Elementary School Age Opportunities

Come to the Library to create something special!

Join us for a cozy afternoon reading together.

Join us for a cozy craft at the O'Connell Branch!

Bring a kids' book or two to swap and go home with a new book for yourself!

Celebrate the beginning of the new year, 12 hours early! Families with children of all ages join us for crafts, activities, and a Noon Year's Eve countdown!

Celebrate the start of 2026 without staying awake until midnight! Play games and create crafts with friends, family and neighbors. For children of all ages and their caregivers.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week!

Join us over winter vacation for a family movie at the Library!

We will be screening Dog Man - PG  (Dreamworks, 2025). Snacks will be provided.

 

 

Start the year off right by getting to know Cambridge birds!

Join us for a community building party at Valente as we build structures with LEGOS, wooden sticks, cards, and any other materials we can get our hands on!

The Harvard School of Dental Medicine's Students for Smiles Club and the Central Square Branch Library are hosting a free community event on oral health.

Join friends at the O'Neill Branch to build, build, BUILD!

It's a weekly block party!

Learn a new hobby and make a textured art piece with cardboard loom weaving! All materials are provided. Recommended for ages 5 and up. Registration is not required for this event.

Families with elementary school-age children join us for hands-on activities focused on Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering and Math.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required.

Come hear stories and songs about things that start with the letter E, and make an elephant craft.

What's a zine?

Our monthly Middle Grade Mystery book group is for kids aged 10-14.

Join social justice project Wee The People for a free, immersive, intergenerational event of storytelling and art-making to celebrate belonging, safety, and immigrant communities.

Come to the Library to create something special!

Read to Dante, our local cuddly therapy dog!

Choose a "Paint by Sticker" design and match the numbered stickers to the numbered spaces, then watch your artwork come alive. Recommended for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.

Join us for a lively discussion of a great book in person at the Main Library!

Come join us at the Boudreau branch for a chess challenge.

“Lights, Camera, Magic!” features films from around the world—many premiering in North America—and hands-on animation workshops led by veteran Hollywood artists. Day 3 takes place @ The Brattle.

Did you know you can vote for a winner in the Massachusetts Children's Book Award each year?