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Come build your best Lego creation. Lego pieces are small. Recommended for ages 5 and older, please. Please note, starting November 8, this program will take place on Thursdays instead of Mondays.

Discover SCIENCE (a Scientific Creative Innovative Engaging New Cool Experience) is a hands-on STEM and arts program that focuses on health issues of concern to the local D.C. community. Discover SCIENCE Day: Nutrition will explore healthy eating, digestion and nutrition through science projects, arts and crafts and other fun stations. This program will make place in the Children's Room.

Join us for a building free play program, geared toward our youngest library guests. Children can explore, build and construct using a variety of materials including wood blocks and DUPLOs.

Come build your best Lego creation. Lego pieces are small. Recommended for ages 5 and older.

Join us for the Fall edition of the Kid’s Knitting Club. Visiting knitting teacher Teri Huet will instruct participants on the basics of knitting, how to get started and more. Returning students will get to start new projects and new students will get the basics. All supplies will be provided, including needles and yarn. Parents and caretakers are encouraged to stay and participate with your children. Recommended for ages 8 and up (children under 9 years old must be accompanied by an adult). For more information about the class, please call 202-698-3372.

Build, explore and play with LEGOs and DUPLOs in the Children's Room from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday. This program is designed for children ages 2-12 years old and their caregivers.  

Young builders are invited to explore their creativity through imaginative play. Our LEGO club each week will feature a new challenge or activity. We have both Duplos and Legos so come and join us!  For children aged 4 or up and their parents/caregivers. 

Dive into STEAM based activities designed to build cultural awareness and critical thinking skills and promote collaboration through creative play. This January, we will be exploring Winter traditions and lore, journeying from the islands of the Caribbean to the mountains of the Himalayas. Recommended for ages 5-8.  

We supply the Legos, you bring your imagination. Recommended for ages 4-12.

Are you interested in starting your own podcast?  Join us for a three-part series of workshops to learn how to record interviews, tell stories, edit audio, and create your own podcast!

Drop by and build during our weekly LEGO Club. Come and try something different every Thursday at LEGO Club: First Thursday - Lego Robots Second Thursday - Lego Free Play Third Thursday - All ages karaoke starts at 5:30 p.m. Fourth Thursday - Collective Design Challenge (build together - share together)  Recommended for ages 4-12.

Build, explore and play with LEGOs and DUPLOs in the Children's Room from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday. This program is designed for children ages 2-12 years old and their caregivers.  

Young builders are invited to explore their creativity through imaginative play. Our LEGO club each week will feature a new challenge or activity. We have both Duplos and Legos so come and join us!  For children aged 4 or up and their parents/caregivers. 

Dive into STEAM based activities designed to build cultural awareness, critical thinking skills and promote collaboration through creative play. This February, we will be experimenting with Chinese New Year, celebrating National Inventor's Day by designing marshmallow shooters, and rounding out the month with an interactive exploration of themes from Black History. Recommended for ages 5-8.