Educational

A Landmark Summer Experience

A Landmark Summer Experience at Landmark School in Beverly Massachusetts prepare students for success in the fall and beyond.

Boost Skills • Gain Confidence • Get Back On Track

Landmark School empowers students with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities to thrive. Join us for a Landmark Summer Experience!   

Daily one-to-one tutorials, guidance from highly trained teachers, and customized programs help students thrive. Small classes provide opportunities to test out new skills and be truly engaged in learning without pressure or judgment. All of our students have a similar learning profile so your student will never get lost or overlooked.

Location: 
Landmark School Summer Program
Kids
Tweens
Teens
Beverly
Life Skills
Educational
Education
School
Creative Development
Math
Academic
Activities

Minecraft Construction and Video Game Design

Northshore Community College for Kids Summer Programs

Check out North Shore Community College Youth Programs this summer. Be sure to register early for the very popular Minecraft and Video Gaming classes.

In the Minecraft class, kids will explore using red stone to build simple machines and build a house based on real architectural styles. Explore digital logic by learning to design and build complex mechanisms, traps, and combination locks.

Kids will start creating their own video game in the Video Gaming class! Plus, learn what career paths you can pursue that include video game play and design.

Location: 
North Shore Community College
Danvers
Technology
Computer
Video
Educational
Minecraft

Friends, Fun & Summer Sun - YMCA of the North Shore Summer Camps

Summer Camp YMCA of the North Shore Summer Camp

Day camp for all ages. The North Shore YMCA Summer Camps offer children positive developmental experiences that build confidence through skill-building activities suited to their age.

Campers are able to explore creativity, teamwork and leadership in a wide range of physically active programs that influence lifelong healthy living. Whatever interest your child has, there is a Y camp for them. Led by caring, highly trained staff, you can rest assure that your child is in a safe, nurturing environment. Learn skills, achieve, develop character, stay active and have fun!

Sports
Adventure
Art
Science
Leadership
Crafts
Swimming
Gymnastics
Archery
Athletic
Educational
Acting

Cape Ann Museum Summer Vacation

Cape Ann Museum Summer Program

Discover the awesome architecture and design all around you on Cape Ann. Explore Cape Ann Museum’s summer exhibit 
Design/Build: The Drawings of Phillips & Holloran, Architects and visit local historic houses. Kid’s will have fun drawing plans, painting a skyline and creating toys.

Register by calling (978)283-0455 x16 or email lizabrowning@capeann.museum.org.

$40 CAM Members / $50 nonmembers. (Bring a friend and receive $10 off!)

Location: 
Cape Ann Museum
Kids
Tweens
Gloucester
Educational

Summer Program at Glen Urquhart School

Glen Urquhart School Summer Program in Beverly MA

Join us for a special summer program at GUS! Our long-standing tradition of combining educational, hands-on workshops with easygoing summertime fun for children ages 4 to 14 continues. Our camp atmosphere is noncompetitive, creative, inquisitive, playful, and relaxed. We welcome children from schools all over the North Shore and beyond.

New this Year! Two new workshops for middle school students, “The Art of Leadership” and “The Art and Craft of Songwriting,” taught by Head of Glen Urquhart School Dave Provost. An all new program for children ages 4 to 5 taught by Joy Sullivan. A new afternoon option “campus kids” for children ages 4 to 8 and many new specialty workshops for all ages.

Location: 
Glen Urquhart School
Beverly
Traditional
Educational

Eastern Point Day School Summer Adventures

Activities and Things to do for children in Gloucester MA

Eastern Point Day School offers two great options for children this summer.

Summer Adventures Bookmaking Program is offered to children entering 1st – 6th Grade.  This popular North Shore program is offered in one week, all day session, to aspiring authors who write and publish their own stories and books culminating with “coffee house” readings to families and friends on Friday afternoon.

Location: 
Eastern Point Day School
Theater
Crafts
Educational
Scien
A Landmark Summer Experience at Landmark School in Beverly Massachusetts prepare students for success in the fall and beyond.

