Whether it’s one night a week or five nights a week; academic, sports, or arty, there’s a perfect after school activity for your family. Check out all the fun organizations that run classes, games, and other programs in your neck of the woods! For more, check out our Business Directory.

Academic & STEAM

Engineering for Kids

Portland Metro

These age-appropriate engineering classes demonstrate that experimentation and failure are part of the goal. Kids learn science and math on the way to completing super fun projects.

Mad Science

Portland Metro

Start up a Mad Science class at your school for an hour of getting kids excited about science, technology, engineering, and math.

Saturday Academy

Portland Metro

High quality SA2U in-school programs run the gamut of STEAM subjects like programming, electronic music, game design, and more.

Scuola Italiana di Portland

NW and SW Portland

La vita è come fotografia, se sorridi, viene meglio. Life is like a picture; if you smile, it’s better. Smile through these after school programs at Catlin Gabel and at Friendly House in NW Portland, where beginning and intermediate students (ages 7-12) learn practical applications for new Italian language skills.

General Fun

College Nannies+Tutors+Sitters

Portland Metro

Your kids can chill out at home and do their homework, or the nannies can help you juggle your busy schedule by making sure the kids get to the right place at the right time.

Hillsboro Parks and Recreation

Hillsboro

Hillsboro’s Parks and Recreation department partners with the local school district to create enriching after school programs that currently serve over 4,000 students!

Kumon of Lake Grove and Lake Oswego

West Side

Help your child get a strong start this year. Kumon offers individualized learning programs in math and reading/writing up to advanced high school level work while students work at their own pace. Students attend sessions at the center twice each week and work with parents at home five days a week. Students begin with foundational skills and then gradually work ahead of grade level. Parents are a key part of the Kumon Method and Susan and Debbie are both happy to coach parents on working with their children at home. Enrollment is rolling and is open to preschool to high school age students. Kumon is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and is now serving students in more than 50 countries. Both locations are open afternoons Monday through Thursday.
Kumon Math & Reading Centers
Locations: Lake Grove 16063 Boones Ferry Road & Lake Oswego 333 S. State Street Suite C
Phone: 503-635-2647 (Lake Grove) & 503-684-6168 (Lake Oswego)
Email: debrasiegel@ikumon.com (Lake Grove) & susanbradley@ikumon.com (Lake Oswego)

Merry Kitchen

NE Portland

Warm up for fall with cozy German specialties, French delicacies, Greek cuisine, and Spanish tapas. Cooking classes for ages 6-12 are sure to please the palate.

Portland Early Learning Project

Portland Metro

“¡Hola amigos!” You may have heard some of their students trying out familiar phrases: “¡Yo quiero la pelota azul!” “¡Me gusta el helado!” These are just a few examples of what your children will learn when taking classes offered by Portland Early Learning Project (PELP). Their one-of-a-kind, interactive classes are chock full of movement, songs, and games in a supportive, Spanish-speaking environment.

PELP’s mission is to empower children and families to use language to develop relationships that enrich their personal lives and to inspire positive change in the world.

PELP offers an array of afterschool programs designed to be educational, inspiring, and FUN! You can find them throughout the community offering free Spanish Story & Play Times at local bookstores, libraries, and play cafés. So feel free to stop by to say hello and join in sometime!

Portland Jewish Academy

SW Portland

Swim lessons, sports, dance, gymnastics, rock climbing—there’s a whole lot to do at Mittleman Jewish Community Center, and it’s all air conditioned.

Portland Parks and Recreation

Portland Metro

If your little one goes to school in the Portland Parks and Rec district, there’s almost certainly an affordable after school program nearby.

Music and the Arts

Bennett Suzuki

Southwest Portland

Suzuki method famously starts kids at the violin as young as two years old, but it’s never too late to start on this beautiful instrument. With Bennett Suzuki, you’ll have your choice of group lessons, private lessons, sibling lessons, or even parent/child.

