Kinder-Garden
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Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: Kinder-Garden at McLaughlin Branch, Oshawa. Good one for the kids.
Families
Things to do in Oshawa with kids
49 dated listings for school-age kids in Oshawa 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 Oshawa — the short version
If you're raising kids in Oshawa, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Nov 25, Oshawa's feed lists 49 dated listings for this age — 9 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at John Aker Northview Branch (18) and McLaughlin Branch (12).
Everything here is a real listing from Oshawa'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 Oshawa
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.
Tween Scene
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John Aker Northview Branch, Oshawa hosts Tween Scene on Wednesday, Oct 7. Worth bringing the whole family.
Creation Station
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On the calendar for Thursday, Oct 8: Creation Station at John Aker Northview Branch, Oshawa. Worth bringing the whole family.
Reading Buddies
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On the calendar for Thursday, Oct 8: Reading Buddies at Virtual / Online, Oshawa. Family-friendly.
Ontario Tech STEM Workshop, Grades 1-4
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Saturday, Oct 10: Ontario Tech STEM Workshop, Grades 1-4 at John Aker Northview Branch, Oshawa. Worth bringing the whole family.
Family Music and Movement with EarlyON
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Jess Hann Branch - Temporarily Closed, Oshawa hosts Family Music and Movement with EarlyON on Tuesday, Oct 13. Family-friendly.
Kinder-Garden
Photo: Robert Bell from Oshawa, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
On the calendar for Wednesday, Oct 14: Kinder-Garden at McLaughlin Branch, Oshawa. Family-friendly.
Creation Station
Photo: Robert Bell from Oshawa, Canada · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Creation Station at John Aker Northview Branch, Oshawa on Thursday, Oct 15. Family-friendly.
Reading Buddies
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On the calendar for Thursday, Oct 15: Reading Buddies at Virtual / Online, Oshawa. Bring the kids along.
Camp Snoopy Library Adventure
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Monday, Oct 19: Camp Snoopy Library Adventure at Delpark Homes Centre Branch, Oshawa. Family-friendly.
The regular rhythm
These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Oshawa parents actually plan around.
Tuesdays — Family Music and Movement with EarlyON at Jess Hann Branch - Temporarily Closed · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 13, then Oct 20.
Tuesdays — Family Music and Movement with EarlyON at McLaughlin Branch · 4 sessions in the feed, next Nov 3, then Nov 10.
Wednesdays — Kinder-Garden at McLaughlin Branch · 8 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.
Wednesdays — Tween Scene at John Aker Northview Branch · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 21.
Wednesdays — STEAM After School at Jess Hann Branch - Temporarily Closed · 3 sessions in the feed, next Oct 21, then Nov 4.
Thursdays — Creation Station at John Aker Northview Branch · 14 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Thursdays — Reading Buddies at Virtual / Online · 8 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Good to know
By the numbers for this age in Oshawa: 49 dated listings in the next 60 days; 28 run after school on a weekday and 2 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is John Aker Northview Branch with 18 of them.
On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Oshawa'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.
Keep exploring
Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Oshawa picks up where this one leaves off.
Never miss a registration in Oshawa
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Common questions
What's on in Oshawa for school-age kids right now?
The feed lists 49 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Nov 25 — 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 Oshawa?
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.