Family Activities, Youth

We have travel teams for girls and boys who want a full team experience, plus the Future Falcons co-ed skill development program for younger ages.

We offer martial arts for children, teens, and adults. Learn how to stay fit, active, and focused. Taekwondo combines kicking, punching, and blocks into a workout for body and mind!

Our teams help youth develop as climbers, athletes, and humans. We foster growth through goal setting, critical thinking, and increasing confidence and resilience through a competitive platform.

Cambridge Youth Flag Football League is for boys and girls between the ages of 3-17 and is designed to teach players of all abilities new skills and training regiments.

Our parkour-based summer programs are all designed to give kids a safe and positive environment for them to learn about and explore their world.

We run parkour classes in various parks throughout Cambridge and Somerville during the school year. No special equipment or prior experience needed.

This program is designed to help youth to acquire the professional skills and coaching experience needed for working within the parkour industry, while also building valuable professional skills.

A full-day offering that features a half-day of parkour instruction and challenges and a half-day of climbing (belaying & bouldering).

Dazzling minerals await you at the Harvard Museum of Natural History's Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery! New to the collection is a unique assortment of egg-shaped minerals.

The Longfellow Summer Arts Festival brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public.

For ages 4+! NSM offers group instrument lessons, choir ensembles, & private lessons on strings, guitar, woodwinds, piano, and voice.

From maker space workshops to a dance studio, a Food Lab to a performance space, The Foundry’s array of spaces will serve your individual or group needs. Bring your creative spirit!

Babe Ruth Baseball provides an opportunity for 13-15 year old baseball players to play and learn the game the RIGHT way.

The War Memorial Recreation Center provides residents access to a state of the art, fully accessible, and climate controlled facility for recreational activities.

The CW Youth Taekwondo program provides classes to children and youth, with a fun and challenging curriculum that emphasizes coordination, focus, self-confidence and respect year round.

We offer a rowing program on the Charles River for youth ages 12-18.

We're offering a free lacrosse skills development program on Sundays in Fall at Danehy Park, NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!

We offer high quality, humanistic ballet education and training for children of all levels age 3 and up.

Our track team competes in both AAU and USA Track & Field meets, qualifiers and Olympic events. We currently have practice and meets three seasons each year for ages 6 - 14.

We provide language and interpretation classes, youth programs, multicultural community events, and other supports for immigrant families.

We are a free gender-inclusive, noncontact, fitness-based boxing program held on twice per week in the evenings for Cambridge youth in grades 6-12.

We offer various clubs and after-school sports for students.

Summer Flag Football programs for girls ages 10-18.

We provide free and nutritionally balanced meals to Cambridge residents 18 years of age and under. There are vegetarian and non-vegetarian options offered at all meal sites!

Discover the nature of Cambridge from the cockpit of a kayak during this late-summer adventure!

Explore Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters by interactive guided tour! The occupants of this house shaped our nation. A variety of tours invite visitors to connect with their stories.

We host rock climbing weeks for young people with a variety of rock climbing skill levels. We have a standard options as well as options that include parkour activities and rock climbing together.