Learn through hands-on exploration at our sensory play time. Each week will feature of a variety of stations that include sensory elements, process art and imaginative play! Children are free to move through the stations at their own pace, accompanied by a caregiver. These stations may get messy, so make sure to dress appropriately. Ages 2-6 and their families.
Build an extraterrestrial rover on a wind-up base that moves when you add potential energy. Explore how simple mechanical devices can be modified to roll and move in surprising ways. Take your kinetic crawler home to explore on your own.
Measure of a Man
A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.
Donald Sutherland, Luke Wilson and Blake Cooper.
US, 2018, rated PG-13, one hour and 40 minutes.
Measure of a Man
A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.
Donald Sutherland, Luke Wilson and Blake Cooper.
US, 2018, rated PG-13, one hour and 40 minutes.
A story time experience for our youngest library users and their caregivers. These 20-to-30-minute story times introduce books, songs, rhymes, tickles and bounces developmentally appropriate for children ages birth to when they start walking. Baby Lap Time is a wonderful way to introduce your child to the joys of reading in a positive and fun atmosphere. This story time is designed so the baby will be in their caregiver’s lap and the grownup is actively involved in the program; it is recommended that each child have their own adult with them.
Join us for songs, books and more.
This program is recommended for children 12-24 months.
Registration required. Visit the library or call 202- 282-0021 to sign up.
Get up and get moving at our Toddler Story Times. These 20-to-30-minute programs are full of books, songs and fun activities designed to help develop your child’s language skills. Children ages 18-36 months and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the stories and activities and participate in the program along with the children.
Tickets required; available on a first-come, first-serve basis the morning of the program.
Get up and get moving at our Toddler Story Times. These 20-to-30-minute programs are full of books, songs and fun activities designed to help develop your child’s language skills. Children ages 18-36 months and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the stories and activities and participate in the program along with the children.
Tickets required; available on a first-come, first-serve basis the morning of the program.
Share the fun of reading with your children ages 3-5 years. Children and their grownups, will explore stories and activities to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. These 30-to-40-minute programs are designed to promote language and listening skills, expand children’s imaginations and arouse their curiosity about the world around them.
Join us for weekly chess instruction on Thursdays.
This program is for children of all ages who want to learn to play or improve their chess moves and play in tournaments. Our chess instructor will teach you how to think and plan your next move and use your brain power to win. Come and join our chess group and learn to make a risky move or two and have fun.
This program is made possible by the Friends of the Chevy Chase Library.
When the chess instructor is unable to attend, this program will be canceled.
"What's natural is the microbe. All the rest--health, integrity, purity (if you like)--is a product of the human will, of a vigilance that must never falter." -Albert Camus, The Plague
A prevalent mythology of the future, pushed by the digital tech industry, assumes it will be increasingly digital. This trajectory is often thought to be inevitable and that therefore individuals and institutions have no choice but to embrace it. I find the books below stimulating because they reject this inevitability and imagine a future less dominated by digital media than it is now.
Individual, Family & Community Adaptation to Life after Fossil Fuels
The lifestyles of most of us in the industrialized world depend heavily on fossil fuels. Despite its normalcy for many of us, the era of fossil-fueled extravagant living will look like a fleeting moment within a larger view of human history. Formed over half a billion years, fossil fuels are non-renewable, depleting, declining in quality and net energy, and their contribution to climate change, pollution, and other forms of ecological degradation make perpetuity of this way of life impossible. Either we change voluntarily, or let crises increasingly force us to change.
Spring has Sprung! Time to get your hands on some epic eco-apocalypse fiction.
Ah, the apocalypse. Whether it's zombies, asteroids, space invaders, or World War III, I cannot get enough of speculative fiction that explores how humanity will bite the dust. Climate Fiction, a term coined by journalist Dan Bloom, is literature that deals in some way with climate change and its effects. Mix this with the post-apocalyptic subgenre and you get some pretty spectacular speculative science fiction. Cli-Fi books can offer one perspective and help us imagine the consequences that rising sea levels, mass extinctions, and more violent natural disasters could have on our planet.
Former White House staffers who prove sometimes (alternative) fact is stranger than fiction.
The turnover rate of this administration is higher than a fast food joint right before the school year starts and these people had something to say about it.
The Blue Collar President by Anthony Scaramucci
Picture Book Stories of Resilience and Hope Amidst Displacement
War, climate change, persecution and economic hardship are forcing many children and families worldwide from their homes to seek refuge elsewhere. Leaving behind a home and country, often never to return nor knowing where the journey will lead, can be traumatic. These picture book stories about displacement, all of which are true stories or based on true events, will resonate with children who have had similar experiences. They also introduce children without such experiences to the plight of refugees, in a way that fosters understanding and empathy.
Expertise. It's a nice thing to have, but it often takes time and effort that we don't have. Luckily, it's fairly easy to be an expert on one very, very specific thing, like a song. Think about it. Would you rather spend 2 years studying American music history, or one afternoon learning all there is to know about "White Christmas?" Here are five books that will have you on your way to faking pop music expertise.
