Grab & Go: Events for Moms and Kids in Falls Church

Glad you clicked on our Grab & Go Kids Planner! We've assembled a weekly calendar of kid-friendly activities and new places to try out with children.

We'll give you the info on the five best family activities or events for the week. You're time-pressed enough, so we're happy to do the research and find the best things to do and places to go, both locally and within reasonable striking distance.

Look for the kids’ planner each Wednesday, and help us build the planner with your own suggestions and tips — just add them to the comment box. Even if you disagree with our picks, let us know. We want to hear from you!

Kid Zone Laser Tag

Where/When: LaserNation, 421 S. Sterling Blvd., Sterling, Va., Saturday, Aug. 13; 10 a.m. – noon

Why Go: Every Saturday morning from 10 until noon kids 12 and under can play LaserNation. No one over 12 is admitted in the arena.

Pricing: $4

Ages: 12 and under

Charlotte’s Web

Where/When: Adventure Theatre, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, Md.; Saturday, Aug. 13, 11 a.m.; 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Why Go: E. B. White’s popular tale of love and devotion, takes theatergoers to Zuckerman’s Farm, where the delightful runt pig Wilbur appears headed for the dinner table — as main course, not as guest. Yet he is saved by the remarkably crafty spider, Charlotte, and the whole town begins talking about it. Some pig!

Pricing: $17

Ages: 3 and up

Dinorock and Friends at the Dew Drop Inn Kinderman and Friends

Where/When: Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, 1645 Trap Road, Vienna, Saturday, Aug. 13; 10 a.m.

Why Go: This GRAMMY-nominated audience favorite invites you to travel with them back in time—65 million years ago—to a time when dinosaurs ruled the land. Wolf Trap Teaching Artists drop in to perform and are surprised to meet dinosaurs at the inn!

Pricing: $8

Ages: All ages