Drop-In Chess Club
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Drop-In Chess Club is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Queen's Square, Cambridge. Family-friendly.
Families
Things to do in Cambridge with kids
118 dated listings for school-age kids in Cambridge 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 Cambridge — the short version
If you're raising kids in Cambridge, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Nov 26, Cambridge's feed lists 118 dated listings for this age — 19 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at Queen's Square (43) and Clemens Mill (27).
Everything here is a real listing from Cambridge'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.
Coming up for school-age kids in Cambridge
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.
Stories and Stretches
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Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: Stories and Stretches at Queen's Square, Cambridge. Good one for the kids.
Totstime
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On the calendar for Wednesday, Oct 7: Totstime at Preston, Cambridge. Good one for the kids.
Totstime
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Totstime is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Hespeler, Cambridge. Family-friendly.
Kindergarten Connections
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On the calendar for Thursday, Oct 8: Kindergarten Connections at Queen's Square, Cambridge. Bring the kids along.
Totstime
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Totstime at Queen's Square, Cambridge on Thursday, Oct 8. Bring the kids along.
Totstime
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Totstime at Clemens Mill, Cambridge on Thursday, Oct 8. Worth bringing the whole family.
Kinder Prep
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Mark Friday, Oct 9: Kinder Prep at Preston, Cambridge. Family-friendly.
Preschool Picassos
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Queen's Square, Cambridge hosts Preschool Picassos on Friday, Oct 9. Bring the kids along.
Discover-ology
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Mark Tuesday, Oct 13: Discover-ology at Preston, Cambridge. Good one for the kids.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Cambridge parents actually plan around.
Tuesdays — Discover-ology at Preston · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Tuesdays — Preschool Picassos at Queen's Square · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Tuesdays — Pyjama Tales at Hespeler · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Tuesdays — Reading Buddies at Clemens Mill · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Tuesdays — Stories and Stretches at Queen's Square · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Tuesdays — Totstime at Preston · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Wednesdays — Totstime at Queen's Square · 14 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 13.
Wednesdays — Totstime at Hespeler · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Cambridge: 118 dated listings in the next 60 days; 34 run after school on a weekday and 1 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is Queen's Square with 43 of them.
On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Cambridge'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 Chess Club.
Keep exploring
Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Cambridge picks up where this one leaves off.
Never miss a registration in Cambridge
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Common questions
What's on in Cambridge for school-age kids right now?
The feed lists 118 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Nov 26 — 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 Cambridge?
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.