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Palo Alto: What's Your Kid Doing After School?

You may be surprised to learn just how many after school classes are available around Palo Alto. Here, a few to check out.

Believe it: Great after school classes of all kinds are starting up already! The ones spotlighted below can help kids pursue favorite hobbies, prep for their future career, connect socially, and build focus and discipline that translates to today’s classroom. You can find many more options on ActivityHero.com. Check it out!

Art Club at the Studio

Palo Alto | Grades K - 5
Develop your drawing, painting, and sculptural skills and hone your observational skills. A new project every week! Fees include materials & snack.

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Lego Engineering Workshop

Los Altos | Grades K - 2
Who says Physics is boring? Get a (fun!) foundation for Newton’s Laws of Motion by building LEGO® models of caterpillars, dinosaurs, motorized catapults...

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Weekend Overnight Beach Camping

Portola Valley | Ages 7 - 11
Grab your sleeping bag & flashlight -- it’s time to go camping! You’ll go horseback riding, ride bikes, hike, explore tide pools, roast marshmallows...
Sibling discount: $15 off for the 2nd child of the same family. (Expires November 15, 2015.)

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Jumping Joeys

Menlo Park | Parents with kids ages 1½ - 3
Parents: Join your kids for this class. You’ll all get great exercise and have fun together, plus kids will get fitter, stronger, and more focused/attentive.
Free trial!

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Grizzlies Fall Ball

Menlo Park | Grades Pre-K to 8
Ready to learn more about lacrosse? This 8-week program for boys and girls meets Sunday afternoons. (Also a great way to get ready for Spring Teams.)

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Youth Tennis Program

Menlo Park | Ages 6 - 12
Dynamic instructors + kid-size courts + lower-bounding balls + smaller, lighter racquets = kids hitting, playing, and scoring right from the start!
Register for Youth Tennis Program (Level 1 or 2) on both Mondays & Wednesdays and get $15 off per month.

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Python for Kids + Advanced Scratch

Los Altos | Grades 4 - 6
No prior coding experience required -- just a strong desire for learning to code the most fun, easy, and effective way! One-on-one tutorials and small groups.

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Beginning Ukulele

Mountain View | Ages 12 & up
Get ready to strum traditional Hawaiian songs -- and contemporary tunes -- on the ukelele! This class helps kids master basic chords and technique.

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Ragazzi Boys Chorus

Redwood City | Grades 1 - 5
Love to sing? 7-10 years old? Audition for Ragazzi Boys Chorus, a CBS Best Choir of the Peninsula. Practice once a week; sing at recitals and open an SF Giants game!

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