Things to do in Kansas City with kids

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Things to do in Kansas City with kids

29 dated listings for school-age kids in Kansas City 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 Kansas City — the short version

If you're raising kids in Kansas City, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Dec 5, Kansas City's feed lists 29 dated listings for this age — 13 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at Kansas City Public Library — Plaza Branch (8) and Kansas City Public Library — Bookmobile (4).

Everything here is a real listing from Kansas City'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 Kansas City Public Library and Kansas City Public Library — Bookmobile.

Coming up for school-age kids in Kansas City

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.

LEGO Club

Wed, Oct 7 · 4:30 PM · Kansas City Public Library — Southeast Branch
LEGO Club in Kansas City
Photo: Bartokie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: LEGO Club at Kansas City Public Library — Southeast Branch. Family-friendly.

LEGO Club

Tue, Oct 13 · 2:30 PM · Kansas City Public Library — Plaza Branch
LEGO Club in Kansas City
Photo: Kbh3rd · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

LEGO Club is on Tuesday, Oct 13 at Kansas City Public Library — Plaza Branch. Family-friendly.

Tween Gaming Club

Tue, Oct 13 · 5:30 PM · Kansas City Public Library — Waldo Branch
Tween Gaming Club in Kansas City
Photo: Kbh3rd · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Tuesday, Oct 13: Tween Gaming Club at Kansas City Public Library — Waldo Branch.

The regular rhythm

These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Kansas City parents actually plan around.

Tuesdays — LEGO Club at Kansas City Public Library — Plaza Branch · 9 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.

Wednesdays — LEGO Club at Kansas City Public Library — Southeast Branch · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Nov 4.

Thursdays — Bookmobile at Guadalupe Centers Middle School at Kansas City Public Library — Bookmobile · 5 sessions in the feed, next Oct 15, then Nov 5.

Good to know

By the numbers for this age in Kansas City: 29 dated listings in the next 60 days; 10 run after school on a weekday and 4 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is Kansas City Public Library — Plaza Branch with 8 of them.

Free, as marked in the feed: Honky Tonk Tuesday: Blake Camp Band. Those listings carry a free tag in Kansas City's own event data — everything else here, check the listing link for the price before you promise anyone.

Keep exploring

Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Kansas City picks up where this one leaves off.

Library programs in Kansas City

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Common questions

What's on in Kansas City for school-age kids right now?

The feed lists 29 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 Kansas City?

1 of the current listings are marked free in the feed; the Good to know section names them first.

More to explore in Kansas City

File:Kansas City Public Library and Board of Education Building — photo via Wikimedia Commons

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