Winter break camps at local activity centers are a great solution to winter break boredom and inactivity. With packages ranging from daily drop-ins to week long adventures and activities from gymnastics to science exploration to arts and crafts, there’s a camp for every kid this season. Check in with your local favorites, or see a few of ours, below! —
Get your kids moving over the holidays by sending them to
Jodi’s Gym for a December Break Camp, where for three hours a day kids ages 3
to 6 can partake in gymnastics, music, storytime and games. Parents can also enroll 18
to 35 month old kids in “Mighty Muscle Movers” classes over the break. For more info, visit jodisgym.com.
Your kids will enjoy eight days of fun at the December
Holiday Camp at Asphalt Green, where they can run, jump, swim and learn new
skills for six hours a day. Choose to send them the whole week, or for just one
day. For ages 4 to 12.For more info, visit asphaltgreen.org.
Send your mini athletes to one of three camps at Chelsea
Piers this holiday season: gymnastics (ages 5-12), golf (ages 6-16) or hockey
(ages 6-18). Even the tiniest athletes can learn some new moves at Little
Athletes half-day camp, with rock climbing, soccer, dance and art for kids ages
3 to 6.For more info, visit chelseapiers.com
Pull out your paint palate to send along with your little
artist to Holiday Camp at Hi Art! Kids ages 3-16 can paint, draw, sculpt and explore
all their artistic talent over the winter break. For more info, visit hiartkids.com.
Let your kids explore the city with the
ACT Holiday Camp. Days and themes include “The Great Bake-Off,” “Winter Olympic
Trials,” “Basketball, Beads and Balancing” and more. Send your kids for one day
or every day; for kids K to 7th grade. actprograms.org.
School’s out, but your kids can still
have a full day of fun at the JCC in Manhattan’s Winter Camp, where kids ages 3 to 10 can engage in sports, games, crafts,
swimming, science and cooking activities that will fill their days and keep them
talking all night with stories of their adventures. For more info, visit jccmanhattan.org.
“School’s Out, Ship’s In” at the Intrepid’s Sea, Air and Space
Museum this holiday season. Kids
ages 5-13 will spend a full day learning about sea, air, space, and life at sea
using the Exploreum Hall’s hands-on interactive learning zone. Explore the
customs of Hawaii, China,
Australia and New
Zealand with “stops” at each location and
games, food and trivia.For more info, visit intrepidmuseum.org
Photo: JCC Manhattan.
