Weekend Planner: Fun Family Activities in NYC (February 21-23)

The Okee Dokee Brothers will perform at Symphony Space; photo by Alex Johnson

The Horticultural Society of New York is hosting its 2nd annual Green Bean Bash this Saturday. Come join the “green” fun!

If you’re out and about, you may also want to check out the Children’s Museum of the Arts. Here are 5 things to know about the museum right now!

Those looking for some outdoors fun might enjoy our seal-watching tour roundup.

And expectant and new parents are invited to a special event next week celebrating Munchkins’s new baby lines and sponsored by our friends at Momtrends. Get the details here!

Read on for more fun-to-do activities this weekend.

STARTING FRIDAY

Set in Central Park, “Curse on Summit Rock” at the Roy Arias Theater teaches families that environmental conservation should be a part of everyone’s lives. Think green! (Friday-Sunday)

Kids can learn a new meditative art known as “Zentangles” at the Greenbelt Nature Center. Create beautiful images and relax at the same time. Get zen! (Friday)

To accompany an exhibition about games throughout time, the Museum of the Moving Image is hosting a game-making workshop for families. Be crafty! (Friday)

STARTING SATURDAY

For a taste of the great outdoors, see the bluegrass show by the Grammy-award-winning Okee Dokee Brothers at Symphony Space. Sing along! (Saturday)

Celebrate Black History month at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, where the Center for African and Diaspora Dance will present an African dance performance and workshop featuring Iris Wilson. Dance to the beat! (Saturday)

In the Tribeca PAC’s production of “Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly,” the namesake characters face a rough start to the school year. Watch their travails! (Saturday)

BAMkids 16^th annual film festival takes place this weekend with more than 70 films from around the world. Take a seat! (Saturday-Sunday)

Create and color your own unique (and sometimes silly!) vehicles in a fun and imaginative bookmaking workshop at the New York Transit Museum. Calling all authors-to-be! (Saturday- Sunday)

It’s a Super Fun Saturday benefit at the Children’s Aid Society—kids enjoy everything from jewelry-making to Xbox games, while parents can partake in some pampering like manicures. Sounds like fun! (Saturday)

STARTING SUNDAY

“Hansel and Gretel” get a special accompaniment at the New York Botanical Garden: the musicians of the Bronx Arts Ensemble. Enjoy the show! (Sunday)

The New York City Ballet’s School of American Ballet will introduce children to the art and beauty of ballet at the Queens Theatre. Learn the ropes! (Sunday)

Take a NYC Audubon Winter Eco Cruise to see the winter seals and waterbirds of the New York Harbor. Bundle up! (Sunday)

Super Soccer Stars

<p>Soccer Stars is New York&rsquo;s most popular youth educational soccer program! With 24 years of experience under our cleats, we have positively impacted over one million kids in our local community by putting the FUN in FUNdamentals in our weekly classes and camps.</p> <p>At Soccer Stars, we use the soccer ball as a vehicle to help children not only improve their soccer skills, but develop self-confidence and physical literacy, improve gross motor skills, build teamwork, and hone socialization skills. Our highly trained coaches and early childhood experts lead an age-specific curriculum with a low kid-to-coach ratio so every child gets individual attention and can grow at their own pace.</p> <p>Kids ages 1-12+ can join our seasonal programs, including Parent &amp; Me, FUNdamentals, Development Training, and Travel Soccer. Join us at one of over 80 locations in neighborhoods across across Westchester County, Connecticut and New York, available 7 days-a-week:</p> <p><strong>Connecticut:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Cos Cob</li> <li>Greenwich</li> <li>Port Chester</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Westchester:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Briarcliff</li> <li>Eastchester</li> <li>Mt. Kisco</li> <li>New Rochelle</li> <li>Ridgefield</li> <li>Scarsdale</li> <li>White Plains</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>New York City:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bronx</li> <li>Inwood</li> <li>Upper West Side</li> <li>Upper East Side</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Can&rsquo;t find a class or location that fits your schedule? Soccer Stars also offers private classes for small groups or individual training. Let our coaches come to you with a completely customizable program, anytime, anywhere. Birthday parties are also available!&nbsp;</p>

Cucu's PlayHouse

<div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">Interactive, live-streaming music and movement class in Spanish for babies, toddlers and preschoolers!<br />Join us every day from Monday through Saturday at 1:30 pm EST to sing, dance and play together while learning Spanish from your home.</div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">This class is part of a Spanish Immersion Program where your child will be introduced to basic concepts like the animals, colors, numbers and letters. All of these through the universal language of Music. Each session is fun, interactive and engaging.<br />A selection of Children Songs in Spanish guides the class from start to finish. Activities are related to the lyrics, in order to familiarize the children with the words and their meanings. Some of the songs encourage the children to dance. Nilda uses puppets, musical instruments, and props to teach children basic vocabulary through action and interaction, rather than through translation.</div> <div style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;"><br />The classes are streamed on Zoom's webinar platform. Participants (children, parents, nannies) are able to join the video from their homes and interact with us in real-time, it is a fun and engaging experience.</div>