The Language of Music Piano Studio (Ioana)
Private
🎹 Private piano lessons
BSO × NEC Honors Children's Choir
FREE
Treble voices · ages 8–13 · tuition-free
Piano · keyboard · guitar · voice
Boston School of Music Arts
Piano · violin · guitar · voice
Community Music Center of Boston
All instruments · music therapy
New England Conservatory — Prep
All instruments · theory · ear-training
Guitar · drums · voice · piano
Guitar · theory-to-playing bridge · audition prep
Buddy · Back Bay Guitar Lessons
Guitar · patient · plays alongside you
Voice · vocal technique + health · 91 reviews
Voice + piano · 88 reviews
Piano · guitar · bass · voice
Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center
Mission-driven · Coach Frank · subsidized programs · 10-yr students
Nonprofit · tennis + literacy · BPS youth · ages 7–14 · FREE
Group adult + junior · spectacular professionals · upbeat
Back Bay private · 3 clay courts · historic setting
Back Bay private athletic club · traditional tennis · racquet sports
Marketplace · vetted private tennis coaches · book online
Mouratoglou Tennis Center Boston
Premium private lessons · Patrick Mouratoglou methodology · elite players
Marketplace · coaches travel to local courts · all skill levels
Vetted coaches · beginner → tournament · kids + adults
Center Makor · ArtLab
🇷🇺 In Russian
Russian-language art studio for kids · drawing, painting & mixed media at the Russian-Jewish cultural center
RECC Boston · Детские курсы
From $75
🏛️ 3 online lectures + 1 museum excursion per module (Harvard, MFA, Museum of Russian Icons) · на русском
Center Makor · Limmud Family Festival
🎉 Festival
Russian-Jewish cultural center · family festival with kids' activities, music & performances
Center Makor · ArtLab & Events
🎨 In Russian
Year-round Russian-language art, music & cultural events for kids & families
Tripster · Russian-language Boston Tours
🎟️ Excursions · 🇷🇺
Guided Boston excursions & experiences in Russian — walking tours, family outings & day trips with Russian-speaking guides
Tripster · Boston City Tour (Russian)
🎟️ Excursion · 🇷🇺
Another Russian-language guided Boston experience — sightseeing & storytelling with a local Russian-speaking guide
Tripster · Boston Discovery Walk (Russian)
🎟️ Excursion · 🇷🇺
Russian-language guided Boston experience — explore the city's history & landmarks with a Russian-speaking guide
Theater on the Roof · Baba Yaga
🎭 Family theatre
Russian-style family theatre production · Baba Yaga — a playful folk-tale show for kids
Finding Form
🏺 Creative studio
🏺 Creative studio, shop and private events on Newbury St in Back Bay: hands-on clay and craft workshops, plus kids’ birthday parties.
Mr. Gao's Art Studio
K–College
🖌️ Sketching, painting, digital art & design in downtown Boston (plus Malden) — weekend classes by level, weekday after-school
Rainbows Pottery Studio
Newbury St
🎨 Paint-your-own pottery on Newbury St · walk-in · families
🏺 Community clay studio · courses · try-it workshops · all levels
🏺 Wheel-throwing & glazing · adults & kids
Harvard Ceramics Program
Allston
🏺 Functional & sculptural ceramics · visiting artists
🎨 Kids art classes & camps · call to book
Wheelock Family Theatre — Education
Family productions · workshops · summer intensives
Classes · camps · full productions
Improv · youth development · BPS partner
Improv Asylum — Teen / Youth
Improv classes · teen + youth
CSz Boston / Rozzie Square Theater
Improv classes · teens + adults
Lyric Stage Company — Youth
Youth track · grades 6–12
Boston Children's Theatre
Productions · classes · camps
✒️ Modern calligraphy & hand-lettering · Downtown Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Family
🖌️ Family brush-calligraphy workshops · Boston
Alicia Arkin · Private Tutor
Local teacher
K–8 certified teacher · master’s degree + special-ed certified · 20 yrs · virtual or in-person
🌍 Multi-language classes · kids + adults
🌍 Academic English program
Language ON Boston School
🌍 English classes · all levels
🌍 English & Spanish classes
International Education Centre