Creative Roots

NW Portland

The creative, emotional, and social needs of your kids are nurtured at Creative Roots, an art-based environment for kids to relax and explore. Art instruction includes sculpture, textile and fiber art, puppetry, and fine art.

Keys to Life Music

NE Portland & West Side

Keys to Life offers private and group instruction for music, naturally. But they also seek out opportunities to make your kids of all ages well-rounded people and performers, with formal and not-so-formal recitals.

Mr. David’s School of Film

NE Portland

Mr. David’s dual background in elementary education and filmmaking/theater make the perfect combination to guide your kids through making onscreen magic. Find “hands-on and kid-centered” stop-motion animation, photography, acting, and plain old movie-making.

Northwest Children’s Theater

Portland Metro

You may have seen a play staged by NWCT, but has your little Meryl Streep taken an acting class? No auditions necessary. Just check the website to see if there’re Drama School classes available at your school.

Oregon Children’s Theater

SW Portland and NE Portland

When you’re picking up your tickets for Ella Enchanted, check out the after-school offerings from this stalwart local children’s theater.

Portland Creative Performing Arts

Portland Metro

Portland Creative Performing Arts hosts an array of music teachers who specialize in voice, piano, guitar, bass, saxophone, flute, piano, and more.

School of Rock

SE Portland

School of Rock is a performance based music education program where students learn by combining one-on-one lessons with group band practices. We teach guitar, bass, drums, vocals, and keys for ages 6 and up, adults, too!

By learning rock’s most iconic songs we inspire students and develop a strong musical proficiency with technique and theory. Every few months, our students take the stage to rock out at local music venues in front of a live audience!

Visit the website to learn more and schedule a FREE trial lesson! Mention this ad or coupon code NWKIDSFALL18 for $50 off your first month of Rock 101, Performance Program, or Adult Program.

503-231-2945

Fit & Physical

Naydenov Gymnastics

Vancouver

Kids love the zipline that heads into foam pit. Parents love the trained instructors and the friendly customer service.

North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District

Clackamas County

Find a plethora of activities like dance and movement, swim, horseback riding, and team sports throughout the North Clackamas service area.

Play. Fit. Fun.

West Side

Play.Fit.Fun’s Kids Action Class after school program is like Field Day crashed into PE, then bumped into team building!  It’s all about PLAY, getting active, and engaging other kids.  Kids of all interests and abilities love it.  We currently operate in 22 schools predominantly in the Beaverton & Hillsboro School Districts.  See playfitfun.com for more info & a list of schools  If we are not at your school, contact us to see how we can begin our fun kids action class this school year.

Portland Rock Gym

NE Portland

Elementary schoolers learn top-roping and bouldering, while teens get the chance to try out belay skills.

Soccer Shots

Portland Metro

Ready, aim, kick! Little ones from 2-8 can take classes if there’s a program at their school, or otherwise at one of the many public classes offered in parks around town.

The Circus Project

NW Portland

The Circus Project offers aerial and circus classes for all ages, from age 2 all the way through childhood and beyond. Learn to juggle, tumble, dance and fly!

With a low student-to-teacher ratio, individual attention allows students to progress at their own pace in a supportive and creative group environment. As students advance, we offer specialty classes such as Handbalancing or Duo Aerial, as well as a Youth Training Company for the dedicated student. Every term will culminate with a public showing in class, and there may be additional performance opportunities throughout the year!

In addition to our weekly classes, we can also set you up with private lessons and birthday parties.

Visit thecircusproject.org to learn more.

The Circus Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to using the circus arts as a catalyst for personal and collective transformation.

Westside Academy

Tigard

Dance and gymnastics at either recreational or “accelerated” leves include choices from acrobatics, hip hop, ballet, or tumbling, with a little musical theater for the bigger kids.

Yoga Playgrounds

Portland Metro

Yoga Playgrounds offers age-appropriate classes at area preschools as well as more traditional yoga for kindergarteners, elementary, and middle schoolers.