Activities for Pre-schoolers (3–5 Years) in Clare

Find 40 kids classes and activities for pre-schoolers in Clare, from pre-school dance, football and gymnastics to swimming, music and drama. Each one states an age range that takes in this age group; listings that leave their ages open are on the county pages instead. Compare ages, times and prices below, or contact a provider directly to book.

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Quin Baby & Toddler Group

Verified 19 Oct 2026Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–5 years

Quin Baby & Toddler Group meets every Wednesday morning at Quin Community Centre, Quin, Co. Clare, for families with children from 0 to 5 years old. It's a genuinely pop-in setup - there's no need to sign up for a full term, so families...

Wednesday · 10:00-11:30 · School Term · €3 per family
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Active Ennis - Kids Intensive Swim Lessons

Verified 14 Oct 2026Swimming
Ennis · Ages 4+ years

Active Ennis runs intensive summer swim lessons for children aged 4 and up, held on weekday mornings and priced at €50 per child per week. The intensive format — daily lessons over a concentrated block rather than one class a week —...

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Ennistymon Toddler Group & Breastfeeding groups

Verified 16 Oct 2026Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–15 years

Based in Ennistimon, Co. Clare, this listing covers both a toddler group and breastfeeding support groups, welcoming children across a very wide age range from newborns up through the young teenage years. Combining a toddler group with...

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StageSchool Ireland - Ennis

Drama
Ennis · Ages 4–18 years

StageSchool Ireland's Ennis centre meets on Friday afternoons at Cois na hAbhna on the Galway Road, a theatre-in-the-round venue. The centre opened in 2009 and teaches dance, drama and singing. Junior Stage is for ages 4 to 6 on Fridays...

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Bunratty Castle & Folk Park

Museums & Heritage
All ages

A 15th-century castle paired with a recreated 19th-century Irish village on 26 acres, just off the N18 between Limerick and Ennis and close to Shannon Airport. The castle itself holds what the site describes as the country's finest...

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday · Jan/Feb/Mar/Nov/Dec: 9:30am-5:30pm; Apr/May/Sep/Oct: 9am-5:30pm; Jun/Jul/Aug: 9am-6pm. Last castle admission 4pm year-round (Folk Park stays open later). Closed Good Friday and Dec 24-26. · €8

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Moher Hill Open Farm & Leisure Park

Nature & Animals
All ages

Moher Hill Open Farm and Leisure Park sits on 14 acres overlooking Liscannor Bay, just a short drive from the Cliffs of Moher, and pairs a traditional petting farm with a leisure park's worth of wet-weather backup activities. Children...

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday · Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 11am-6pm. Seasonal: daily May-September; weekends/holidays only in April and October; closed November-March aside from a December Christmas Village. · €12

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Eldertree Community Group

Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–4 years

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Ennistymon.

Wednesday · 10:00-11:30 · Drop-in

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Scariff Parent & Toddler Group

Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–4 years

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Scariff.

Monday · 09:30-11:30 · Drop-in

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Carer & Child Friendly Fox Forest School

Parent-and-toddler
Ennis · Ages 0–4 years

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Ennis.

Wednesday · 09:30-11:30 · Drop-in

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Stay & Play P & T Group

Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–4 years

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Mullagh.

Monday · 10:00-12:00 · Drop-in

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North West Clare Traveller PTG

Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–4 years

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Ennistymon.

Tuesday · 11:30-13:00 · Drop-in

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Cairde Nua

Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–4 years

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Ennistymon.

Friday · from 11:00 · Drop-in

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Little Sangha

Parent-and-toddler
Ennis · Ages 0–4 years

Community parent and toddler group offering informal weekly playtime and social contact for local parents, carers and young children, held at Ennis.

Wednesday · 10:00-11:00 · Drop-in

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Clonlara Equestrian Centre

Horse Riding
Ages 4+ years

Clonlara Equestrian Centre is a family-run yard set on 130 acres in Clonlara, Co. Clare, offering children's riding lessons from age four alongside year-round pony camps during school holidays. The centre's facilities include an...

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Broadway Dance Ireland

Dance
Ages 3+ years

Recurring kids ballet/jazz/lyrical/tap ages 3-pre-pro; IDTA exams; Dance World Cup squad. Also teaches Kinvara/Galway.