🌍 ESL & kids programs
Boston Area Spanish Exchange (BASE)
🌎 Spanish classes · very affordable
🌎 Spanish · French · online & in-person
Fort Point Spanish Private Classes
🌎 Private Spanish lessons
AES World Languages & Cultures
🌎 Multiple language programs
Riverside Theatre Works Summer Camp
$$
Productions + classes
NEC Prep Summer Orchestra Institute
$$$
Symphony orchestra · masterclasses · Jordan Hall
Boston Ballet School Summer
$$$
Ballet · technique · creativity
Boston Leadership Institute
$$$
Marine bio · biotech · forensics
Boston Fencing Club Summer
$$
Youth Learn to Fence · STEM to Strip
Tenacity Tennis (FREE)
FREE
Tennis + literacy · BPS youth
Allandale Farm Programs
$$
Working farm · animals · garden
Boston Artistry — Art & Design
$$
Sneaker custom · graffiti · screen print
Camp Harbor View (FREE)
FREE
Swim · sports · art · leadership
Community Boating ($1)
FREE
Sailing · boating · STEM
Urban Improv Summer (FREE)
FREE
Free/low-cost improv · BPS partner
Boston Ballet Summer Dance
$$
Pre-Pro ballet · contemporary · multiple programs
Boston Nature Center Camp
$
Mass Audubon · Mattapan urban sanctuary
Charles River sailing · ages 5–17
The Concord Review Summer
$$
Academic writing for advanced HS
Young Adult Writers Program · Seaport
Harvard MEDscience Summer
$$
Hospital + medical-research immersion
Pathway BioMedX · Middle School
$
Middle-school summer STEM academy
Meeting House Clay · Children's Summer Camps
$
🏺 Pottery + ceramics · wheel + handbuilding · ages 5–14
Summer in French · French Cultural Center
🇫🇷 Immersion
🇫🇷 French-immersion summer camp · ages 4–15 · all levels from beginner to fluent · Back Bay Boston
Camp Gan Israel Boston
Day camp
✡️ Jewish summer day camp · trips, swimming, arts & sports · warm, inclusive
A+ Program · Summer Academic Program
Academic
📘 Summer tutoring & enrichment · math, reading & writing · MA-certified teachers · in-person & online
NORY Boston · STEM Camp
$$
🤖 Robotics · coding · STEM for young kids
East Boston Social Centers · Summer Camp
$
🤝 Community summer programs
Salesian Boys & Girls Club · Summer
$
🏀 Summer sports · arts · swimming
Clay Lounge · Kids Summer Workshops
$
🏺 Clay & ceramics summer camp · ages 6–13
Create Cooking School · Youth Summer Camp
$
🍳 Youth culinary camps · confidence at the stove
Hill House · Kids Cooking
$
🍳 Community nonprofit kids cooking programs
Cambridge School of Culinary Arts · Kids
$
🍳 Pro culinary school · kids & teen cooking camps
🤖 LEGO & K'Nex STEAM summer camps
Lavner Tech Camps at BU · Summer
$
🤖 LEGO Camp-Builders · structural engineering camp
Community Rowing (CRI) · Summer Camps
$$
🚣 Learn-to-row summer camps · Charles River · no experience needed
YMCA Greater Boston & Central MA · Youth Sports
$
⚽ Affordable youth leagues & clinics · basketball, soccer, swim
Boston Celtics Youth Camps
$
🏀 Official NBA-backed summer & holiday camps
🎾 Full & half-day summer tennis camps · all levels
Warrior Ice Arena · Youth Hockey Camps
$
BlueSky Family Child Care · Summer Camp
$
🏕️ Bilingual (English/Spanish) themed summer camp · weekly themes
Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center — February Vacation Week
🌿 Nature camp
🌿 Nature-based February vacation week camps and programs at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center in Mattapan
Parkour Generations Boston — Break Camps
$
Parkour technique · movement
MFA — Vacation Week Studio Art
$
Studio art · professional artists
Franklin Park Zoo & Stone Zoo — Vacation
$
Animal encounters · zoo educators
Boston Children's Museum — Vacation Week
$
Drop-in + programming
Museum of Science — Vacation Programs
$
Interactive science programs
BCYF — Vacation Week Activities (FREE)
FREE
Community center programs
YMCA · Vacation Sports Clinics
$
⚽ Multi-sport vacation-week clinics · ages 4–14
Warrior Ice Arena · April Vacation Camp
$
🏒 Youth hockey camp · skating & skills
Zoo New England — School Vacation Week Camps
🦁 Zoo days
🌲 Nature & Outdoors · ages 5–12
Museum of Science — Vacation Week Programs
🔬 STEM
