Picks of the Week: February 11-17

Liberty-Science-Center-Curious-George-21 — Curious George at Liberty Science Center

Hope everyone made it through the blizzard safely (and went sledding at least once)! This week, get out there and enjoy this wintery mix of events including a “curious” exhibit, a mad fun family day, and more.

Monday, February 11-Tuesday, February 12

92Y Parenting Conference
92nd Street Y
9:15am-2pm; 7:45am-10:45am
Parents are invited to join 92Y for their first annual Parenting Conference. During this two-day event, experts in an array of fields will lecture on topics like childhood anxieties, brain development in children, raising kids in a digital world, and more. Speakers include Dr. Michael Thompson, Dr. Ron Taffel, Dr. JoAnn Deak, and Dr. Susan Linn. On Tuesday morning, fathers and mothers can enjoy breakfast with several of the guest lecturers. Tickets start at $50.

Saturday, February 16

Curious George: Let’s Get Curious Exhibit
Liberty Science Center
9 am-4 pm
Everyone’s favorite primate is coming to Liberty Science Center in a new exhibit! Kids ages 3 through 8 can monkey around with Curious George during activities designed to strengthen their science, math, and engineering skills. Runs through May 12. Free with museum admission.

Kids Week 2013
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
10 am-5 pm
Saturday kicks off Kids Week at the Intrepid and the weekend’s theme is “Under the Big Top”. Activities include performances by Marcin the Magician from Roving Street Magic, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Acrobalance, and balloon twisting with the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Plus, don’t miss guided tours of the museum’s current exhibits. Come back during the week for Science Fiction Day, Broadway Day, and Sports ‘n Games weekend. Through February 24. Free with museum admission.

MAD Family Fun Day
The Museum of Arts and Design
11 am-4 pm
Head over to MAD for a family day inspired by their exhibition, The Art of Scent. Families can make their own perfume in the IFF Smell Lab and learn about the fascinating process of perfume-making. Admission is $30 per family (2 adults and up to 4 children).

The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center

The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center offers year-round, community-based dance and music programming in a fully inclusive and nurturing environment, located in the heart of the Brooklyn Cultural District. The School&rsquo;s diverse and professional faculty provides progressive and non-competitive instruction with all of our classes accompanied by live music. Though we are a non-recital school, there are opportunities for students to perform and for parents to see their dancers in action.

Brooklyn Robot Foundry - Virtual Classes

Brooklyn Robot Foundry offers super fun online robot-building classes for children 2-13 years old!&nbsp;&nbsp;Each week, students are introduced to new engineering concepts and components while building that day&rsquo;s robot in their own &ldquo;workshop&rdquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp;All classes maintain a very low student-to-teacher ratio, allowing for plenty of individualized instruction and socializing. The supplies are shipped in advance and classes are led by amazing instructors, taking all the pressure off parents.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Foundry&rsquo;s main focus however, is that kids have fun, get creative, and enjoy being part of this STEAM-loving community!&nbsp;

Instituto Cervantes

Children and teenagers learn to understand and express themselves in Spanish, while improving their communication skills through a dynamic immersion program taught by NATIVE TEACHERS that combines CLASSES, ARTISTIC WORKSHOPS and FUN ACTIVITIES! All of our high-qualified teachers are native Spanish speakers who adapt the structure of the class to the needs and levels of each group while conducting the classes entirely in Spanish. We offer both Spanish Summer Camps and Regular Courses for children along the year to foster language learning and multicultural understanding.