Early Childhood Opportunities

Join our librarians for tea, cookies and a jigsaw puzzle. An hour of fun and conversation on a Thursday afternoon at the Cambridge Main Library.

This is an opportunity to check-out what The Hive is all about and get started exploring and making right away!

Discover a world outdoors with stories read by staff from the Central Square Branch of the Cambridge Public Library.

Book Bike visits 10 parks near you to give away free books and run activities during the summer for Cambridge children of all ages, in conjunction with DHSP's Summer Food program.

Join the Charles River Conservancy and MIT Sea Grant for hands-on activities including microscopes, an engineering challenge, and more!

Come to the Library to create something special!

Wiggle, shake and dance with your children! For Kids 0-5 and their caregivers. No registration is required

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 15-20 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes. 

No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4019 for details.

Join us outdoors in the O'Connell Reading Garden to explore and learn with bubbles!

The Juice and Jelly Funtime Band plays original music written for children and their families.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for a special evening story time event.

Have you ever wanted to know more about the little insect critters that live in our local ecosystems?

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 15-20 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes. 

No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4019 for details.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.

No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for details.

Join us for our regular Twilight Storytime- but this time, wear your pajamas and bring a stuffed animal friend!

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for stories and a simple painting activity.

Come join us at the Boudreau branch for a chess challenge.

Join us for 25 minutes of singing and dancing in the sun!

Join us outside for 25 minute of songs and stories as you wind down your day.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 20-25 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes.

No registration is required. Please call (617) 349-4019 for details.

We invite children and their grown-ups to join us for 15-20 minutes of songs, stories, and rhymes. 

No registration is required. Please call 617-349-4019 for details.

Mass Capoeira's performance will uplift the spirit and expose audiences to the magic of Afro-Brazilian art and culture.

Join us for a game of chess at the O'Neill Branch!

Music, movement and stories! Join your librarians for 20 minutes of fun! For children of all ages and their grown-ups.

Wear a silly outfit to the Library and join us for a special evening story time. 

Join Cambridge Arts and the Boudreau Branch of the Cambridge Public Library for a tour of the public art in West/North Cambridge.

Celebrate the end of summer with fun, games, snacks and neighbors old and new!