April Vacation Week at Ipswich Library
sapring Vacation Activities at Ipswich Public Library in Massachusetts
Come to Ipswich Public Library during April Vacation week for family fun. We'll have 4 days of family activities from Tuesday - Friday! Schedule as follows:
Where: Ipswich Public Library
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
♦ Read More →

Ocean's Weirdest at Maritime Gloucester
Learn about some of the strangest ocean creatures during April Vacation at Maritime Gloucester, Massachusetts!
Maritime Gloucester invites kids ages 5-10 to a vacation week session about some of the stranger creatures found in the ocean - part of a week full of educational sessions during April vacation! Although only 5% of oour ocean has been explored, some of what has been discovered has proven to be...
Where: Maritime Gloucester
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
♦ Read More →

CraneExplorer: Navigate the Estate
Come to the Crane Estate in Ipswich Massachusetts with the Trustees for a scavenger hunt that doubles as an orienteering workshop.
Join this Castle Hill education program and scavenger hunt to learn compass, map reading, and orienteering skills, and use these skills to solve challenges around the Castle Hill trails and grounds. Learn about the habitats, history, and culture of the estate while collecting clues to solve our...
Where: Castle Hill on the Crane Estate
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
♦ Read More →

Swan Boat Rides in Boston Public Garden
Swan Boat Boston North Shore Parent, North Shore Parents Summer Activities Guide
The Public Garden may be one of the most ideal picnicking locations in Boston. Well-groomed and overflowing with tulips, cherry-trees, with willows cascading over the duck pond, the Boston Public Garden is a great place to relax during Boston's most beautiful season.
Where: Boston Common and Boston Public Garden
10:00 am to 3:59 pm
♦ Read More →

Curious Creatures at NSCM
Curious Creatures live animal presentation at the North Shore Children's Museum in Peabody Massachusetts
North Shore Children's Museum hosts Curious Creatures, New England's original ​interactive and educational ​live animal program.
Where: North Shore Children's Museum
10:00 am to 10:50 am
♦ Read More →

April Vacation at CAM | Celebrate Spring
Cape Ann Museum has some great April Vacation programs for school aged kids! Photo: Still life by Harold Rotneberg
Celebrate the return of spring with a visit to the Cape Ann Museum during April School Vacation Week! The Museum will be free for school-age children, 18 and under, and their guardians from Tuesday, April 16 – Friday, April 19. Explore the galleries with a scavenger hunt and family-friendly...
Where: Cape Ann Museum
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
♦ Read More →

STEM Building at IPL
STEM Building at Ipswich Public Library in Massachusetts
Drop in to build with blocks, KINEX, marble race courses and other building materials (some retro).  No registration required.  
Where: Ipswich Public Library
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
♦ Read More →

Barnyard Story Hour at Appleton Farms
Kids can meet the barnyard animals and hear a story at Appleton Farms in Ipswich Massachusetts.
Barnyard stories really come alive when you get to see the main characters in real life! Bring the kids down to Appleton Farms for our farm-fresh version of story time. Explore the farmstead, visit our learning garden, see our cows and rabbits, and find a spot to play under a shady tree in our...
Where: Appleton Farms
10:30 am to 11:30 am
♦ Read More →

Slime Program at NTL
Slime Program for kids at Newbury Town Library in Massachusetts
Newbury Town Library hosts a slime making workshop! It's time for some slime! Come and make your own non-toxic slime.  All materials provided. Caregivers should plan to stay and help. Greeat for kids ages 4-12.
Where: Newbury Town Library
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
♦ Read More →

Craft Corner at NPL
Kids are invited to come to NPL for an April Vacation craft session at the Newburyport Library in Massachusetts
Join Miss Isa and make a simple craft. This program is open to kids of all ages and abilities. Drop in any time between 3:00 and 4:30 p.m.
Where: Newburyport Public Library
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
♦ Read More →

Read to Keeva at HW Library
Read to Keeva a certified therapy dog at the Hamilton Wenham Public Library in Massachusetts
Read to Keeva the Therapy Dog! Keeva and her trainer, Ms. Fleming, visit the library to help children practice reading! Therapy dogs provide a calm and non-judgemental environment that's perfect for practicing read-aloud skills. Open to children in Grades K - 3. Registration is required. Reading...
Where: Hamilton-Wenham Public Library
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
♦ Read More →