🔬 STEM & Science · ages 5–14
ICA Boston — Vacation Week Art Making
🆓 Drop-in
🎨 Arts & Making · ages 5–17
Boston Children's Museum — Snowmazing! Winter Weeks
🧦 Indoors
🎨 Arts & Making · ages 1–9
New England Aquarium — Vacation Week Programs
🐧 Marine science
🌲 Nature & Outdoors · ages 5–14
🤸 Inflatables · Brighton · ages 2–10
Kings Dining & Entertainment
$$$
🎳 Bowling+arcade · Boston · all ages
🚤 City tour · land + harbor splash
Boston Hidden Gems — Private
🚤 City tour · private minivan · door-to-door
Boston By Little Feet — Freedom Trail
$$
🚤 City tour · Freedom Trail · ages 6–12
🚤 City tour · hop-on/hop-off · all ages
🚤 City tour · cycling · ages 7+
Whale Watching Cruises
$$$
🚤 Harbor tour · seasonal · ages 5+
🍦 Immersive ice-cream playground · sprinkle pool, slide & unlimited treats · Seaport
Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) — Family
FREE
🏛️ Museum · Boston · all ages
🏛️ Aquarium · Boston · all ages
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
$$$
🏛️ Museum · Boston · ages 5+
USS Constitution — "Old Ironsides"
FREE
🏛️ Historic ship · Charlestown · ages 5+
🏛️ Museum · Boston · all ages
View Boston Observation Deck
$$$
🏛️ Observation · Boston · all ages
🏛️ Steam engines & industrial history · Chestnut Hill, Boston · all ages
🖼️ "Art too bad to be ignored" — a hilarious collection of wonderfully awful paintings that kids find funnier than any masterpiece
The Mapparium — Mary Baker Eddy Library
$$
🌍 Walk through a three-story stained-glass globe frozen in 1935 — the whisper-gallery acoustics alone are worth the trip
Museum of Science — Overnights
$$$
🌙 Sleep among the exhibits · groups of 10+ & members · Boston
Franklin Park Zoo — Snorin’ Roarin’ Sleepover
$$$
🌙 Sleep at the zoo · groups of 10+ · Fri & Sat year-round · Boston
🐘 Zoo · Boston · all ages
Georges Island — Fort Warren
$$
🐘 Harbor island · ages 7+
Animal Pedal Boats · Fort Point Channel
$$
⚾ Seasonal · Boston · ages 4+ (kids need an adult)
⚾ Ballpark · Boston · ages 5+
Swan Boats — Public Garden
$
⚾ Seasonal · Boston · all ages
Bloomberg Public Science Common
🔬 New · Museum of Science
🔬 The Museum of Science’s new 10,000-square-foot immersive space over the Charles River, opened October 10, 2026: dinosaur fossils, a walk across Mars, interactive robots and daily programming.
🧸 Toddler play & music classes
🤸 Trampoline · Boston · ages 5+
⛸️ Ice rink · Boston · all ages · winter
Steriti Memorial Rink
FREE
⛸️ Ice rink · North End · ages 4+
The Rocks at Harbor Way
Free
🧗 Free climbable boulder sculptures & play space · Boston Seaport · open daily, great for active kids
🎳 Bowling · Boston · all ages
🎳 Bowling · Dorchester · all ages
🧩 Escape room · Boston · ages 10+
Boxaroo — Boston Room Escape
$$$
🧩 Indie downtown escape rooms · Boston · ages 12+
⛸️ ⭐ Bruins practice rink · public skate · Learn to Skate · parties
Jim Roche Community Arena
$
⛸️ West Roxbury · year-round public skate · classes · youth hockey
⛸️ Boston Common · seasonal Nov–Mar · iconic outdoor rink · best for first-timers
New England Aquarium Whale Watch
$$$
⭐ High-speed catamaran to Stellwagen Bank · naturalist-guided · nearly guaranteed whale sightings
Museum of Science — Family Programs & Vacation Weeks
🔬 Vacation weeks
🔬 Science & Nature · ages 3–14
Museum of Fine Arts — Family Programs & Drop-In Art
🎨 Free with admission
🎨 Art & Design · ages 0–12
Boston Children's Museum — Classes & Winter Programs
🧸 Under 10
🧸 Hands-On Play · ages 0–9
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — Family Tours
🖼️ Kids free
🎨 Art & Design · ages 5–14
New England Aquarium — Programs & Behind-the-Scenes Tours
🐧 Ticketed
🔬 Science & Nature · ages 3–16
Institute of Contemporary Art — Art Lab & Vacation Week
🆓 Under 18 free
🎨 Art & Design · ages 5–17
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
🇺🇸 Under 12 free
🏛️ History · ages 8–18
Finding Form — Birthday Parties
🎂 Craft parties · ages 6+
🎂 Private-studio craft birthday parties on Newbury St: a Charm Bar party (ages 6+, 90 min) and a Polymer Clay party (ages 7+, 2 hours).
