Things to do with kids in Charlotte, NC

• Reading & Literacy (83)
• Movement Classes (59)
• STEM Workshops (48)
• Team Sports (43)
• Water Play (33)
• Science Exploration (26)
• Crafts (24)
• Digital Creation (17)

• Babies & toddlers (0–2)
• Preschool (3–4)
• Ages 5–6
• Ages 7–9
• Tweens (10–12)
• Teens (13–18)

• Saturday Morning Freedom Park Family Nature Walk

  Sat, Aug 1 · 9:00 AM · Weekly on specific days · Freedom Park Charlotte

  • Free
  • Ages 2–12
• Discovery Place Science Open Exploration

  Sat, Aug 1 · 9:30 AM · Weekly on specific days · Discovery Place Science

  • $$
• Academy Rec Center Family Open Gym Basketball

  Sat, Aug 1 · 10:00 AM · Weekly on specific days · Academy Recreation Center Concord

  • Free
  • Ages 4–14
• Stanly County Library Summer Reading Celebration

  Sat, Aug 1 · 10:00 AM · Weekly on specific days · Stanly County Public Library – Albemarle Main Branch

  • Free
  • Ages 1–12

• Building Buddies Summer Interactive Exhibit

  Sat, Aug 1 · 10:00 AM · Weekly on specific days · ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center

  • Free
  • Ages 2–8
• Hampton B. Allen Library Children's Craft Workshop

  Mon, Aug 3 · 2:00 PM · Weekly on specific days · Hampton B. Allen Library (Sandhill Regional Library System – Anson County)

  • Free
  • Ages 4–10
• Belmont Branch Toddler Rhyme & Music Time

  Tue, Aug 4 · 10:00 AM · Weekly on specific days · Gaston County Public Library – Belmont Branch

  • Free
  • Ages 1–4
• Troutman Library Storytime & Craft Hour

  Tue, Aug 4 · 10:30 AM · Weekly on specific days · J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Branch Library (Iredell County Public Library)

  • Free
  • Ages 1–5

• Eastway Indoor Aquatic Park Family Swim

  Mon, Aug 3 · 12:00 PM · Eastway Regional Recreation Center

  • $
• Storybook Village Creative Dramatic Play

  Tue, Aug 4 · 10:00 AM · Main Street Children's Museum

  • $
  • Ages 1–6
• Charlotte Knights Minor League Baseball & Kids Run Bases

  Tue, Aug 4 · 6:35 PM · Truist Field - Charlotte Knights Baseball

  • $$
• Monroe Science Lab: Roller Coaster Physics

  Fri, Aug 7 · 1:30 PM · Monroe Science Center

  • $
  • Ages 6–12

• Sea Life Aquarium Shark & Stingray Feeding Tour

  Sat, Aug 1 · 11:00 AM · Weekly on specific days · Sea Life Charlotte-Concord Aquarium

  • $$
  • Ages 3–14
• Schiele Museum Planetarium Star Show & Astronomy

  Sun, Aug 2 · 2:00 PM · Weekly on specific days · Schiele Museum of Natural History

  • $
  • Ages 4–14
• Cane Creek Park Family Fishing Clinic

  Sat, Aug 8 · 8:30 AM · Weekly on specific days · Cane Creek Park Union County

  • $
  • Ages 5–14
• Freedom Park Duck Pond Feeding & Pond Ecology

  Sat, Aug 8 · 10:00 AM · Weekly on specific days · Freedom Park Charlotte

  • Free
  • Ages 2–8

• Discovery Place Science

  Museum · 7 classes & events

• Eastway Regional Recreation Center

  Rec Center · 7 classes & events

• Gaston County Public Library – Belmont Branch

  Library · 7 classes & events

• Northern Regional Recreation Center

  Rec Center · 7 classes & events

• The Schiele Museum of Natural History

  Museum · 7 classes & events

• South County Regional Library

  Library · 6 classes & events

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