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New York Family Brooklyn Family Queens Family Bronx Family Ultimate Guide to Fall/Winter Fun Long Island Family Ultimate Guide to Afterschool Programs Annual Guide Long Island Special Child New York Special Child Ultimate Guide to Schools Ultimate Guide to Summer Camp

New York Family’s March 2014 Issue

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Photo by Lindsay May for Classic Kids Photography

The Pregnant & Powerful Oz
Talk show host and wellness maven Daphne Oz dishes on food, family, and her fabulous journey to motherhood (also, some wisdom from Daphne and a peek at her dream nursery)

Pick Your Party
When it comes to birthday parties, there’s no place like NYC for fun and festive options for any age (also, local cake options and enchanting entertainers)

Mitzvah Guide 2014
From flashy fun to traditional elegance, our top picks for bar and bat mitzvah party professionals and venues are sure to delight

Just Stroll With It
Our guide to the best strollers of 2014

Family Fun Guide

10 Great Events For March
“Cinderella” at the Galli Theater, an aviary in watercolors, San Francisco’s Cypress String Quartet at the 92Y, and more

Home & Away

Camp Countdown
Should your child head to camp with a friend from home, or go solo to make new pals?

Columns

Editor’s Note
The Complications

Events & Offers
The scoop on the New York Baby Show, our March Camp Fair lineup + three big camp giveaways, Blackboard teacher nominations, and amazing parent volunteers

Scoop
Arsenal’s summer soccer programs in NYC, a local and organic kids’ clothing line, a new party venue, mom fun at Campowerment, and a special new music class for little kids

Activity of the Month
The best language classes in the city for children

Education
Journalist Amanda Ripley’s latest book shows how other countries educate their children to great success—and the problems and possibilities of an American education

Parents in Profile
The popular parenting website A Child Grows has new owners but the same beloved sensibility

Last Word
One potty-mouthed local mom braces herself for her toddler’s first f-bomb

About the Author

Relevant Directory Listings

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The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{">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’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.</span></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 –</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"> </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"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Roleplay Expeditions: Dungeons & Dragons</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">No experience is required to join one of our Dungeons & 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 & 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 & Dragons workshop! </p> <p dir="ltr"> </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"> </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Dungeons & Dragons Junior</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">No experience is required to join one of our drop-in Dungeons & Dragons games. Our Dungeons & Dragons Jr. game provides a D&D storytelling experience without character sheets. Battle in dungeons, search for relics, and make new friends in our one-of-a-kind Dungeons & Dragons workshop! A great way to introduce young children to D&D so they can eventually move onto the main game.</p>

Instituto Cervantes

<p><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{">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.</span></p>