Best Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Summer 2013: 10 Awesome New Installations
While NYC offers tons of outdoor summer activities, sometimes you want your fun to come with a little air conditioning. Happily there are a slew of new museum exhibits this season that are perfect for...
View ArticleFree Outdoor Movies for NYC Kids this Summer
Enjoying a free alfresco film is a rite of summer in New York City. Even if you go to see a flick you've watched a million times at home, it's a totally different experience viewing it in the open air...
View ArticleBest NYC Kids Birthday Parties: Blow Your Child's Mind With One of These...
It seems like every business in NYC offers birthday parties where little boys and girls can choose from a mind-boggling variety of themes and activities, from princesses to pools to pottery and a whole...
View ArticleSit Back and Enjoy the Air-Conditioning: Free and Cheap Indoor Family Movies...
We recently rounded up free outdoor film screenings for New York City families. But with temperatures stuck in the 80s and 90s, there are days when all you want to do is spend a few hours in a nice,...
View ArticleNYC Summer Camps for Preschoolers: Half-Day and Partial Week Junior Summer...
Summer camp is more than just a fun and enriching experience for young children. It also marks an important step in their development as they get to test out their independence and, in the case of...
View ArticleSummer Streets 2013: Car-Free Fun for NYC Kids
For the sixth year in a row, New York City is hosting Summer Streets on three consecutive Saturdays. On August 3, 10 and 17 from 7am to 1pm, the Department of Transportation closes Lafayette Street...
View ArticleAhoy Mateys: Pirate Fun for NYC Kids - Festivals, Sails & Shows
Pirates is one of those words that elicits completely different reactions from kids and grown-ups. Although everyone pretty much pictures lawless bands of marauders in search of booty, as an adult, I...
View ArticleBasketball for NYC Kids: Learn-to-play Basketball Classes & Lessons
Baseball may be our national pastime but drop by any of NYC's parks with ball courts and it seems like basketball is our local favorite. My admittedly not-very-athletic son has been begging for...
View ArticlePool Halls for NYC Kids: 5 Family-Friendly Billiards Spots
Playing pool isn't just a pastime for hipster barflies. Kids love it, too—just without the copious amounts of alcohol and ironic retro mustaches. There's a pool table at the time share my family and I...
View ArticleNew After-school Classes for NYC Kids 2013
NYC kids have it good when it comes to enriching after-school programs. The choices for hands-on learning fun are seemingly endless. Our Classes Guide is packed with posts about sports like basketball...
View ArticleBest Museum Exhibits for NYC Kids Fall 2013: 8 Cool New Installations & the...
Fall isn't just back-to-school time, it's also the kickoff to a whole new season of cool culture for families. Autumn is when New York City museums and galleries unveil new exhibits and installations,...
View ArticleNYC Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
Back when my daughter was in kindergarten, her class got into a conversation about world hunger. Her solution? Just go eat at a restaurant. (Marie Antoinette would have been proud.) Clearly my child...
View ArticleBest NYC Kids' Concerts for Fall 2013: 12 Live Rockin' Music Shows
So far this month, we've told you about the best museum exhibits for kids and family theater shows debuting this autumn. Now we wrap up our fall culture preview with a roundup of the top 12 kindie rock...
View ArticleOpera for NYC Kids: Family-Friendly Opera Companies & Productions
When my son was just in kindergarten, he came home from school asking if he could go to an opera. Although I was impressed that my five-year-old even knew what an opera was, I was hesitant to plunk...
View ArticleHaunted Houses for NYC Kids: 8 Not-too-scary Halloween Installations for...
Earlier this week, we wrote about haunted houses in Westchester County. But there are actually quite a few haunted houses right here in NYC, too. Of course the scary thing about most of them is that...
View Article34 Free Halloween Events for Kids in New York City 2013
Every October, New York City hosts a terrifying number of Halloween activities. In fact, there are so many great ways to celebrate, you may need a magic eight ball to decide where to go. Luckily, your...
View ArticleBest Places to Trick-or-Treat for New York City Kids
While trick-or-treating in your building is great for adults because it feels so safe and convenient, it's nowhere near as exciting for kids as getting to run around the city streets at night going...
View ArticleSpecial Needs Art Classes for NYC Kids
During my previous monthly special needs posts, I've rounded up music classes and dance lessons for New York City children with special needs. Today, I'm highlighting adaptive art programs for children...
View ArticlePhotos with Santa (or without) at the Mommy Poppins Family Fun Holiday Event
Once Halloween ends there's not much time until the holiday scramble begins. So we want to help you cross one big thing off your seasonal to-do list early: your holiday photos and cards. At our second...
View ArticlePeter and the Wolf in NYC: A Great Way to Introduce Kids to Classical Music
Classical music can be a hard sell for kids. Heck, it can be a hard sell for some grown-ups! Even if it's not your family's preferred genre of music, there are some wonderful classical pieces that...
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