under.
Joyful storytime at New Carrollton features stories, songs, and fingerplays to spark imagination and foster a love of reading, for ages 5 and under.
Strong Start Playgroup (Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library) — Early intervention professionals lead a child‑interest playgroup where children interact with peers and families receive development info, for ages 5 and under.
Stories, music, and activities for ages 0‑3, including early‑intervention students, offered at Accokeek on a first‑come, first‑served basis.
Video games, crafts, and other fun activities after school at Bowie Auditorium, for ages 13–18.
Sew it Seams: Learn the Basics (Bowie) — Teens learn sewing machine basics with all materials provided, no experience required, ages 13–18.
Play hour at Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library offers building blocks, musical instruments, and toy cars for socializing and motor skill development, for ages birth to 12, adult‑accompanied.
Teen poets, storytellers, and listeners perform at an open mic curated by Patrick Washington, featuring Prince George’s County Youth Poet Laureate and Poet Ambassadors, Bowie, for ages 13–18.
