Life with Kids

Life with Kids in Rochester is often reflected by Rochester's description as a "great place to raise kids." Here are a few activities for children to enjoy in Rochester. Rochester's KidsOutAndAbout.com has hundreds, including museums, indoor play centers, Top 20 Places to Take Kids in Rochester, and lots more.

• Arts Roc -Lego League
  

• Bernie's Bouncers a play area available for private parties
  

• Build A Bear is a place where kids can build Teddy Bears.
  

• Challenge Athletics - Gymnastics, Dance and Martial Arts.
  

• Climbing Vines Cafe & Play - Indoor imaginative play and cafe for adults (Victor and Chili)
  

• Clubhouse Fun Center - mini golf, arcade, go karts, birthday parties (Greece and Henrietta)
  

• Dunleavy Irish Dance - Irish dance lessons starting at age 4
  

• Family Fun Yoga is a place where families can do yoga together.
  

• Genesee Center for the Arts and Education Pottery, photography, and papermaking classes are available for kids
  

• GiGi's Playhouse is a play and achievement center for down syndrome kids and family members.
  

• Hipocampo Children's Books - Book store
  

• Horizon Fun FX roller rink has an arcade, climbing wall and other activities. Available for birthday parties.
  

• Mommy & Me Yoga at Molly's Yoga: moms and children can do yoga together.
  

• Irish Dance: "Rince na Sidhe Academy" (Rink na Shee) has Friday night and Saturday morning Irish Dance classes for kids each week.
  

• Once Upon A Tune Music Together - a fun family music and movement program for children birth to age 5 and the adults who love them!
  

• Youth Voice One Vision - program for city youth

• ALOHA Brighton, Rochester - ALOHA Mind Math is an after-school program for children ages 5-12. It uses the Abacus to teach math for children resulting in them overcoming the fear of math and even beating the calculator.
  

• The Fashion Class - The Fashion Class provides sewing and design classes for children (6-13 yrs) and teenagers (13-17 yrs). Students learn to use the sewing machine to create garments for themselves, design fashion, and model it all in our fashion show! visit us at; http://www.thefashionclass.com/our-classes/rochester-classes/

• Darien Lake is a huge park 30 miles west of Rochester (formerly a Six Flags Park)
  

• Roseland Water Park in Canandaigua, roughly 25 miles southeast of Rochester.
  

• Seabreeze is the local amusement park.

• Genesee Country Nature Center - Nature Center with maple syrup events, trails and skiing.
  

• Lollypop Farm has a small petting zoo that's free.
  

• Mendon Ponds Park has a nature trail where kids can feed chickadees. It is also home to Wild Wings, which rescues birds of prey.
  

• Powder Mills Park has a trout hatchery.
  

• Seneca Park Zoo is small and kid-friendly.
  

• Strong Museum has an indoor butterfly conservatory.

• Genesee Country Village & Museum is a recreation of an 19th-century village.
  

• Memorial Art Gallery has children's art activities.
  

• Museum of Kids Art
  

• Rochester Museum & Science Center has weekend and summer programs for kids.
  

• Strong National Museum of Play is a world-class children's museum which includes Sesame Street and a play Wegman's

• Flat Stanley in Rochester
  

• Inflatable Playground Equipment
  

• Kids Out and About is a pretty exhaustive site for fun stuff to do with kids in the Rochester area. (It has several versions for different NYS areas, but started here.)
  

• Parks
  

• Playgrounds
  

• The A.C.T. ~ For the Children Program program provides divorcing or separating parents with info and strategies to help get through the changes caused by a divorce or separation.

• DSW Shoes is a huge store with a large selection of children's shoes, in Marketplace Square in Henrietta.
  

• Toy Stores are always popular with children.