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Water Babies - Hotel Woodstock

Swimming
Ennis · Ages 0–4 years

At Hotel Woodstock on the Shanaway Road in Ennis, Co. Clare, Water Babies runs weekly baby and toddler swimming lessons for children from birth up to around four years and older, moving through the franchise's five named age stages....

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Little Kickers Clare

Football
Shannon · Ages 18 months–5 years

Little Kickers Clare runs a single Sunday morning class at Shannon Swimming & Leisure Centre on Bother Linne, Tullyglass, part of the national preschool football franchise built around confidence, coordination and social skills rather...

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Little Kickers Clare

Football
Ennis · Ages 18 months–5 years

Little Kickers Clare also holds Sunday classes at Holy Family School on Station Road, Ennis, offering the same preschool football programme built around confidence, coordination and social skills in a relaxed, non-competitive setting....

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Little Kickers Clare

Football
Ennis · Ages 18 months–5 years

Little Kickers Clare holds Saturday classes at St Joseph's Doora Barefield GAA Club in Doora, Quinn, near Ennis, part of the national preschool football franchise built around confidence, coordination and social skills rather than...

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Shannon Martial Arts Academy

Martial Arts
Shannon · Ages 4–12 years

Family-friendly martial arts academy with kids classes and kids gymnastics classes (ages 7-12).

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Shannon Swimming & Leisure Centre - Kids Lessons

Swimming
Ages 5–12 years

Shannon Swimming & Leisure Centre runs Swim Ireland's Learn to Swim programme for children aged 5 to 12 in Shannon, Co. Clare — a nationally recognised curriculum that takes kids through progressive stages of water confidence and stroke...

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Ennis Art School

Arts and crafts
Ennis · Ages 5–18 years

Ennis Art School runs art classes for children and teens aged 5 to 18, split into three age bands (5-10, 10-14 and 14-18), based at St Flannan's College with an online option also available. The curriculum covers drawing, painting,...

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Water Babies - Cratloemoyle

Swimming
Ages 0–5 years

Water Babies' Cratloemoyle venue in County Clare runs weekly swimming lessons for children from newborn to five years old, with classes grouped by age into named teams that progress from early water bonding to independent swimming...

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Sense of Wonder Sensory Play

Developmental
Ages 6 months–8 years

In Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare, Sense of Wonder Sensory Play runs sensory play sessions for children aged 6 months to 8 years, priced at €15 each. The sessions use hands-on, messy exploration to help children build fine motor skills,...

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Sense of Wonder Sensory Play

Developmental
Ages 6 months–8 years

Sense of Wonder Sensory Play brings its sensory sessions to Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, for children aged 6 months to 8 years, with each session costing €15. Sessions are built around hands-on, messy sensory exploration that helps...

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Sense of Wonder Sensory Play

Developmental
Ennis · Ages 6 months–8 years

Sense of Wonder Sensory Play holds sensory sessions in Ennis, Co. Clare, welcoming babies and children from 6 months to 8 years old for €15 per session. The hands-on, messy play format is designed to build fine motor skills, hand-eye...

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Sense of Wonder Sensory Play

Developmental
Ages 6 months–8 years

In Crusheen, Co. Clare, Sense of Wonder Sensory Play offers messy, hands-on sensory sessions for children aged 6 months to 8 years, priced at €15 per session. The sessions centre on open-ended sensory exploration, helping young children...

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Maia Purposeful Play

Parent-and-toddler
Ennis · Ages 0–4 years

Maia Purposeful Play's Ennis class gives babies and children up to age 4 a 60-minute child-led play session alongside their parent or caregiver, with sensory, imaginative and creative play areas set out for children to explore freely...

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Maia Purposeful Play

Parent-and-toddler
Shannon · Ages 0–4 years

In Shannon, County Clare, Maia Purposeful Play runs a 60-minute child-led play session for babies and children up to age 4, with a parent or caregiver taking part alongside them. Children are free to move between different play stations...

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Tulla Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–5 years

Tulla Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets every Friday from 10 to 11.30am at the Cnoc na Gaoithe Comhaltas Cultural Centre on Chapel Street, Co. Clare - and unlike many groups, it keeps going right through the summer rather than breaking...

