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2017 NYC Honey Fest On Rockaway Beach
Rockaway Beach will be buzzin’ this Saturday during the 7th annual NYC Honey Fest! This year, this bee-utiful festival will feature honey tastings from local hives such as Andrew’s Honey, Irish Bee, Brooklyn Grange, Honey Gramz, and others. Activities for children include face painting, bee-hat and costume making, honey extraction demos, interactive activity stations, a honey-tasting contest, and a raffle. Photo: nychoneyweek.com -
24th Annual Bus Festival At New York Transit Museum
An annual NYC classic, the New York Transit Museum’s Bus Festival provides the perfect opportunity to introduce children to vintage city buses. This day-long fest will feature more than a dozen vehicles including “Betsy,” a double decker bus from the ’30s, 1958’s Bus 9098, which was the first bus in the city equipped with sliding windows, and the Tunnel Wrecker, an emergency vehicle designed to remove disabled buses and cars out of tunnels. Remember, admission to the Transit Museum is only $1 (per person) all day! Photo: nytransitmuseum.org -
Mid-Autumn Moon Family Festival At The Museum Of Chinese In America
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is celebrating the harvest season with a Mid-Autumn Moon Festival this Saturday! Spend the afternoon eating mooncakes and making inedible ones out of Play-Doh, going on a moon scavenger hunt, making a paper tea light lantern, enjoying a harvest moon picnic, and much more! There will also be a special performance by Chinese Theatre Works and plenty of arts and crafts activities. Photo: mocanyc.org -
35th Annual Queens County Fair At Queens County Farm Museum
A traditional county fair in NYC? That’s right! Visit the Queens County Farm Museum this weekend for the 35th Annual Queens County Fair. Don’t miss the pig races, hayrides, carnival rides, and midway games, or the pie-eating and corn-husking contests. There will be entertainment for kids of all ages, live music and dancing at the Bavarian Garden, and for an additional fee you can explore the Amazing Maize Maze—the farm’s three-acre corn maze! Admission does not include the Amazing Maize Maze, carnival rides, midway games, and other various activities. Photo: queensfarm.org -
World Maker Faire 2017 At New York Hall Of Science
At the 8th annual World Maker Faire, makers will be sharing everything from robotics to food-making to DIY crafting in what has become the greatest show (and tell) on Earth. Be sure to buy a ticket and drop by to learn what innovations are shaping the future and meet the people behind them. Photo: makerfaire.com -
Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day Live
Smithsonian Magazine is hosting their annual Museum Day Live! The celebration offers free admission for two people at a wide variety of museums and institutions. Check out their website to see participating museums. Photo: smithsonianmag.com -
Family Day At The Rolex Central Park Horse Show
Head to Central Park for Family Day at the Rolex Central Park Horse Show and enjoy all the free horse activities and dog activities that your family is sure to love! Take delight in horse hobbying, pony rides, pony games, interactive pony grooming, and many more fun activities. Families can also enjoy a Land Rover kids car course and a chance to meet many celebrity dogs including Chloe the Mini Frenchie. Photo: equestriantravels.com -
“Rhoda And The Fossil Hunt” At American Museum Of Natural History
See the premiere of family-friendly lyrical Opera “Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt” at The American Museum of Natural History. The performance is free with museum admission. Check out their website to reserve your tickets. Photo: osopera.org -
The Atrium Season Launch At Lincoln Center
Help Lincoln Center Kids kick off their season of free programming at the David Rubenstein Atrium. Begin the day with say-along stories with children’s author Todd Tarpley. Then get up and dance with the NYC-based band Spanglish Fly. Move as they take you on journey through Latin Boogaloo, a musical and dance craze familiar to Spanish Harlem in the 1960’s. Photo: lincolncenter.org -
Astor Alive Performing Arts Festival At Astor Place
For a day of creativity, visit the annual Astor Alive Performing Arts Festival. Don’t miss performances by Blue Man Group Drum-Off, Bowery Poetry, Joe’s Pub at the Public, and many more. Enjoy the many free performances from one of the two stages or the many workshops, activities, and pop-up. Photo: astorplace.nyc
