The message below is from Lamond-Riggs Library Children’s Librarian Jesse Williamson. If you are interested in joining the library’s email distribution list to receive updates regarding children’s programming at the library, please send your name, email address, and children’s ages to jesse.williamson@dc.gov.

Hello families of Lamond-Riggs,

Thank you to everyone for your feedback on our survey.  We appreciate your input and are looking forward to moving forward with children’s programming rooted in your families’ needs, wants, and schedules.

First, as part of our discover summer program, Lamond-Riggs will be hosting master storyteller, Diane Macklin, for Riddle Me This: Stories to Solve this Saturday August 13th at 11:00 am. This is an interactive program that features stories for the audience to solve and enjoy from around the world. For more details see https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/6996167.

Family Story Time will return Tuesday August 16th from 10:30-11. We are also pleased to announce that we will also be adding a weekly Wednesday evening Family Story Time beginning Wednesday August 17th from 5:30-6pm. This date and time was decided based on the results from our survey and we are excited to be able to offer an additional story time for the Lamond-Riggs families. 

Per the system wide story time calendar, story time will be offered every week Tuesday morning and Wednesday evening from August 16th-October 5th. 

Additionally we will be offering an Art and Movement program aimed at families with children age 0-5 on Saturday Mornings beginning Saturday August 27th from 10:30-11:00. This program will alternate between Movement weeks and Art Weeks.  

Movement Weeks will be similar to story time with songs, stories, movement activities, and dance.  

Art weeks which will have stations with crafts, art materials, or sensory stations for families to explore.  

More information will be available soon on this program and as always feel free to reach out to Jesse with any questions about this program. Please see the schedule below for each week’s focus.

                        August 27th: Movement 

                        September 3rd: Art 

                        September 10th: Movement 

                        September 17th: Art 

                        September 24th: Movement 

                        October 1st: Art 

                        October 8th: Movement 

For our age 6-12 families, given the interest we saw in STEM in our survey, we will be starting a weekly STEM World program Thursday Afternoons from 4:30-6pm. This program will feature a guided STEM activity, experiment, or demonstration each week followed by a chance to continue the engagement through projects and crafts as well as moving through STEM stations (ex: Legos). The guided portion of this program will take place from 4:30pm-5pm with the STEM stations remaining open for self guided exploration from 5pm-6pm. This program will begin Thursday September 1st. We look forward to engaging with our young community members and fostering their love and interest in STEM.