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Stories & Stations

Parent-and-toddler
Ages 6 months–4 years

Stories & Stations is a parent and toddler group based in Quingardens, Co. Clare, welcoming children from six months up to around four years old. As the name suggests, sessions likely combine storytelling with different activity...

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Shannon Parent, Baby & Toddler Group - Resource Centre

Parent-and-toddler
Shannon · Ages 0–5 years

Hosted by Shannon Family Resource Centre in Ballycasey More, this Shannon Parent, Baby & Toddler Group welcomes mams, dads, grandparents, guardians and all caregivers along with their babies and children up to age five. The session is...

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Shannon Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Parent-and-toddler
Shannon · Ages 0–3 years

Shannon Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets at Hope Café, Unit 2 Main Road, Smithstown, Shannon, County Clare, and welcomes parents, grandparents, guardians and childminders with children up to age three. There's plenty of space to...

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Shannon Baby & Toddler Storytime Groups - Shannon Library

Parent-and-toddlerFree
Shannon · Ages 0–6 years

Shannon Library, at the Sean Lemass Public Library in the town centre, runs two free regular sessions for younger children alongside its usual programme of holiday activities. The Baby Book Club meets every Saturday from 10 to 11am,...

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Sense of Wonder Sensory Play

Developmental
Ages 6 months–8 years

Sense of Wonder Sensory Play runs hands-on sensory sessions in Quin, Co. Clare, for babies and children from 6 months up to age 8. Each session costs €15 and is built around messy, sensory exploration that supports fine motor skills,...

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Scariff Baby & Toddler Group & Book Club

Parent-and-toddlerFree
Ages 0–5 years

Scariff Library, on Mountshannon Road in Co. Clare, runs a couple of free regular groups for families alongside extra activities during school holidays. Tots Time, its baby and toddler group, is a drop-in session for 0 to 5-year-olds...

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Kilkishen Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Parent-and-toddlerFree
Ages 0–5 years

Kilkishen Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets every Wednesday morning during term time at the Kilkishen Cultural Centre in Gortnacorragh, Co. Clare, from 10 to 11.30am. All caregivers are welcome, whether that's mums, dads, grandparents...

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Ennis Doora Barefield Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Parent-and-toddlerFree
Ages 0–5 years

The Ennis Doora Barefield Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets on Tuesday mornings during term time at Fahy Hall, beside the Church of Our Lady in Rosslevan, Co. Clare. It's a free, welcoming session for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers...

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Crusheen Baby & Toddler Group

Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–5 years

Crusheen Baby & Toddler Group gathers every Tuesday morning during term time at Crusheen Community Centre in Cloonmoney, Co. Clare, welcoming children from newborns to five-year-olds. Anyone looking after a small child is welcome to...

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Ballyvaughan Parent, Baby & Toddler Group

Parent-and-toddler
Ages 0–5 years

Ballyvaughan Parent, Baby & Toddler Group meets at St John Hall in Knocknagroagh, just outside the village, every Monday from 10.30am to 12.30pm during term time. It's a simple, low-key setup open to babies right through to...

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Common questions

How many kids activities for pre-schoolers are there in Clare?

Kids Patch lists 40 kids activities for pre-schoolers in Clare. Each listing links straight through to the provider — Kids Patch is free for parents to use and takes no booking fee or commission.

What kinds of kids activities for pre-schoolers are there in Clare?

The categories with the most listings are Parent-and-toddler (21), Developmental (5), Swimming (4), Football (3), Arts and crafts (1), Dance (1), Drama (1), Horse Riding (1), and 3 more.

What age range do kids activities for pre-schoolers in Clare cover?

Across the listings on this page, ages run from birth up to 18 years. Every listing here states an age range, so check each one for its exact ages.

How much do kids activities for pre-schoolers in Clare cost?

3 of the 40 listings publish a price, ranging from €3 to €12. Most providers set fees per term rather than per class and quote on enquiry, so contact them directly for a current figure.

Are there any free kids activities for pre-schoolers in Clare?

Yes — 4 of the 40 listings are free to attend. Use the "Free classes only" filter above to see just those.

Do parents need to stay during kids activities for pre-schoolers in Clare?

It varies by provider: of the 40 listings, 9 are parent-accompanied. The rest do not state a policy — assume younger age groups are parent-accompanied unless the provider says otherwise.