216 programs. Classes, camps and activities for children, with dates, prices and where to sign up.
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Starts Tue, Sep 29, 3:30 PM · Free
Food for Tots is a hands on "cooking" class at the Northeast Branch of the Reading Public Library, made for babies and toddlers up to age 5. Little ones get to handle food, stir and assemble a simple…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 29, 3:30 PM · Free
The Northwest Branch of Reading Public Library marks Hispanic Heritage Month with an Art Pod craft session. Children and teens make their own maracas, a shaker instrument with deep roots in Latin…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 29, 5:30 PM · Free
Magic of STEM invites young questioners to explore how our world works. Long before people understood the science behind it, they described the workings of nature as magic. In this series at the…
Run by Exeter Community Library · Reading
Starts Tue, Sep 29, 6:00 PM · Free
Artist trading cards are small artworks made at the size of a trading card, and people swap them with each other. At this session at the Robesonia Community Library, participants make cards carrying…
Run by Robesonia Community Library · Robesonia
Starts Wed, Sep 30 · $40 ($30 members)
In this one day fused glass workshop, kids design and build their own mini monster magnet using colorful Bullseye glass. Spooky, silly or just plain strange, anything goes. Students work with precut…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library brings story time outdoors to Main Bird Park in Birdsboro, with first responders from Tower Direct Ambulance joining in. It is a hands-on morning built around stories, a look at an…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 10:30 AM · Free
This storytime at Wernersville Public Library centers on "Maple & Willow Apart" by Lori Nichols. The story follows Maple, a little girl who has to find someone new to play with after her sister…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 3:30 PM · Free
The Northwest Branch of the Reading Public Library hosts a hands-on STEM program where kids and teens make Jumping Beans. Participants put the project together at the library and see how it works.…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 4:00 PM · Free
Make a craft inspired by the techniques of artists and crafters of Hispanic and Latino heritage. Projects are self-directed, so you work at your own pace rather than following a staff-led lesson.…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 6:00 PM · Free
Katelyn and Katie host an evening of sourdough swapping at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. Bakers trade starters and recipes, talk shop with other sourdough bakers, and enjoy the baked goods…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 10:30 AM · Free
Tunes for Tots is a music class for the youngest learners, made for babies, toddlers and children up to age three with a grown-up along. The session is led with special guest Evan Cole from The…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 12:00 PM · Free
The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a Block Party Lunch for preschoolers. It follows right after Preschool Storytime, so families can stay on and keep the morning going. The library sets out…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 5:30 PM · $120 ($110 members)
Art Explorers looks at the lives and work of famous artists, both from the past and working today. Students learn about those artists and then make their own pieces inspired by what they have seen.…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Fri, Oct 2 to Fri, Oct 23 · Free
Pre School Play is a fall series for young children and their grown-ups at the Reading Public Library. Each week brings play, art, and sensory-friendly activities in the children's area of the Main…
Run by Reading Public Library · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 2, 10:15 AM · Free
Helping Hands Bingo is a picture bingo game led by Miss Amber in the Community Room at Boone Area Library. Instead of numbers, players match pictures on their cards, so children who are not yet…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Sat, Oct 3 · $30 ($20 members)
In this workshop at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education, fallen leaves become woodland animals. Students use colorful autumn leaves and other natural materials to make squirrels, hedgehogs…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Come play with clay at GoggleWorks. In this family workshop, adults and children work side by side to build a fairy house from clay, learning a variety of hand-building techniques along the way. It…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free
The Craft Lab is a hands-on craft program at Boone Area Library for kids ages 6 to 11. Each session, children work with different craft supplies, materials and techniques to make their own works of…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free
This class at Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library looks at healthy eating using the book Trim Healthy Wisdom as a guide. Each meeting covers tips, recipes and advice for making nutritious choices while…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Free
Rev. Steve Ohnsman leads a community conversation about homelessness in Berks County. The group looks at how serious the issue is here, why people become unhoused, and what a community can do in…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 5:30 PM · Free
Rangers lead a short evening walk at Hopewell Furnace, where the historic ironmaking village sets the scene for spooky stories and chilling tales told by lantern light. The stories echo the kinds of…
Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson
Starts Mon, Oct 5, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a story time for children built around the fall season. The group gathers in the library's community room for stories, a craft, and fall themed activities. This is a drop-in…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 12:00 PM · Free
JR. Book Club is a reading group for kids at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library in Bethel. Members read the month's book on their own first, then meet for a friendly discussion along with…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 1:00 PM · Free
The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a STEM Club and a Craft Club once a month on Tuesday afternoons. STEM Club starts first, and the craft activity follows in the second hour. Children can…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 3:00 PM · Member: $59.50 / Non-Member: $70.00
This workshop introduces homeschooled students to the fundamentals of welding. Students learn how electricity melts wire and metal to join them permanently, and they get to know the proper tools…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Oct 13 · Free