Boston Balloon Events & The Confetti Company
Balloon installations · arches · organic designs · 24/7
FESTINI · Balloons, Face Painting & Photography
One-stop: balloons + face painting + event photography
Itzel Party Service (Yanaris)
Baby showers · quinceañeras · creative + affordable
Professional decor · balloon art · bilingual EN/ES
Full supply store + balloon inflation + delivery
Kaleidoscope Art & Entertainment
Full agency · face painters · clowns · costume characters · foam parties
Photo Booth Picture Company
Glam booths · B&W strips · custom templates · weddings
Interstate Rental Service
Tables · chairs · audio · last-minute welcome
Custom sheet cakes · cupcakes · pastries
Custom decorated · characters · nut-free facility
Boston Bowl Family Center
Bowling · arcade · billiards · kids parties
Boutique bowling + arcade · private party rooms
Private museum parties · ages 1–8
Franklin Park Zoo · Birthday Parties
🦁 Animal-themed birthday parties at the 72-acre zoo · party space + zoo admission · Boston
FiRE+iCE Interactive Grill
⭐ Build-your-own grill bowl · interactive
F1 racing sims + food · older kids/teens
Clover Clubhouse · South Boston
Play space + catered birthday parties
🍳 Custom cooking birthday parties for kids & teens
Cambridge Culinary · Kids Parties
🍳 Culinary school kids birthday parties
What kids’ activities are there in Boston, MA?
GOkidOZ lists 223 kids’ programs based in Boston: 94 after-school classes and lessons; 37 summer camps; 14 school-vacation programs; 12 tutoring and academic centers; 20 birthday party venues and entertainers; 46 family places to go. Each has its own page with ages, location and a direct link to the provider.
What is on for kids in Boston this weekend?
GOkidOZ tracks 2 upcoming events for Boston families: Fall-o-Ween Children’s Festival on Fri Oct 16, 2026, 4–8pm, at Boston Common Frog Pond; PruBoo 2026 on Sun Oct 25, 2026, 11am–1pm, at Prudential Center · 800 Boylston St. Each has its own page with times, ages, cost and directions, and the list at the top of this page drops events once they have passed.
What after-school activities can kids do in Boston?
There are 94 after-school options in Boston: tennis, swimming, dance, ballet, music lessons, piano lessons, guitar lessons, violin lessons, drum lessons, children’s choirs, theatre and art classes.
Are there summer camps in Boston, MA?
Yes — 37 summer camps are based in Boston, including Riverside Theatre Works Summer Camp, NEC Prep Summer Orchestra Institute, Boston Ballet School Summer, Boston Leadership Institute and Boston Fencing Club Summer. Between them they cover tennis, swimming, dance, ballet, theatre, pottery, ceramics and fencing.
What can kids do during February and April vacation in Boston?
GOkidOZ lists 14 school-vacation programs in Boston: Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center, Parkour Generations Boston, MFA, Franklin Park Zoo & Stone Zoo, Boston Children's Museum, Museum of Science and BCYF.
Where can I have a kids’ birthday party in Boston?
Boston has 20 birthday options on GOkidOZ: Finding Form, Boston Balloon Events & The Confetti Company, FESTINI, Itzel Party Service (Yanaris), Real Creations Boston, Party City, Kaleidoscope Art & Entertainment and Photo Booth Picture Company.
Who tutors kids in Boston, MA?
GOkidOZ lists 12 tutoring and academic centers in Boston: Lettering By Liz, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Alicia Arkin, Boston Language Hub, ESL Academy and Language ON Boston School.
Is GOkidOZ free, and how are Boston programs vetted?
GOkidOZ is free for families. Listings are compiled and checked by Betsy, a Wellesley mom of three, who confirms each program exists, serves kids, and is currently running before it goes on the site. Every listing links straight to the provider’s own page.
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