Your Awesome New York Kids Weekend: September 9-11

School may be back in session, awesome weekends are here to stay! Have an in-house game night, check out a carnival or festival with or meet butterflies.

We have what you need to make this weekend a great one!

Take an Art Class at JCAL

Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning | Details

The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL) is kicking off their Fall 2022 semester with a day of fun for the whole family. Check out their classes and workshops led by professional teaching artists. Classes offered include ceramics, piano, animation, voice, painting, acting and more. Check out what JCAL has to offer!

Meet Butterflies

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum | Details

Learn about butterflies, moths and caterpillars with the nature educators at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum. The whole family will enjoy the unique experience of seeing butterflies up close, and even feeding them! While you’re there, check out games and crafts.

Check Out a Festival or Carnival

Various Locations | Details

September is a busy month for family-friendly outdoor celebrations like festivals, carnivals, fairs and parades. There are must-do events across all five boroughs, Westchester, Long Island, Rockland even in New Jersey. Whether you’re looking for a food truck festival, a music festival or a good old-fashioned county fair, there are a wide variety of choices for your family.

Have a Family Game Night

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You can have an awesome weekend without even leaving the house! Round up your favorite board games and have a family game night. Bored of the standards like Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit? We’ve got you covered. Here’s a roundup of new board games for you and your family to try.

Kids’ Fitness Class with Zing!

Bella Abzug Park | Details

This fitness class brings together high-energy music and athletic drills, positive affirmations, breathwork and more to get your child moving while also boosting their confidence. Each class includes a motivating warm up, a circuit style workout, team activities, a high-energy closer and a cool down.

Turn a New York Skyscraper Green

The Skyscraper Museum | Details

Make the city greener with this program at the Skyscraper Museum. At this event, kids will learn about how architects can create buildings that conserve energy and incorporate plants and green spaces. They’ll even have a chance to create some designs of their own, redesigning New York skyscrapers to include these new ideas.

Visit the Table of Silence Project 9/11

Lincoln Center, Josie Robertson Plaza | Details

This event is an annual, free public performance ritual for peace. Over 100 dancers will emerge in Lincoln Center, and the program is made possible through partnerships with community groups like Chelsea Factory, the Julliard School, Steps on Broadway and more. This year, the presentation will incorporate elements of the reimagined versions that were presented during pandemic years. Can’t make it to Lincoln Center? The event will also be livestreamed, so you can catch it wherever you are this weekend.

Pay Tribute at a 9/11 Vigil

American Veterans Memorial Pier | Details

Come together as a community and pay tribute to those we lost. The community vigil is hosted by NIA Community Services Network, NYC Council Member Justin Brannan, NYS Senator Andrew Gounardes, and NYS Assembly Member Peter J. Abbate, Jr.

Instituto Cervantes

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.

Speakitaly NYC

SPEAKITALY NYC offers stimulating and entertaining lessons for children 0 to 16 years through a wide combination of activities based on the communicative approach anchored in the Common European Framework of Reference: active learning (group work, role plays, etc.) and practice exercises aimed to improve listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Kids will start speaking and using Italian in a very natural way.&nbsp; Small classes capped at 6 students to make sure each one gets the needed attention and facilitate learners' progress.&nbsp; Our method is driven by a didactic method that is the result of constant updates, professional certifications and more than 10 years of experience in working with non-native speakers from different native languages and levels of knowledge. Our aim is to develop a range of Italian language skills while improving accuracy that will enable the students and participants to interact without stress or feeling rushed. We want to help those in the community really embrace not only the true culture in Italy but the Italian culture within New York City&hellip; Who doesn&rsquo;t love what Italy represents in the kitchen, in history &amp; in the arts? Speakitaly wants to support multilingual families who want to learn a new language or pass along their ancestor&rsquo;s heritage and culture. Raffaella, the founder said: "We see language awareness and intercultural sensitivity as the milestones for an inclusive society. Italian, like all other languages, is an enrichment and a growth in every way. Vi aspettiamo!"

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;

Your Awesome New York Kids Weekend: September 9-11