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The National Mall – Museums |
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Downtown - Penn Square – White House |
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Capitol Hill |
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Southwest |
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Memorials and Tidal
Basin – Washington Monument |
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Upper Northwest |
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Washington, DC day
trips – Mount Vernon |
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Look for eagles – The bald eagle is the national symbol of the United States, see how many places kids can spot the eagle. |
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Look for eagles on buildings, White House china, memorials, military emblems, seal of the President of the United States, and more. When you start looking, the eagle turns up everywhere! |
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Rent bikes – Best (and fun) way to zip around the Tidal Basin and see all the memorials is to rent bikes. Bike paths are level, easy to ride, and much cooler than slogging by foot on a hot summer day. |
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Bike rentals at L'Enfant Plaza, Bike and Roll has cruisers, kid's bikes, and helmets. |
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Ride the metro – The Washington, DC metro is clean,
well-run and a fun and easy way get around. Kids will enjoy the distinctive
coffered ceilings in the subway, as well as the huge long escalators to
ascend or descend from the street. Fares aren't expensive, and there's also
a one day pass for unlimited travel. |
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DC Circulator National Mall Service –
The DC Circulator bus is best one to take for all the National Mall museums, Capitol, plus Tidal Basin and memorials, goes in a loop. Hop on and hop off, use SmarTrip cards or cash. |
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Filled with fascinating facts and photos about the most famous workplace and home of presidents and their families – secret doors in the West Wing, White House food, Christmas, fashion, sports, treasures, history, traditions and stories! (Illustrated chapter book)
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Read an illustrated history of the White House, which today has a movie theater, bowling alley, and swimming pool, but first built in 1800, it was light brown sandstone and painted white. (Chapter book)
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Thriller mystery, set in the National Gallery of Art, a boy suffering from amnesia is found in the Impressionist gallery – he can't remember his name, but he's completely at home in the museum. Can the boy and his friend Camille prevent an international art crime? (Chapter book)
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Adventures of seventh-graders Florian Bates and his best friend Margaret - they work with the FBI to uncover a spy ring and art theft, kidnapping at the Kennedy Center, and a plot to steal rare books from Library of Congress and CIA files by organized crime. (Chapter books)
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Fresh, fun look at Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president and author of the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln loved apples and vanilla cake, hated slavery, believed the country should stay united, and when you visit the Lincoln Memorial, you can look into his beautiful eyes. Fabulously illustrated, this is a gem. (Picture book)
Also, biography chapter book: Who Was Abraham Lincoln?
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Illustrated biography of Abraham Lincoln, growing up in rural Indiana, reading to take his law license, fighting to end slavery, joys and sadness in family life, leadership in the Civil War, untimely death, and one of the most honored presidents in United States history. (Chapter book)
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Read about this historic 1963 March (largest US protest at the time), in support of equal rights for black Americans. More than 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to hear from speakers, including Martin Luther King Dr., who gave his historic “I Have a Dream” speech. (Illustrated chapter book)
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Just for kids guide to Smithsonian museums, chock full of museum maps, what's in the galleries, activities to do, and more information online. Essential for your trip to Washington DC with kids. (Activity book)
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Take a trip around Washington DC with Pete and his dog, Larry. After running off at the Lincoln Memorial, Larry sees a big white house with fancy lawn, but no Pete. Larry circles around all the museums at the National Mall, whips by the Declaration of Independence, checks out a tattered flag, goes underground at the Capitol, and finds Pete at the Jefferson Memorial. (Picture book)
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