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{">Asphalt Green&rsquo;s high-quality sports programs start at 4 months old. Two beautiful facilities in vibrant Manhattan neighborhoods provide the optimal space for children to learn the fundamentals, play for leisure, or compete at the highest level.<br />As the leading sports and fitness facility in Manhattan, Asphalt Green&rsquo;s never-before- seen training methods focus on improving your mental and physical game. Whether participating in swim, soccer, flag football, martial arts, basketball, baseball, tennis, or volleyball, coaches instill values that set athletes up for success in life and bring out their full potential in sports.</span></p>
Speakitaly NYC
<p>SPEAKITALY NYC offers stimulating and entertaining lessons for children 0 to 16 years through a wide combination of activities based on the communicative approach anchored in the Common European Framework of Reference: active learning (group work, role plays, etc.) and practice exercises aimed to improve listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Kids will start speaking and using Italian in a very natural way.&nbsp; Small classes capped at 6 students to make sure each one gets the needed attention and facilitate learners' progress.&nbsp;</p> <p>Our method is driven by a didactic method that is the result of constant updates, professional certifications and more than 10 years of experience in working with non-native speakers from different native languages and levels of knowledge.</p> <p>Our aim is to develop a range of Italian language skills while improving accuracy that will enable the students and participants to interact without stress or feeling rushed. We want to help those in the community really embrace not only the true culture in Italy but the Italian culture within New York City&hellip; Who doesn&rsquo;t love what Italy represents in the kitchen, in history &amp; in the arts?</p> <p>Speakitaly wants to support multilingual families who want to learn a new language or pass along their ancestor&rsquo;s heritage and culture. Raffaella, the founder said: "We see language awareness and intercultural sensitivity as the milestones for an inclusive society. Italian, like all other languages, is an enrichment and a growth in every way. Vi aspettiamo!"</p>
New York Society of Play Summer Camp and Classes
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Summer Game Camp</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">There are many who do not feel safe sending their children back out into the world with summer camp, this year. To serve those parents and keep the children connected and stimulated during this challenging time, we are offering NYSP Digital Summer Camp. The name of the game with NYSP Summer Camp is community. We have made a large effort to make our camp feel like a living space, with features including &ndash;</p> <p dir="ltr">- Role-Playing games familiar and new, led by our master storytellers!</p> <p dir="ltr">- Enriching electives such as Chess, World Building, Character Acting, Crafts, Drawing, and more!</p> <p dir="ltr">- Discussion and media screening rooms during lunch!</p> <p dir="ltr">- A digital campus!</p> <p dir="ltr">- Moderated chat hours!</p> <p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">Join us for a summer of games, friends, and more!</p> <p dir="ltr">Mon - Fri 10am - 2:30pm</p> <p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Roleplay Expeditions: Dungeons &amp; Dragons</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">No experience is required to join one of our Dungeons &amp; Dragons games. Our game masters have pre-made character sheets, so you'll be able to start playing the game right away! We adapt the rules of traditional Dungeons &amp; Dragons to make them more approachable to children of various ages. Battle in dungeons, search for relics, and make new friends in our one-of-a-kind Dungeons &amp; Dragons workshop!&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">Public games meet once per week, with different groups every time. Private games meet 1 to 2 times per week with the same group of kids. Since the players and the storyteller in the group are consistent, this enables us to tell epic tales of adventure together!</p> <p dir="ltr">&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Dungeons &amp; Dragons Junior</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">No experience is required to join one of our drop-in Dungeons &amp; Dragons games. Our Dungeons &amp; Dragons Jr. game provides a D&amp;D storytelling experience without character sheets. Battle in dungeons, search for relics, and make new friends in our one-of-a-kind Dungeons &amp; Dragons workshop! A great way to introduce young children to D&amp;D so they can eventually move onto the main game.</p>