Snakes of New England at TOHP Library
Albino Milk Snake being held by a child at Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team demonstration
Come to a Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team presentation on snakes, exotic and local, at the TOHP Burnham Public Library.
Where: TOHP Burnham Public Library
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
♦ Read More →

Wednesday, April 17

Swan Boat Rides in Boston Public Garden
Swan Boat Boston North Shore Parent, North Shore Parents Summer Activities Guide
The Public Garden may be one of the most ideal picnicking locations in Boston. Well-groomed and overflowing with tulips, cherry-trees, with willows cascading over the duck pond, the Boston Public Garden is a great place to relax during Boston's most beautiful season.
Where: Boston Common and Boston Public Garden
10:00 am to 3:59 pm
♦ Read More →

We Walk the Woods!
Walk the trails in a group at Harold Parker State Forest Every Wednesday at 10am
Walk the trails with a group at Harold Parker State Forest every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. – Meeting location varies weekly. Email trek.reef@mass.gov for location.
Where: Harold Parker State Forest
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
♦ Read More →

April Vacation at CAM | Celebrate Spring
Cape Ann Museum has some great April Vacation programs for school aged kids! Photo: Still life by Harold Rotneberg
Celebrate the return of spring with a visit to the Cape Ann Museum during April School Vacation Week! The Museum will be free for school-age children, 18 and under, and their guardians from Tuesday, April 16 – Friday, April 19. Explore the galleries with a scavenger hunt and family-friendly...
Where: Cape Ann Museum
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
♦ Read More →

April Vacation Week at Ipswich Library
sapring Vacation Activities at Ipswich Public Library in Massachusetts
Come to Ipswich Public Library during April Vacation week for family fun. We'll have 4 days of family activities from Tuesday - Friday! Schedule as follows:
Where: Ipswich Public Library
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
♦ Read More →

LEGO-Palooza at North Shore Children's Museum
Kids are invited to a freestyle LEGO buiild session
Come and build Legos with us at NSCM! With TONS of Legos available, come and build your creations. This will be a casual club where all participants can follow whatever direction their engineering intuition takes them, we will not be teaching how to make specific models.
Where: North Shore Children's Museum
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
♦ Read More →

Curious Creatures at Joe's Playland
Joe's Playland in Salisbury Massachusetts hosts a free Curious Creatures presentation during April Vacation!
Joe's Playland hosts Curious Creatures, New England's original ​interactive and educational ​live animal program during April vacation week!
Where: Joe's Playland
12:30 pm
♦ Read More →

Migration at IPL
Come to the Ipswich Public Library in Massachusetts for a free showing of Migration during April Vacation
Ipswich Public Library host a movie during April Vacation! Movie Screening of Migration by Illumination Stuidios in the Collins Room with a great projection and sound system. Popcorn and bottled water provided. One per guest. Rated PG.
Where: Ipswich Public Library
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
♦ Read More →

Chess Club for Teens at Danvers Library
Teens are invited to play chess at the Peabody Institute Public Library in Danvers Massachusetts
Teen chess club! Bring your brain and your sportspersonship, we have the games and the friends! For ages 11-18 only. Registration required. 
Where: Peabody Institute Library - Danvers
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
♦ Read More →

Lego Club at MPL
Children in grades 2 and up are invited to come to the Manchester Massachusetts Library's Lego Club
Drop in from 3:45-4:45 to make your own Lego creation! This program is for kids in grades 2 and up.
Where: Manchester Public Library
3:45 pm to 4:45 pm
♦ Read More →

Teen Candy BINGO: "The Cover Was Green"
Teen Candy BINGO session at the Ipswich Public Library in Massachusetts. Image is AI generated.
Grab a board and your candy markers and get ready to BINGO! If you've never played BINGO, now is the time to learn, with treats and prizes in the mix. The winner each session will have their name entered into a very stylish hat. Once we have hit the end of our program time, Teen Librarian Katy will...
Where: Ipswich Public Library
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
♦ Read More →
Subscribe to Educational