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Family Fridays: How Math Can Save Your Life At MoMath
Your young academics will love this educational play, especially if they have an interest in math. This folktale will take you and your family through concepts such as multiplication, division, and exponential growth! (Friday) Photo: in.momath.org -
“Charlie Brown Christmas Live 2016” At Shape Shifter Lab
Join the Peanuts gang celebrating their 8th anniversary this year, as they perform the classic Charlie Brown Christmas special. A treat for Charlie Brown fans. (Show timing vary on different dates.) (Friday-Sunday) Photo: bustle.com -
“Mother Africa: My Home” At New Victory Theater
The entire New Victory Theater audience will be dancing to the beat of Circus der Sinne’s cultural music this winter in “Mother Africa: My Home.” The Drama Desk-nominated show returns to NYC to the delight of families everywhere. These circus performances will include various cultural elements from countries around the world such as Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the Ivory Coast. It’s sure to be educational and enjoyable for the whole family. Recommended for ages 5 and up. Runs select dates through Sunday, January 1, 2017. (Friday-Sunday) Photo: hollywoodsoapbox.com -
“The Hip Hop Nutcracker” At The United Palace
This Saturday the classic holiday ballet will get a modern makeover at The United Palace in Washington Heights. A DJ and an electric violinist will update Tchaikovsky’s original score while hip hop dancers take the stage during this adaptation geared for the 21st century. Plus the “King of Rap,” Kurtis Blow, will return as the show’s special guest. (Saturday) Photo: unitedpalace.org -
“Nutcracker Winter Suite” At Symphony Space
With captivating choreography performed by award and medal winners from the Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition combined with joyful music, the family is bound to have a memorable time at this rendition of the beloved holiday ballet. (Saturday) Photo: symphonyspace.org -
Soul Inscribed At BAM
The ultimate kids’ dance party comes to Brooklyn! Grown-ups and little ones can move their bodies to Soul Inscribed’s unique sound that combines soulful vocals, poetic hip-hop lyrics, and funk with dub-inspired production. Ken Fury will also showcase his electrifying hip-hop dance moves! Be sure to take some notes. Afterwards, brave audience members can explore their own body movement on stage! Visit website for showtimes. (Saturday) Photo: bam.org -
Wintercon 2016 At Resorts World Casino NY
Whether you’ve dreamed of showing off your inner superhero or would simply like a more intimate setting in which to meet your favorite stars, authors, and comic book celebrities, then make sure you attend this year’s Wintercon! With an artist alley, costume contests, kid events and even an after-party, this two-day event is sure to brighten up your holiday season! (Saturday-Sunday) Photo: nywintercon.com -
“Peter & the Wolf” At The Guggenheim Museum
Join the Guggenheim for its annual holiday presentation of Sergei Prokofiev’s orchestral piece, “Peter & the Wolf.” Fashion designer extraordinaire Isaac Mizrahi will narrate this half-hour performance by Ensemble Signal. Originally composed to teach children about the instruments of the orchestra, “Peter & the Wolf” is a fantastic introduction to the world of classical music. (Saturday-Sunday) Photo: guggenheim.org -
6th Annual Holiday Sing-A-Long with Dan Zanes & Friends At City Winery
Dan Zanes’ annual Holiday Sing-A-Long is back! This year Zanes is inviting some of his musical friends to City Winery in SoHo for his sixth annual holiday show. The Grammy award-winning children’s singer blends folk, early rock, and English music hall numbers together to create his unique, kid-friendly songs that even grown-ups will love. (Sunday) Photo: Dan Zanes -
Christmas In The Garden & Tree Lighting At Queens Botanical Garden
Have you been naughty or nice this year? Here’s your chance to tell Santa! The Queens Botanical Garden is having a winter extravaganza that is sure to get the whole family in the holiday mood. Christmas in the Garden features photos with Santa, an ornament making workshop, a Garden tour, and music by The Rough Dozen (acapella group). There’s also a tree lighting with Santa that is sure to brighten up everyone’s holiday spirit. (Sunday) Photo: queensbotanical.org -
Cookies For Kids’ Cancer’s Be A Good Cookie Family Fun Day
Join Cookies for Kids’ Cancer (CFKC) and celebrity chef Christina Tosi on Saturday, December 3, for the second annual Be A Good Cookie Family Fun Day! The event will take place from 2-5pm, with a VIP preview hour starting at 1pm. Tickets start at $75 for General Admission, with VIP packages ranging from $500-5,000. In addition to tasting tables from all the featured bakers, the event will feature interactive holiday gift making stations hosted by top magazine editors including cookie and cupcake decorating, chocolate pretzel making, spin art and more. Every child attending the event will bring home multiple handmade gifts that are ready to give to grandparents, teachers, neighbors, (even pets!), and everyone on their holiday list. To learn more and to purchase tickets, visit cookiesforkidscancer.org!
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<p dir="ltr">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;</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>OUR METHOD&nbsp;</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">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;</p> <p dir="ltr">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;</p> <p dir="ltr">Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language. </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>THE PROCESS</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">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;</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp;</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">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;</p> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-a97d759c-7fff-6e4d-8e93-70e093aa10f1">&nbsp;</span></p>
Bounce! Family Entertainment Center
<p>Bounce! Family Entertainment Center is an indoor birthday party and play space located in Syosset, NY. Perfect for birthday parties, group events, open play, and more! We have the best party packages on Long Island! Our facility has multiple AWESOME attractions: The Trampoline courts, The Adventure Zone, Bumper Cars, Laser Tag, Soft Play, Arcade, &amp; MORE! If you need a break from jumping and climbing, try out some of our delicious food from The Bounce Bites Kitchen! Come on in to any of our Open Play, Toddler Time, or Glow Night sessions!</p>
Collina Italiana, The Italian Language and Cultural Center
<p>Learn Italian the fun way. Children practice and absorb the language through arts &amp; crafts, activities, games, songs and stories!</p>