Local · Guide · Lower Merion
Winter indoor options when the parks are frozen
Places to take kids indoors between December and March, close to home.
Libraries, every day. They are the warmest free rooms on the Main Line. Ludington, Bala Cynwyd, Radnor and Tredyffrin are open Sunday afternoons; the rest are Monday to Saturday. See the story-time list for mornings.
Swimming. The township pools in Ardmore and Belmont Hills are closed for the season. The Haverford Area YMCA (891 N Eagle Rd) has an indoor family pool with family swim times on its schedule; guest hours are weekdays until 4 and weekend mornings.
Moving around. The Little Gym of Ardmore (24 Cricket Ave) runs parent-and-me classes from four months and preschool gymnastics. The Haverford YMCA Gymnastics Center (4 Raymond Dr) is open weekday afternoons and weekend mornings. The Radnor Activity Center in Wayne is a township gym with basketball.
Ice. The Haverford Skatium on Darby Road has public skate sessions most weeks; call 610-853-2226 for the week's times (the township website was down when we checked).
Movies. Bryn Mawr Film Institute's Saturday 11am family matinees are $5 for kids and welcome all ages; regular shows do not admit under-sixes.
Art. Main Line Art Center and Wayne Art Center both run kids' classes by semester and have free galleries to walk through.
The big day out. Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park is about twenty minutes from Narberth, $24 a person over age one, closed Monday and Tuesday, and open Sundays (11 start on second and third Sundays). Winter weekday mornings are the quiet time.
Food. The Ardmore Farmers Market inside Suburban Square is open seven days and is the easiest indoor lunch with a stroller.
Kynlo Local is what parents on the Main Line and nearby keep for each other — dated things this week, rainy-day places with hours, guides and lists, checked against the venue's own page. Kynlo is the family assistant that carries the remembering: a morning letter, a shared calendar, and one-text handoffs. Read tomorrow's letter, free.