Discover Summer for Kids

Celebrate STAR (Singing, Talking and Reading) with children ages birth to 5 and their families at STAR Days! Take home fun prizes and also great ideas for incorporating STAR into your everyday routine. When you practice STAR with your little one, you know you’re setting them up to be confident and joyful learners. 

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Enjoy a variety of Wolf Trap Family Arts Experiences with programs for young children taught by master teaching artists about the movements, sounds and instruments of West African Traditions; take an imaginary journey to a rainforest to learn about the importance of protecting these unique ecosystems; and a puppet show about animals in a great big tree.

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Story Tapestries is bringing several of their incredible storytellers to DC Public Library locations across the District! Stories include:

• America the Beautiful: Valerie Baugh-Schlossberg leads you on a journey from coast to coast, singing and hearing stories and folktales that celebrate and explore the beauty of our nation.
• A-Squared: Dance Duo - A Squared with Ashlee McKinnon and Avril Hernandez will use choreography, freestyle, and student interaction to bring the elements of hip-hop dance to life that tells a story and moves to music.
• Giggling Wiggling Bookworm: A multilingual program led by Arianna Ross that weaves the power of dance, theater, music and storytelling together.
• Mangos to Apples: Lean in to hear the Mango Poem with Poet Regie Cabico. Through the rainbow spectrum, the audience is transported to Cebu, a Southern Island in the Philippines. 
• Rapping with Mr. Root: An interactive and engaging Hip Hop program led by Jamaal "Mr. root" Collier where each member of the audience has an opportunity to get involved with call-and-response, steady beat chants, beat production and even group dancing!
• Stories + Dance = JOY: Join choreographer, dancer, and educator Kelly King in a playful, movement-centered performance and demonstration.
• Talk With Your Hands: Praneetha Akula creates stories through Indian Classical Dance where everyone can stomp it out, clap out beats and express themselves through this ancient technique.

Find an Upcoming Story Tapestries Program Near You