Children and teens can read out loud to a visiting therapy dog at the Wyomissing Public Library. Pick a spot in the library, choose a book, and settle in next to a furry friend. Petting the dog…
Run by Wyomissing Public Library · Wyomissing
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 5:30 PM · $190 ($180 members)
Students combine different artistic processes and media to build up more complex works of art. Classes focus on the principles of design and on experimenting with a range of drawing and painting…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a story time with a special guest. Miss Amber leads the session, and park rangers from French Creek State Park join in. It is planned as a fun, interactive story time for…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 10:30 AM · Free
Wernersville Public Library hosts a Wednesday morning storytime for children. Together we listen to "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves" by Julia Rawlinson, with pictures by Tiphanie Beeke. After the…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 4:00 PM · Free
LEGO Club meets at the Kutztown Community Library on the first Wednesday of each month. Each session brings a new building challenge, so kids can try out ideas with LEGO bricks and see what they come…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 4:00 PM · $115 per semester, or 4 payments of $28.75
Tiny Tots is an introduction to dance for the youngest movers. Children sing, dance, and explore movement using music, rhythm, toys, and fun props, building coordination, confidence, and classroom…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 10:00 AM
Homeschool families spend a morning at the Reading Public Museum looking at how manufacturing shaped Pennsylvania. Museum educators lead special tours and hands-on projects that the whole family can…
Run by Reading Public Museum · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 7:00 PM · $75 ($65 members)
Kids work with clay in this Halloween-themed ceramics class, making playful projects that are not too spooky. Students hand-build things like jack-o'-lanterns, friendly monsters, witch hats and other…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Fri, Oct 9 · Member $0.00, Non-Member $20.00 · Register by Oct 2
Kids Night Out gives children ages 5 to 12 an evening of fun at the Y while parents get the night to themselves. Kids spend the time with games, crafts, snacks, movies and inflatables. The program is…
Run by Reading YMCA · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 9:30 AM · Free
Fairy Tale Friends is a story hour for young children at Schuylkill Valley Community Library in Leesport. Each session brings together nursery rhymes, puppets, songs and more, with a librarian…
Run by Schuylkill Valley Community Library · Leesport
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 AM · Free
Lego Club is a drop-in building session for young Lego fans at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library. Kids bring their ideas and build alongside others who enjoy the same thing, with bricks to work…
Run by West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills Library · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Children and a grown-up work side by side to build a whimsical witch's hat luminary out of clay. Karen Adam teaches basic handbuilding techniques, then you add decorative cutouts and textures so the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 AM · Free
Trixie, a friendly Old English Sheepdog, comes to the Sinking Spring Public Library to listen to stories and meet new people. Children and readers of any age can sit down with her and read aloud for…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Starts Sat, Oct 10, 10:30 AM · Free
Pokemon Club brings fans together at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library. The group meets once a month on Saturday mornings to make crafts, take part in activities, trade cards, and learn how to…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $55.00
Make your own glass pumpkin in the Hot Glass Studio at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza, the center's fall event in Reading. You work at the furnace with help from the hot glass artists, shaping…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 11, 2:30 PM · Free
Readers of any age can practice out loud with a trained therapy dog at the Bernville Area Community Library. Boone and Tater Tot are part of the Berks Tales for Tails program, and they make good…
Run by Bernville Area Community Library · Bernville
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library takes story time on the road to Keystone Villa at Douglassville. Miss Amber reads with the group, and residents of Keystone Villa join in, so children get a story hour and a visit…
Run by Boone Area Library · Douglassville
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 1:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
This single session workshop introduces charcoal to homeschooled students. Students learn the fundamentals of drawing with charcoal, work on a variety of types of paper, and experiment with this…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 2:30 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks, kids learn to work with clay, weave clay designs, and decorate a surface. Instructor Paola Mateo leads the class, which is open to all skill levels and is…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Mon, Oct 12, 7:00 PM · $75 ($65 members)
In this seasonal ceramics class, kids hand build cozy clay projects that celebrate autumn. Students make items such as leaves, leaf wreaths, mushrooms, pumpkins and other fall decorations, using…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Tue, Oct 13 to Thu, Oct 15 · Free
Children and other readers can practice reading out loud to Cosmo, a certified therapy dog, who visits the Kutztown Community Library with his owner, Martha Johnson. Cosmo listens while you read, so…
Run by Kutztown Community Library · Kutztown
Starts Tue, Oct 13, 4:30 PM · Free
Jennifer Ott, author of Cnute the Talking Skull, comes to the Wernersville Public Library for a special event for young readers. Cnute the Talking Skull is the first book in a four part middle grade…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Tue, Oct 13, 6:00 PM · Free
Read with Rocky is a reading series at Wernersville Public Library. The library puts it simply: put your paws on a good book with Rocky. Sessions take place in the children's section of the library.…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Starts Wed, Oct 14, 10:15 AM · Free
Boone Area Library hosts a story time built around monsters. Children listen to monster books that are meant to be fun rather than frightening, then make a monster craft to take home. This one is for…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro