Join us for an informal, indoor playdate! From 10 a.m. to noon, kids can play with toys, browse books, visit with friends and toddle around. We'll set out toys to develop motor skills and books to encourage early literacy. For ages birth to three with caregivers.
Get up and get moving at our Baby and Toddler Story Times. These 20-to-30-minute programs are full of books, songs and fun activities that are designed to help develop your child’s language skills. Children ages 18 to 36 months and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the stories and activities and participate in the program along with the children.
Get up and get moving at our Baby and Toddler Story Times. These 20-to-30-minute programs are full of books, songs and fun activities, and are designed to help develop your child’s language skills. Children ages 18 to 36 months and their grownups are encouraged to engage with the stories and activities and participate in the program along with the children.
Have you been trying to get your hands on Adobe design software without success? Now you can book sessions at the library!
Adobe offers intuitive, cutting edge tools for web based design. During your session, you’ll have access to a wide selection of creative graphic, video and photographic programs, including: Audition, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Spark, and more.
Teen Lounge is held on two Tuesday's of every month from October through June 2020. Teen Lounge provides a creative space for those ages 13-19 to do fun activities with their peers such as video games, movies, music and DIY crafts. Teen Lounge meets after school from 4:30 - 6 p.m.
An evening story time where pajamas are encouraged but not required. These 30-minute evening programs are designed to delight children of all ages. Filled with stories and activities that promote and develop language skills and imagination, these programs encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading and learning.
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.
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.
Have you been trying to get your hands on Adobe design software without success? Now you can book sessions at the library!
Adobe offers intuitive, cutting edge tools for web based design. During your session, you’ll have access to a wide selection of creative graphic, video and photographic programs, including: Audition, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Spark, and more.
Chess Instruction for children, teens and older adults will resume on Monday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m.
Don't forget to check out books on chess, practice and bring your best winning strategy to class!
Learning about the value of money today helps to build appreciation for its potential in the future. It is never to early to become financially savvy using tricks for saving money and building wealth toward a comfortable retirement. Listed below, you will find six book recommendations for gaining perspective on money management skills that would serve young people well into adulthood.
Join us on Thursday, August 4, 2015 at 7 p.m. for a summer evening of delicious sampling of this healthy dish at our Book-it-to-Health Seminars. Book-it-to-Health presents live instruction, simple, delicious, healthy recipes and nutrition information by trained nutrition specialists and chefs, and a raffle for free groceries! We have a great collection of healthy eating cookbooks. So bring your library cards, dig in and check out!
The Woodridge Library and Friends will take a break in August and resume meeting again on September 20, 2015. In the meantime it is not to early to get a copy of our next book, One Nation: What We Can Do To Save America's Future by Dr. Ben Carson.
Ben Carson states "Our growing debt and deteriorating morals have driven us far from the founders’ intent. We’ve made very little progress in basic education. Obamacare threatens our health, liberty and financial future. Media elitism and political correctness are out of control.
Hello everyone! My name is Kiana and I'm originally from New York City, now living in Washington, D.C.
I am the new Summer Youth Employee at Woodridge Library and wanted to briefly introduce myself.
Favorite Book:Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Currently Reading
More than 1,000 simple repairs you can do yourself
Check out this book today. You will learn some tips and tricks that will help you to avoid paying for costly repairs for equipment you might be able to fix yourself.
Easy Fixes for Everyday Things is a step-by-step guide with good illustrations that will show you exactly what to do.
Join us for an engaging evening as words leave the pages. Participants will perform their favorite monologue or scene from their favorite read. Individuals and teams are welcome to participate.
Please register at woodridgelibrary at dc.gov or visit the branch to sign up.
The event will be held on Thursday, July 16 at 7 p.m.
Our LEGO Club is going strong since it started in October last year! A few recent creations included this pinball machine created by 10-year-old Mykell, and a tall statue of everyone's favorite hedgehog.
Imaginations run wild at Woodridge every Thursday from 4 to 6 pm.
Best for ages 5-12.
We kicked off the 2015 Summer Reading Program with a day of fun at Woodridge on Saturday, May 30, the first official day to sign up for the program.
Visitors and staff got in the spirit with their best superhero attire -- from Iron Man, to the Scarlet Spider (a clone of Peter Parker), to real-life hero Jackie Robinson. We created our own superhero masks, filled out 'official' superhero ID cards, and won prizes with a balloon pop game outside.
