{"id":503,"date":"2021-10-12T16:24:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T16:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/?page_id=503"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T18:14:39","slug":"learning-opportunities-boston-community-fun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/learning-opportunities-boston-community-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning &amp; Boston community fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"workshops-for-parents\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshops for parents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.mit.edu\/worklife\/seminars\/Parenting\">WorkLife &amp; WellBeing<\/a> webinar series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hear from knowledgeable speakers addressing<strong> <\/strong>topics relevant to parents on everything from childcare to raising digital natives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"workshops-for-kids\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshops for kids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MIT enrichment classes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tim&#8217;s Kitchen kids cooking classes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finditcambridge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Afterschool programs and summer camps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"boston-community-fun\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Boston community fun<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boston houses some of the top arts &amp; culture institutions in the country. The Boston Aquarium, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Science Museum &amp; Planetarium, Children\u2019s Museum, and various theater offerings are all great places to inspire your children\u2019s curious and creative minds. Be sure to check out all that Boston and the surrounding communities have to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"mitac-mit-activities-committee\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">MITAC &#8211; MIT Activities Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mitac.mit.edu\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mitac.universitytickets.com\/w\/sitepages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MITAC<\/a> offers you access to significant discounts to Boston\u2019s top arts and culture institutions including all the sites listed above and many more, as well as workshops on topics like herb gardening, birdwatching, and pottery.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"public-spaces-in-town\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public spaces in town&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgema.gov\/cdd\/parks\/parksmap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Local playgrounds<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/swimming-pools-wading-pools-and-spray-decks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Swimming pools, wading pools, and spray decks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public libraries with kids&#8217; programming\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgema.gov\/departments\/cambridgepubliclibrary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambridge Public Libraries<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somervillepubliclibrary.org\/kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Somerville Public Libraries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workshops for parents WorkLife &amp; WellBeing webinar series Hear from knowledgeable speakers addressing topics relevant to parents on everything from childcare to raising digital natives. Workshops for kids Boston community fun Boston houses some of the top arts &amp; culture institutions in the country. The Boston Aquarium, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Science Museum &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-503","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/503\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}