Brooklearn
A Carroll Gardens play and learning space for kids under 6 with gym mats, a climbing wall, trampoline, foam pit and mini basketball hoop, plus enrichment classes and camps.
15 places and programs for kids in and around Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn (3 free): music, STEM, sports. Includes Kumon Math & Reading Center of Carroll Gardens and Tam Tam Music Together – Carroll Gardens.
A Carroll Gardens play and learning space for kids under 6 with gym mats, a climbing wall, trampoline, foam pit and mini basketball hoop, plus enrichment classes and camps.
Kids complete short, leveled math and reading worksheets each day and visit the center on scheduled days to work under instructor guidance and get graded feedback. Because each child progresses by mastery rather than grade, the program works for young beginners and advanced students alike.
Babies and toddlers join their grown-ups at St. Paul's Church for weekly Music Together sessions full of songs, rhythm instruments and movement games. Siblings can attend the same mixed-age class at a reduced rate.
A music class for babies and toddlers built around speech and language development, with live instruments and songs that encourage early communication.
A ballet school with early childhood classes from 18 months and graded ballet and modern for older kids. The Huntington Street studio is one of three locations.
A Carroll Gardens school offering martial arts classes for preschoolers, kids and teens, including a teen Brazilian jiu-jitsu class. Children learn taekwondo-style kicks, sparring and forms while building focus and confidence.
Kids work in a real makerspace outfitted with 3D printers, laser cutters and electronics benches, taking on projects in robotics, coding, circuitry and design. Weekly classes build skills progressively, with small groups of six to eight per instructor.
Soccer club running classes and teams at many Brooklyn parks, from Carroll Park to Bed-Stuy and Williamsburg.
A bright two-story Carroll Gardens studio founded in 2017 where kids from kindergarten through high school paint, draw, illustrate, sculpt in clay and try stop-motion. Lessons weave in art history, and teens can get portfolio help.
A small family-owned magic shop and parlor theater where kids can watch magic shows, take magic classes, and join magic day camps in summer. It also hosts birthday parties and potions-and-spells classes.
Carroll Park Playground gives Carroll Gardens families a free spot to play, with structures sized for young children. It is one of the city's accessible playgrounds, with universally accessible swings in the mix. Summer brings the spray showers, so pack a towel and a change of clothes.
A Carroll Gardens studio teaching piano, guitar, drums, voice, bass, ukulele and violin, plus music production and songwriting for older kids.
Smith Street Stage performs free Shakespeare in Carroll Park each summer, now in its eleventh season, aiming the shows at audiences of all ages. Families bring blankets and watch classic plays in a neighborhood park.
A Spanish-infused early childhood music program where babies and preschoolers sing, dance and play instruments with their caregivers.
Set in Carroll Gardens, St. Mary's Park Playground is a neighborhood spot where children climb, explore and play with friends. In warm weather the spray showers turn a playground visit into an easy water-play outing.
LittleGotham lists 15 places and programs for kids in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. The largest groups are 4 music programs, 2 STEM programs, 2 sports programs.
Yes. 3 of 15 are free to attend, including Carroll Park Playground, Shakespeare in Carroll Park, St. Mary's Park Playground.
11 listings are indoors, such as Kumon Math & Reading Center of Carroll Gardens, Tam Tam Music Together – Carroll Gardens, Baby Bandstand at Brooklearn.