After School Crafts
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Jamaica Plain, Boston hosts After School Crafts on Wednesday, Oct 7. Family-friendly.
Families
Things to do in Boston with kids
267 dated listings for school-age kids in Boston in the next 60 days — after-school, camps, courses and youth sports, pulled from the town's real event feed and sorted by age, not by who paid to be first.
Kids life in Boston — the short version
If you're raising kids in Boston, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Nov 28, Boston's feed lists 267 dated listings for this age — 34 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at Central Library in Copley Square (47) and South Boston (18).
Everything here is a real listing from Boston's own event feed, checked against each program's age range — a program whose ages overlap 5–12 shows up here even if it also fits the age next door. The library branches showing up for this age are Central Library in Copley Square.
Coming up for school-age kids in Boston
Dated listings in the next 60 days, soonest first. A weekly program shows a few of its sessions here — the rhythm section below has the full pattern.
All Ages Story Time (Ages 0-7)
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Central Library in Copley Square, Boston hosts All Ages Story Time (Ages 0-7) on Wednesday, Oct 7. Good one for the kids.
Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help
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Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at North End, Boston on Wednesday, Oct 7. Good one for the kids.
Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help
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Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at Egleston Square, Boston. Good one for the kids.
Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help
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On the calendar for Wednesday, Oct 7: Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at Honan-Allston, Boston. Good one for the kids.
Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help
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Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Central Library in Copley Square, Boston. Worth bringing the whole family.
Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help
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Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at Adams Street, Boston on Wednesday, Oct 7. Good one for the kids.
Construction Club: LEGO and More!
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Construction Club: LEGO and More! at West End, Boston on Wednesday, Oct 7. Bring the kids along.
LEGO Club
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Lower Mills, Boston hosts LEGO Club on Wednesday, Oct 7. Good one for the kids.
LEGO Club
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Wednesday, Oct 7: LEGO Club at Uphams Corner, Boston. Good one for the kids.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Boston parents actually plan around.
Wednesdays — All Ages Story Time (Ages 0-7) at Central Library in Copley Square · 13 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 10.
Wednesdays — After School Crafts at Jamaica Plain · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Thursdays — Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at Central Library in Copley Square · 23 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 8.
Thursdays — Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at South Boston · 13 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 12.
Thursdays — Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at Mattapan · 13 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 13.
Thursdays — Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at Lower Mills · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Thursdays — Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at Uphams Corner · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Thursdays — Boston Teachers Union: Homework Help at Roslindale · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Boston: 267 dated listings in the next 60 days; 246 run after school on a weekday and 10 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is Central Library in Copley Square with 47 of them.
On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Boston's feed, so treat prices as check-the-listing — libraries and rec centres often run these at no cost, but the feed doesn't say so and we won't guess.
Drop-in or sign up? The listings that call themselves drop-in: Drop-In Afterschool Crafts.
Keep exploring
Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Boston picks up where this one leaves off.
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Common questions
What's on in Boston for school-age kids right now?
The feed lists 267 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Nov 28 — the Coming up section is pulled straight from it.
Are these drop-in, or do I need to register?
It varies by program, and the page only says which is which where a listing's own words say so — the Good to know section names the drop-in and registration listings it found. When it doesn't say, the listing link is the place to check.
What's free for school-age kids in Boston?
None of the current listings carries a free tag in the feed, so check each listing for its price — we don't mark anything free that the source doesn't.