9 places and programs for kids in and around Elmhurst, Queens (4 free): playgrounds, sports, play spaces. Includes Elmhurst Library and Champions Martial Arts Elmhurst.
Little ones and school-age kids in Elmhurst can browse the picture-book and early-reader shelves at Elmhurst Library, borrow games and use the computers after school. Recurring kids' programs lately have included Mother Goose Time infants, PreK & Kindergarten Storytime, Wacky Adventures STEAM for school-age and Tween Time.
Elmhurst branch of Champions Martial Arts on Broadway. Little ones join the Little Tigers class, school-age kids and teens train in taekwondo, and the school runs an after-school program, summer camp and a competition team.
Queens Boulevard branch of United Xtreme Martial Arts, a taekwondo school with Little Tigers classes for toddlers (2-4) and children's classes for ages 5-12, plus teen training. Students can compete in sanctioned tournaments and families can book birthday parties.
A Queens dance studio led by film choreographer Gobind Rai that runs dance courses for children focused on rhythm, movement and self-confidence. Students can also explore traditional Nepali cultural and folk dance and semi-classical styles.
Frank D. O'Connor Playground gives Elmhurst families a free spot to play, with structures sized for young children. Transfer platforms and ground-level play pieces give kids with limited mobility ways to get onto and around the equipment. On hot summer days the spray showers switch on, and kids run through the water to cool off.
Kids build math and reading skills through short, leveled worksheet assignments done a little each day, coming into the center a couple of times a week for instructor check-ins. Students move ahead as soon as they master each level, so advanced kids can work well beyond their grade.
Newtown Playground offers a dedicated children's area in Elmhurst, where kids can climb and play on structures made for them. Transfer platforms and ground-level play pieces give kids with limited mobility ways to get onto and around the equipment. In warm weather the spray showers turn a playground visit into an easy water-play outing.
A two-level play space in Elmhurst with a little-kid zone of small slides and ride-on toys, plus a Lego wall, trampoline and ball pit for bigger kids.
Set at Whitney Ave and 43rd Ave between Judge St and Ketcham St, Veterans Grove Playground is a neighborhood spot where children climb, explore and play with friends. A spray shower makes it a go-to summer stop when children need to splash and cool down.
LittleGotham lists 9 places and programs for kids in Elmhurst, Queens. The largest groups are 3 playgrounds, 2 sports programs, 1 play space.
Yes. 4 of 9 are free to attend, including Elmhurst Library, Frank D. O'Connor Playground, Newtown Playground.
6 listings are indoors, such as Elmhurst Library, Champions Martial Arts Elmhurst, United Xtreme Martial Arts Elmhurst.