Play Date at the Maggie Nightingale Library

A drop-in playtime for children ages 0-5 & their caregivers.

Drop in anytime between 10:30 am and 12:00 pm for free play time in our meeting room. Ages 0-5.

Play with puppets, puzzles, musical instruments, play tools, and many other learning toys.  These toys are chosen for social emotional learning, motor skills development, and building imaginations.  The meeting room will be transformed into a playroom!  Have fun.  Meet new friends.  Ages birth thru 5 and their caregivers. This program is generously funded by the Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, MD.

Looking for something to do until Storytime? Take a look at these resources for kids using your library card. Don't have a card right now? No worries!  Find out how to Get a Library Card.

TumbleBooks - books that read themselves 

Kanopy Kids- videos and animated books

BookFlix - animated stories

Explora Educators, Explora Primary School - education resources

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten - sign up online today, and print out your child's reading log and your list of Early Literacy Moments

Questions about this program? Contact the Maggie Nightingale Library at 240-773-9550.

Library Program Attendance (both virtual and in the branch) is limited to participants within the suggested age range of the program. Children attending an MCPL program under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults attending a program intended for children must have an accompanying child.

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

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