things to do with kids in new england

WEEK OF MAY 18 - MAY 24, 2026

From Forest Garden (ages 4-7) at Classes - Community Art Garden - Chester, VT to 250 Anniversary Ice Cream Social at Moore Free Library and Sing & Dance With Robin at Brooks Memorial Library.

MONDAY - 5/18

Classes - Community Art Garden - Chester, VT, Chester — ART play! ages 2+ at 10:00am ♡ art invitations

Marlboro Community Center (Events), Marlboro — Strong Bones at 10:00am ♡ get strong

Policies – Dover Free Library, Dover — TBA at - name: 🐥Chick Hatching Day! 🐥 ♡ chick hatching day

TUESDAY - 5/19

Archives: Events - Discover Guilford, Guilford — Storytime at the Library at 2:00pm ♡ storytime library

Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro — Art & Exploration at the Library – Creating Cyanotype Art at 1:30pm ♡ explore art

New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA), Brattleboro — TBA at - name: Sample Aerial Class ♡ free aerial class

New England Youth Theatre (NEYT), Brattleboro — Beginning Sewing (Spring) at 4:00pm, 6:00pm ♡ learn sewing

Putney Public Library, Putney — Read with a Dog – It’s Virgil’s Birthday!! at 3:30pm ♡ read with dog

WEDNESDAY - 5/20

Archives: Events - Discover Guilford, Guilford — Youth Book Club at 4:00pm ♡ youth book club

Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro — Rhyme Time at 10:30am ♡ rhyme time

Classes - Community Art Garden - Chester, VT, Chester

3:00pm — Afterschool Art / Open Studio -- April 14 & 28 ♡ after school fun
6:00pm — Yurtain Workshop! ♡ create with us

THURSDAY - 5/21

Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro — Sing & Dance With Robin at 10:30am ♡ sing dance

FRIDAY - 5/22

Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (BEEC), Brattleboro — Little Explorers Nature Playgroup at 10:00am ♡ explore nature

Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro

3:30pm — Open Play Friday ♡ open play
6:30pm — Teen Movie Night! – MOONRISE KINGDOM ♡ teen movie

Classes - Community Art Garden - Chester, VT, Chester

10:00am — Little Herbalists (ages 4-8) ♡ explore nature
4:00pm — Wildflower Atelier - ages 11-18 ♡ create style
9:30am — Forest Garden (ages 4-7) ♡ explore nature

Grafton Nature Museum, Grafton — TBA at - name: June Mighty Acorns Preschool Programs & Playgroups ♡ preschool programs

Moore Free Library, Newfane — MFL Friends Book Sale at 9:00am ♡ book sale

New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA), Brattleboro — TBA at - name: Flying Trapeze Recital ♡ student recital

Policies – Dover Free Library, Dover — Library Explorers Club at 10:00am ♡ explore club

Springfield Family Center, Inc., Springfield — Fourth Fridays! at 5:00pm ♡ join us

SATURDAY - 5/23

Bellows Falls Historical Society, Bellows Falls

11:00am - 3:00pm — Adams Grist Mill Museum Opening ♡ visit the mill
11:00am - 3:00pm — Adams Grist Mill Museum ♡ visit the mill

Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center (BEEC), Brattleboro

10:00am — Hike and Seek: Paddle Safari at the Retreat Meadows ♡ paddle safari
10:00am — Hike and Seek: Bedrock, Blooms & Berries at Little Black Mountain ♡ blooms berries

Experiences for Families & Kids at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore — Drop-in Art Making: Community Garden at 10:00am, 1:00pm ♡ join in

Grafton Nature Museum, Grafton

- name: Hand Printing Leaves — TBA ♡ hand printing leaves
- name: Summer Bioblitz — TBA ♡ summer bioblitz

Moore Free Library, Newfane — 250 Anniversary Ice Cream Social at 2:00pm ♡ ice cream social

New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA), Brattleboro — TBA at - name: CircusNEXT: Hit the Road, Troupe! ♡ youth performance

Putney Public Library, Putney — Music & Movement at 9:30am ♡ music movement

SUNDAY - 5/24

Grafton Nature Museum, Grafton — TBA at - name: Creative Connections ♡ creative connections

New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA), Brattleboro

- name: Beta Night: Show Me Something Good — TBA ♡ live performance
- name: Youth Program Recital — TBA ♡ student recital

← Back to past events