Bring your little ones for a "fin"tastic story time complete with a craft/experiment and a light snack before heading to the pool for Little Splashers swim time!
Academic Summer Camp at Fit Learning St. Louis in Creve Coeur gives your child the accelerated boost they need to start the fall confident and prepared. Our credentialed 1:1 learning coaches use a fast-paced, game-like approach -- complete with points, prizes, and encouragement -- to make learning fun and highly effective (with no homework!). Fit offers high-impact tutoring programs for reading, math, writing, spelling, logic, kindergarten readiness, and homeschool support. As the only precision teaching lab in St. Louis, Fit combines behavioral science, direct instruction, and curriculum-based measurement to produce transformational results. Students gain an average of 1–2 grade levels in just 40 hours while building confidence, working memory, executive functioning, and critical thinking skills.
J Day Camps offer an unforgettable summer experience for campers ages 3 to grade 7, where curiosity, confidence, and joyful exploration come to life. Rooted in the warm values and traditions of our Jewish community, our camps create simple, meaningful moments—like celebrating Shabbat or highlighting kindness—that feel natural and welcoming to families of every background and belief. Located in Chesterfield and Creve Coeur, J Day Camps offer sports, arts, swimming, theatre and more!
Everyone is welcome at the Dive-In Movie at the Lodge of Des Peres. Enjoy a family movie while you float in one of the tubes or just play in the water in the indoor pool.
Take a spin on the St. Louis Carousel in Faust Park to celebrate Cardinals Opening Day. Rides are $1.
Try a junior tennis camp when school's out on President's Day at Forest Lake Tennis and Swim Club in Chesterfield.
Kids and parents will learn the basics of fishing at this fishing clinic sponsored by the Chesterfield Parks & Rec Department. Instructors will teach how to tie on a hook, add a bobber, and proper casting techniques, and each participant will have some time to fish at Central Park.
It's the Not-So-Haunted House that is oh-so-fun, where storybook characters come alive! Kids are invited to dress in their most "boo-tiful" Halloween costumes and have a ghoulishly good time going on a spook-tacular scavenger hunt throughout The Magic House to find trick-or-treat locations and seeing their favorite storybook characters.
Kids can work on existing gym skills, learn new skills or just play around during Open Gym at Miss Kelly's Gym in Creve Coeur.
A St. Louis family favorite – the Children's Garden at the Missouri Botanical Garden – will close for the season October 31 - November 1. Children are invited to have an adventure exploring all the Garden has to offer before the gates close.
Kids are the star of the show during the Central West End's Children's Costume Parade and Party. The parade begins at 11 a.m. followed by trick or treating at neighborhood businesses.
Enjoy some daytime Halloween fun at the World Bird Sanctuary during Owl-O-Ween! See "whooo" will be performing in the spooky shows, go digging in the graveyard of games, participate in a costume contest, craft a spidery web and lots more family-friendly fun.