Early Childhood Opportunities

This guide gives caregivers a quick and easy format to read through their summer camp options and reach out to staff for assistance.

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.

Join us for Second Saturdays Story Time, where local librarians read stories in the galleries!

Known as universal preschool, we provide free preschool to Cambridge 4 year-olds and some 3 year-olds beginning in September.

Serving children ages 1.9 through 5 years old, with a focus on experiential learning, the arts, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. We are not just a school, we are a welcoming community!

Can you find the StoryWalks? A StoryWalk is a children's book hung page by page around a park in Cambridge where families can read, walk, and talk together. Find the 8 StoryWalks in Cambridge parks!

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!

We visit moms and dads of young children at a convenient location to share information about early literacy development, talking and reading with children, and community resources.

Supports families through home-based evaluations and services for children up to age 3 with or at risk for developmental delays.

We provide an daycare and preschool center for families in-need, particularly those trying to break the cycle of homelessness and attain self-sufficiency.

We restore and protect the green spaces in urban areas like the one around Magazine Beach along the Charles River. in spring and summer we invite people to enjoy the site and host community events.

Thousands of years ago, ancient people across the Mediterranean were connected to faraway places and cultures through trade. Learn more in this exhibition at Harvard's Museum of the Ancient Near East.

We provide regular exhibits, workshops, live events, guest presenters, and more for children, youth, and adults.

We run classes in Soca dance and choreography for people of all ages and levels.

We are a high performing, urban K-6, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) school. We seek to provide all Cambridge and local youth with a high quality education.

Prospect Hill Academy Charter School is a school for PreK - 9th grade families interested in applying for the 2024-2025 school year.

Riverside Early Head Start is a comprehensive early childhood program that partners with parents to promote children’s healthy development.

We offer nature-based games and activities, art, live music, food, and lots of other programs and activities for all ages, year-round.

Our team provides in-home intensive clinical case management and treatment for children with severe emotional disturbances who are at risk for out-of-home placement.

We provide case management services, brief respite, one-on-one support for family members, and more to reduce or eliminate the time children with emotional disturbances spend in out-of-home placement.

We provide services for children who have witnessed domestic violence and their non-offending parent.

CAAS Head Start is a free pre-school program that supports the learning and development of children from ages 3 to 5 in Somerville and Cambridge.