Summer in Athens with Activities for Children

Summer may have entered the city for good, but the children’s need for play and action does not stop!

ACCMR’s Education and Inclusion team has collected summer activities for children, including museum visits, summer camps, creative work and more.

If you do not see your organization in the list below, you can simply upload your activities to the Activities Section of www.accmr.gr and we will share with our network. For more information on this, you can contact Dimitris Koliopoulos, [email protected].

 

Summer activities for children

  • Culture, Sports and Youth Organization of the City of Athens | OPANDA: Summer Educational Programs for Children in Libraries, Green Gardens and Beautiful Courtyards of MuseumsFind in the link above the creative activities organized by OPANDA of the City of Athens in libraries, museums and gardens of Athens during the summer season.The activities are offered free of charge and include artistic, musical, environmental and other interesting topics.
  • Culture, Sports and Youth Organization of the City of Athens | OPANDA: Creative Summer Employment for children at the Creative Learning Centers of Nordau, Agios Pavlos and Kato PetralonaThe summer creative program at the Nordau, Agios Pavlos and Kato Petralona Creative Learning Centers will take place in four periods (four weeks), from Monday to Friday, from 09:30 to 14:30, and will include a theatrical game, visual activities, music-motor education, fairy tale dramatization, educational robotics program, aerobic exercise/sports activities (hula hoop, inflatable balls, yoga, etc.) and board games.The periods in detail:1st period: June 17-21
    2nd period: June 24- 28 (*24/6 holiday)
    3rd period: 01 – 05 July
    4th period: July 8-12

    Maximum number of participants/period:

    Nordau Center for Creative Learning 2 groups of 15 children each
    St. Paul’s Center for Creative Learning| 20 children
    Creative Learning Center of Kato Petralona| 20 children

  • Culture, Sports and Youth Organization of the City of Athens: Summer Camps 2024The goal of Summer Camps is to offer children the opportunity to have fun, but also to shape their character through sportsThey will take place from June 17 to July 26, 2024 and for three periods of two weeks each at the Goudi, Rouf and Gravas Sports Centers, for primary school children (date of birth: 2012-2017), while for the first time a pilot will operate special program for the disabled at the Goudi Sports Center.The days and hours of operation of the camps will be from Monday to Friday, 07:30-16:00 during the following periods:

    First Period: 17/06/2024 to 28/06/2024 (*Duration: 9 days due to the Holy Spirit holiday on 24/6/2024)
    Second Period: 01/07/2024 to 12/07/2024 (Duration: 10 days)
    Third Period: 15/07/2024 to 26/07/2024 (Duration: 10 days)

  • Hellenic Red Cross: Summer Activities for ChildrenFrom Monday July 1st to Friday July 26th, the HRC Multifunctional Refugee Center will hold morning activities for children aged 7 to 12 years.The program includes sport activities, artistic activities, trips to museums, etc.
  • Network for Children’s Rights: Culture Workshop-Creative Groups Program for Summer 2024The program of activities is implemented daily in the Culture Workshop with creative groups, as well as learning native and foreign languages.The activities of the creative groups will take place during the entirety of July.
  • One Child One World: Summer City Camp 2024For the 10th consecutive year, elementary school students will be at the organization’s premises for the organization’s summer program.Experiments & constructions, games of knowledge & skills, excursions & surprises await our little friends once again this year.
  • METAdrasi: Summer Teaching Program for Children and TeenagersMETAdrasi from July 1st and for the summer months, will continue the classes for children and teenagers, 4-18 years old.The summer course program starts on Monday, July 1 and includes teaching Greek and English to children aged 6-18, teaching German to teenagers aged 13-18, preparation for the TOEIC English exam and creative activities for children aged 4 to 6 (Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:00-12:00).

    The classes will be held every day, Monday to Friday, 10:00-18:00, at the training center of METAdrasi, 75 Patriarchou Grigoriou E’, Kallithea, 3rd floor.

  • Better Days Greece: GEKKO Summer School 2024The annual Summer School of the non-formal education center “GEKKO”, will be held from July 8 to August 9, 2024.This is a varied curriculum that includes English, Greek and computer courses, together with a variety of engaging workshops in collaboration with specialized partner organisations.

    Classes will take place from Monday to Thursday with Fridays dedicated to workshops.

    Application deadline: Thursday, July 4, 2024

  • SolidarityNow: Greek lessons for refugee and migrant childrenClasses continue to take place at the Solidarity Center at Domokou Street 2 in Larissa Station.For more information, call 210-8220883.