Young Children & Parent Activities

Come in for a trial lesson! Lessons available IN-PERSON or online. New students welcome! Quality music instruction for students of all ages & levels.

Girasoles offers a unique opportunity for parents/caregiver and their children 12-24 months of age to experience a bilingual Montessori environment.

The Center for Families shares our most up to date information for Cambridge families with children birth-age 8 years on programming, resources, and supports in our monthly newsletter!

Join the Center for Families and the Agenda for Children for our Winter 2021 Playgroups at Home Series!

The Center for Families can help connect you to resources and supports for families in Cambridge!

Online parkour classes for kids that are designed to take place in the living room, backyard, anywhere that there is a bit of space to move! No special equipment needed.

Do you have questions or need more information about your child’s development?

Henry Street Farms will provide one vegetable or herb seedling to each Cambridge, MA student willing to commit to caring for a plant, until we run out of seedlings. Pre-schoolers are also eligible.

Virtual group for Cambridge parents with babies birth through 15 months old.

CFF wants to support you in providing the best start for your child. The ASQ online tool helps you to better understand all your child's different stages of development from one month up to 5 years.

Games that build orienteering skills at home: finding objects with clues; making maps; and creating indoor courses.

What are some things that sink?
What are some things that float?
Experiment, observe, and explore!
Find a spot where you can make a wet mess. Gather your materials. Go!

Have fun Growing from Groceries with City Sprouts! Prepare your seeds, plant them, then observe and record the changes you notice as your seeds develop into plants.

Find a window in your home to look outside, or sit outside in your backyard or at a park. Find a comfortable seat and an area to write on. What kinds of living things do you see? What are they doing?

Grab a partner and join MIT Edgerton Center to make some music! Gather some objects from your home – anything from kitchen tools to office supplies – and explore the sounds they can make.

What can bubbles do?
Are there things bubbles cannot do?
Observe, experiment, and explore!

We're hosting a STEAM Bingo game. Complete any four STEAM activities, post your scorecard and WIN a Cuebot!

We've develop scavenger hunts that kids can do outdoors safely with a parent, with social distancing

We've collected a list of resources and activities for children and adults with special needs that parents can use while they're at home.

To help with your cabin fever, we've created orienteering courses throughout the city of Cambridge to get you and your family outside and moving around. Check out our map courses on our website!

CitySprouts is offering an at-home learning module for students during the covid-19 quarantine.

Fencing is the perfect non-contact sport during a pandemic.
Try a FREE class today!
All equipment is provided, comes in individual plastic bags, freshly laundered and sanitized.

The Eliot-Pearson Children's School is the laboratory-demonstration school affiliated to the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University.

Cambridge Dads was created to increase fatherhood engagement in programming. The program strives to ensure dads are engaged, informed, and feel supported in their role as parents.

Henry Street Farms will provide one vegetable or herb seedling to each Cambridge student for free! We could really use help from volunteers and those interested in giving in-kind goods.