Your Awesome New York Kids Weekend: May 20-22

Your Awesome New York Kids Weekend: May 20-22

Get ready for another weekend in NYC! Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by attending some activities and events, visit a Museum where kids get in for free or plan A Spring day trip.

Are you looking for more fun activities to do with the family this spring? Check out NYC Spring Bucket List: The Ultimate Insiders Guide for Families

Take a Trip to Governors Island

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Governors Island is a go for New Yorkers! Take just a short ferry ride over the island and then families can spend the day riding bikes, playing games, or exploring the wide variety of artwork that is scattered around. The summer hours have finally begun to take advantage of this fun getaway that is right in your backyard!

Go Roller Skating at A Pop Up

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Dust off your old skates and head over to a pop up roller skating rink! With different experiences happening all around the city, families can enjoy an afternoon or night of skating while also enjoying music and dancing.

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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Whether you are looking for a smaller ceremony or a bigger larger celebration, there are many different ways you can celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! All around NYC, there are many events and activities going on where you can bring your kids to teach them a little more about their culture and history while also having a little fun.

16th Annual ‘Back to the Streets’ Dance Parade

Broadway & E 20th St., Stuyvesant Park | Details

This popular parade is back and ready to welcome families from all over NYC! The parade will start on the corner of 20th and Broadway and will have 10,000 dancers, live bands, DJs, and more than 100 unique styles of dance and culture participating. This parade is free to the public and is a great event to take kids of all ages to!

Visit A Museum Where Kids are Free

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We know as New Yorkers that we have some of the best museums around. One of the many reasons why they are so great is that many of them offer free admission for little ones! If you are looking for a fun activity to do with the kids that won’t break the bank, taking them to a museum is a great weekend activity to consider.

Get Tickets to Stranger Things: The Experience

Duggal Greenhouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard | Details

Calling all Stranger Things fans! You are not going to want to miss this awesome experience opening this weekend in Brooklyn. Guests will have the opportunity to bring this TV show to life by traveling through some of the most iconic places. Stranger Things: The Experience will be open through July 17th and tickets can be purchased on their website.

Take a Spring Day Trip

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With the weather getting warmer, there is no better time to pack the kids up in the car and explore what towns close by have to offer! Whether you’re looking for a quick trip to Coney Island or would like to hike it up to the Catskills, there is a fun destination for every family to visit for the day!

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music’s Open Stages

58 Seventh Avenue, Park Slope | Details

Spread some good energy while attending BKCM’s free Open Stages music festival! This festival celebrates the vibrant music scene that Brooklyn has to offer while also showing off the community and culture. Kids will love dancing and singing along to the 150 musicians in attendance and parents will love watching their kids make new memories!

Super Soccer Stars

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. 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. 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: Connecticut: <ul> <li>Cos Cob</li> <li>Greenwich</li> <li>Port Chester</li> </ul> &nbsp; Westchester: <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> &nbsp; New York City: <ul> <li>Bronx</li> <li>Inwood</li> <li>Upper West Side</li> <li>Upper East Side</li> </ul> &nbsp; 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;

Adventuring Portal

<a name="m_-1473885667065203258__Hlk72147528"></a>Adventuring Portal runs Dungeons and Dragons (D&amp;D) games for kids.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have created a safe online space for tweens and teens to learn and play D&amp;D. Our D&amp;D Summer Camp session are a one-week experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;Monday &ndash; Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each day will be 3 hours of gaming (with 2 breaks build in).&nbsp;&nbsp;15 total gaming hours for $180.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have played with us before, you are entitled to 10% off.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Need your kids, nieces or nephews, grand kids or neighbor&rsquo;s kids to be occupied for a bit so you can get work done &amp; take care of your to-do list? Maybe your tween or teen is still a bit isolated and craves connection with their peers? Whether your teen/tween has played D&amp;D before or is brand-new to the experience, this safe space brings players together to have fun and solve problems as a team in ways few other online opportunities do. All our games focus on experiential learning.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our players leave knowing all the basic game play as well as experiencing: teamwork, bravery, compassion, generosity, negotiation, improvisation, gamer etiquette, strategy, critical thinking, problem solving, cartography and probability - all through online D&amp;D adventuring! We are an inclusive organization and welcome gamers who are LGBTQIA+ and those on any spectrum.&nbsp; All girls&rsquo; groups available.&nbsp; I am a parent, a certified elementary school and middle school math teacher and last summer in the midst of the mess started&nbsp;Adventuring Portal, an&nbsp;online Dungeons &amp; Dragons&nbsp;business&nbsp;for kids. There are so many benefits to playing D&amp;D and I hope you will consider us as a great way for your child to safely socialize, grow as people and have a great time.