After School Club: Giant Games & Board Games
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Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: After School Club: Giant Games & Board Games at Bedford Public Library, Halifax. Worth bringing the whole family.
Families
Things to do in Halifax with kids
89 dated listings for school-age kids in Halifax 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 Halifax — the short version
If you're raising kids in Halifax, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Dec 4, Halifax's feed lists 89 dated listings for this age — 36 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at Dartmouth North - Temporary Location (15) and Halifax North Memorial Public Library (15).
Everything here is a real listing from Halifax'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 Alderney Gate Public Library and Bedford Public Library.
Coming up for school-age kids in Halifax
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.
Children's Sensory Hour
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On the calendar for Wednesday, Oct 7: Children's Sensory Hour at Central Library, Halifax. Good one for the kids.
Newcomer Kids' English Club
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Wednesday, Oct 7: Newcomer Kids' English Club at Keshen Goodman Public Library, Halifax. Bring the kids along.
Tween Scene
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Dartmouth North - Temporary Location, Halifax hosts Tween Scene on Wednesday, Oct 7. Family-friendly.
Tween Night
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Mark Thursday, Oct 8: Tween Night at Halifax North Memorial Public Library. Worth bringing the whole family.
After School Drop-in
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J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library, Halifax hosts After School Drop-in on Friday, Oct 9. Worth bringing the whole family.
Kids' Club
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Mark Friday, Oct 9: Kids' Club at Woodlawn Public Library, Halifax. Good one for the kids.
LEGO at the Library
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Keshen Goodman Public Library, Halifax hosts LEGO at the Library on Saturday, Oct 10. Family-friendly.
STEM Club: Lego Spike Prime
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Keshen Goodman Public Library, Halifax hosts STEM Club: Lego Spike Prime on Tuesday, Oct 13. Good one for the kids.
After School Club: Chomp Saw Cardboard Creations
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Wednesday, Oct 14: After School Club: Chomp Saw Cardboard Creations at Bedford Public Library, Halifax. Family-friendly.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Halifax parents actually plan around.
Mondays — After the Bell: After School Club at Dartmouth North - Temporary Location · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 19, then Oct 26.
Mondays — After the Bell: After School Hang-Out at Halifax North Memorial Public Library · 6 sessions in the feed, next Oct 19, then Oct 26.
Wednesdays — Newcomer Kids' English Club at Keshen Goodman Public Library · 9 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Wednesdays — Tween Scene at Dartmouth North - Temporary Location · 8 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Wednesdays — After School Club at Bedford Public Library · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 28, then Nov 4.
Thursdays — Tween Night at Halifax North Memorial Public Library · 9 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 29.
Fridays — Kids' Club at Woodlawn Public Library · 10 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Fridays — After School Drop-in at J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library · 8 sessions in the feed, next Oct 9, then Oct 16.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Halifax: 89 dated listings in the next 60 days; 64 run after school on a weekday and 5 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is Dartmouth North - Temporary Location with 15 of them.
On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Halifax'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: After School Drop-in, PD Day Drop-in.
Keep exploring
Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Halifax picks up where this one leaves off.
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Common questions
What's on in Halifax for school-age kids right now?
The feed lists 89 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Dec 4 — 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 Halifax?
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.