New York Family’s September 2013 Issue

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Features

Bethenny’s New Reality
A devoted mom and successful lifestyle entrepreneur, Bethenny Frankel returns to television this fall with style and substance as host of her own daytime talk show

Head Of The Class

Our guide to the coolest early-learning and extracurricular classes in the city is designed to help children of all ages discover their bliss

iSmarts
The experts weigh in on the best ways to raise a savvy kid in the digital age

G&T & Me

The exclusive scoop on raising an accelerated learner in the city

Studying Up
A list of the best local education resources for parents (nursery through high school)

Family Fun Guide

Ten Great Events For September
92Y Street Festival, Wave Hill’s Honey Weekend, the Queens County Fair, “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp,” and more

Home & Away

Quality Time
Started by two NYC moms, KidzVuz gives tweens a chance to share their opinions on just about anything in a safe and respectful community of their peers

Travel

Our travel editor hits the road to prove that there’s no better locale than New England to enjoy the unique charms of the autumnal season

Columns

Editor’s Note

September surprise

Events & Offers
An apple seeds full semester giveaway, nominate your child’s school or principal for a Blackboard Award, the official “birth announcement” for our new publication, and an invitation to a posh party expo

It’s My Party

Birthday celebrations at Super Soccer Stars, American Girl, and the Intrepid Museum

Scoop
A doodle book by a local dad, mysterious birthday fun, a new app for smarty-parents, and more

A Good Idea

Coming up on nearly a decade in business, the owners of Kidville share their journey and give us the scoop on what’s new at the popular franchise

Growing Up
The founder of socialskz:-) offers 7 tips on how social and emotional skills can help children succeed in school—and in life

A Special Place
One of the city’s leading basketball programs for kids, Fastbreak Sports, prepares to open a stunning new flagship facility

Treats
Take a step in the right direction with our roundup of fab fall footwear for kids

Lysst

Kick off the season with super cool back-to-school clothing and accessories

The Last Word
Our blogger Lani Serota offers a sweet apology to her older daughter for all of her first-time mom blunders over the years.

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;

Music Together

Music Together&reg; is for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their parents/caregiver. The classes include songs, rhythmic rhymes and movement, and instrument play activities that are developmentally appropriate for the children and easy for parents and caregivers, regardless of their own musical ability.

CK Kids

CK Kids offers various classes and programs, including Afterschool Program, Lil Chefs, Boys Hip-Hop, Ninja Starz, Lil Artists, CK Kids Athletic Programs, Acrobatics, Dance and Drama, and Karate.&nbsp;