Kids

The Enoch Pratt Free Library has tons of weekly free events for kids and their parents. Kids ages 4-12 can learn how to play different gales during Bamboo Bunch. Mother Goose on the Loose—a literacy program that combines music, repetition, rhymes, puppets, movements, and more—premiered in this library in 1998 and has been holding weekly sessions there ever since. Check the library's schedule for other free events.

Singing sensations Dru Hill and Sisqo got their start in Baltimore—not at a club or concert hall, but at The Fudgery. When The Fudgery chain opened in 1980 in North Carolina, owner A.C. Marshall would sing for his customers. The a capella tradition continues today, and workers entertain customers—both by singing and making fudge. Test a few samples and watch how fudge is made for free. The Baltimore Fudgery is located on Light Street in Harbor Place.

Take the kids to Red Canoe, a children's bookstore in Lauraville in northeast Baltimore, for free events like sing-alongs, poetry readings, and games. Or, find a quiet corner for your own story time with your kids. The bookstore is open seven days a week.

Though most museums in Baltimore charge admission, most offer free or cheap admission to young children (like the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and the USS Constellation Historic Ships Museum). Check the museums' websites for child admission information before you visit.