After School Fun
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After School Fun is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Chicago Lawn. Bring the kids along.
Families
Things to do in Chicago with kids
338 dated listings for school-age kids in Chicago 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 Chicago — the short version
If you're raising kids in Chicago, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Dec 5, Chicago's feed lists 338 dated listings for this age — 130 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at Legler Regional (19) and Gage Park (17).
Everything here is a real listing from Chicago'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 Chicago
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.
Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library
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Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library at Chicago. Bring the kids along.
Kids' Cooking Demo / Cocinando con Niños
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Kids' Cooking Demo / Cocinando con Niños is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Back of the Yards, Chicago. Worth bringing the whole family.
LEGO® Club
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Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: LEGO® Club at Bucktown-Wicker Park, Chicago. Worth bringing the whole family.
LEGO® Club
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LEGO® Club at Daley, Richard J.-Bridgeport, Chicago on Wednesday, Oct 7. Worth bringing the whole family.
LEGO® Club
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Merlo, Chicago hosts LEGO® Club on Wednesday, Oct 7. Family-friendly.
LEGO® Club
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Canaryville, Chicago hosts LEGO® Club on Wednesday, Oct 7. Worth bringing the whole family.
LEGO® and Games Club
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LEGO® and Games Club is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Lincoln Belmont, Chicago. Family-friendly.
LEGO® at the Library
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Chinatown, Chicago hosts LEGO® at the Library on Wednesday, Oct 7. Family-friendly.
LEGO® at the Library
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Wednesday, Oct 7: LEGO® at the Library at Jefferson Park, Chicago. Worth bringing the whole family.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Chicago parents actually plan around.
Mondays — Kids and Tween Craft Carts at Little Village · 13 sessions in the feed, next Oct 12, then Oct 19.
Mondays — After School Reading Practice at Gage Park · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 12, then Oct 19.
Tuesdays — LEGO® and More Club at Harold Washington Library Center · 11 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Tuesdays — LEGO® Club at Gage Park · 11 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Thursdays — Homework Help: Virtual Teacher in the Library · 37 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 8.
Thursdays — LEGO® Club at Legler Regional · 11 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Fridays — LEGO® Club at Toman · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Saturdays — LEGO® Club at Douglass · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 10, then Oct 17.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Chicago: 338 dated listings in the next 60 days; 251 run after school on a weekday and 38 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is Legler Regional with 19 of them.
Free, as marked in the feed: Holiday Parent and Child Swim at Mann, Tween Tuesday at Harrison, Tween Tuesday at Douglass, Tween Tuesday at Sherwood, Tweens in the Park Field Day at Washington. Those listings carry a free tag in Chicago's own event data — everything else here, check the listing link for the price before you promise anyone.
Drop-in or sign up? The listings that call themselves drop-in: Drop-In LEGO® in the Library, Drop-In Camp at The Park at NTA.
Keep exploring
Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Chicago picks up where this one leaves off.
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Common questions
What's on in Chicago for school-age kids right now?
The feed lists 338 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Dec 5 — 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 Chicago?
14 of the current listings are marked free in the feed; the Good to know section names them first.