We’re out and about scouting out events focused on keeping your toddler and pre-school aged children busy this coming week!
Here’s what we’ve found for you this week.
Fun for NYC Metro Area Toddlers and Preschool Children This Week
Enjoy a week full of fun activities with your toddlers and pre-school children!
Rubin Museum Family Sundays! – Rubin Museum of Art
Date: September 13, 2015 through September 27, 2015
Hours: Sep. 13, 20 and 27, 1-4pm
Ages: Pre-school & younger, Young elementary, Adult
Price: Free with museum admission: $15; $10 seniors/students; free for children younger than 12
Address: 150 W. 17th St. – map it
Chelsea, NY 10011
Phone: 212-620-5000
Website: rubinmuseum.org/familysundays
Description: Weekly drop-in art making program. During September’s Family Sundays, families will explore artworks in the Masterworks exhibition and learn how mountains have influenced them. they will then drop by the art studio to create their own mountain range.
Galli Theater’s The Frog Prince – Gloria Maddox Theater
Date: September 19, 2015 through September 27, 2015
Hours: Sep. 19- 27; 2pm
Ages: Pre-school & younger, Young elementary
Price: $20; $15 for children (2-17)
Address: 151 W. 26th St., 7th Floor Chelsea, NY 10001
Phone: 212-731-0668
Website: gallitheaterny.com
Description: A princess loses a precious gift from her father down a well. In order to get it back she must keep three promises to a frog. Through her adventure with the frog, the young girl learns the value of keeping her word, facing her fears and his handsomely rewarded.
Like all Galli Theater performances the show is filled with music and song and is interactive. For ages 4-10.
Storytime – Book Culture Columbus
Date: February 14, 2015 through September 26, 2015
Hours: Saturdays, 11am; Thursdays, 2pm
Cost: Free
Ages: Pre-school & younger, Young elementary
Address: 450 Columbus Ave. – Upper West Side, NY 10024
Phone: 212-595-1962
Website: bookculture.com
Description: A weekly story time at the Upper West Side branch of Book Culture.
YOUNG SPROUTS GARDENING – Nelson A. Rockefeller Park: Children’s Garden
Date: May 02, 2015 through October 27, 2015
Hours: Every Tuesday, 3:15-3:45pm
Cost: Free
Ages: Pre-school & younger, Young elementary
Battery Park City, NY 10282
Phone: 212-267-9700
Website: bpcparks.org
Description: A gardening program for children ages 3-5 years and an accompanying adult. Among the simple gardening projects appropriate for preschoolers are: planting seeds, watering the garden, and tasting fresh greens and vegetables – all organically grown.
Children will see a variety of plants, butterflies, insects, worms, and birds – all part of the natural cycle of the garden. Feel cool water on a hot day and the different textures of leaves and plants in the garden. They will smell herbs (lemon verbena, dill, mint, and basil) and flowers (lavender, marigold, and scented geraniums).
Each week there is a new, garden-themed lesson, including learning about pollinators, worms, seeds, weather, flowers, birds, and more. Young children will have fun in the garden doing plant scavenger hunts, and reading nature books related to the day’s theme.
Mad. Sq. Kids: Reads – Madison Square Park: Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground
Date: June 02, 2015 through September 29, 2015
Hours: Every Tuesday and Friday, June 2- Sept. 29, 10am
Cost: Free
Ages: Pre-school & younger, Young elementary
Address: Madison Avenue and 23rd Street – Flatiron District, NY 10010
Phone: 212-538-1884
Website: madisonsquarepark.org
Sunday Story Time in Mr. Morgan’s Library – The Morgan Library & Museum
Date: June 28, 2015 through October 11, 2015
Hours: Sundays, 3-4pm
Ages: Pre-school & younger, Young elementary
Price: Free with museum admission: $18; $12 children, seniors, and students; free for children younger than 12
Address: 225 Madison Ave. – Murray Hill, NY 10016
Phone: 212-685-0008
Website: themorgan.org
Description: Follow Alice through Wonderland and hear about her amazing tale. Afterwards, make a brief visit to the exhibition Alice: 150 Years of Wonderland and discover the very book that Lewis Carroll wrote by hand for his friend Alice.
Venue Description: The Morgan Library & Museum began as the private library of financier Pierpont Morgan, one of the foremost collectors and cultural benefactors in the United States. In this complex of buildings in the heart of New York City, Morgan had begun to assemble a collection of illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts, early printed books, and old master drawings and prints as early as 1890. Dedicated to fostering a greater knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of primarily Western history and culture, this educational institution records and reflects achievements of European and American literature, music, art, and history. In an Italian Renaissance-style palazzo with three magnificent rooms epitomizing America’s Age of Elegance, The Morgan Library includes a new performance hall, a welcoming entrance on Madison Avenue, a new café and a new restaurant, a gift shop, a new reading room, and collections storage. Still one of America?s premier institutions, The Morgan Library & Museum has continued to acquire rare materials as well as important music manuscripts, early children’s books, Americana, and materials from the twentieth century, all open to public, fulfilling Pierpont Morgan?s dream of making the library and its treasures available to scholars and the patrons alike.
Little New Yorkers – DiMenna Children’s History Museum at New-York Historical Society
Date: August 04, 2015 through September 29, 2015
Hours: Tuesdays and Fridays in August and September, 3:30pm
Ages: Pre-school & younger, Young elementary
Price: Free with museum admission: $19; $15 for seniors; $12 for students; $6 for kids ages 5-13; free for kids ages 4 and younger
Address: 170 Central Park West – Upper West Side, NY 10707
Phone: 212-873-3400
Website: nyhistory.org
Description: Held in the cozy Barbara K. Lipman Children’s History Library, this program introduces New York and American history to the littlest New Yorkers with age-appropriate themes and engaging hands-on activities. Ages 3-5.
Infant Massage – Prenatal Yoga Center
Date: August 05, 2015 through September 30, 2015
Hours: Wednesdays, 2-3pm
Ages: Pre-school & younger, Adult
Price: $37, $15 per additional adult
Address: 251 W. 72nd St. 2F – Upper West Side, NY 10023
Phone: 212-362-2985
Website: prenatalyogacenter.com
Description: Singing and bonding with your baby is fun! In this class music and massage complement each other to stimulate your baby’s brain and relax his muscles and organs. Best for babies 0-6 months. Sign up for series or drop-in.
Toddler Story Time in the Nolen Library – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: September 01, 2015 through December 31, 2015
Hours: Monday-Friday, 10:30-11am and 3-3:30pm
Cost: Free
Ages: BAB, Pre-school & younger
Address: 1000 Fifth Ave. – Upper East Side, NY 10028
Website: metmuseum.org
Description: Gather around to look, listen, sing, and have fun with picture books; then continue your adventure with a self-guided gallery hunt (requiring admission fee) in the Museum. For families with children ages 18 months–3 years. Space is limited; first come, first served.
Breastfeeding support group – 92Y
Date: September 21, 2015 through December 28, 2015
Hours: Every Monday, ongoing, 11am
Ages: Pre-school & younger, Adult
Price: $20 drop in
Address: 1395 Lexington Ave. – Upper East Side, NY 10128
Phone: 212-415-5500
Website: 92y.org
Description: Breastfeeding is an evolving process that raises many questions and concerns. Meet with other moms, babies and a lactation specialist from 92Y Parenting Center to discuss topics such as the emotional ups and downs of breastfeeding, what happens when your milk supply is weak, how to juggle breastfeeding and work, and whether and how to supplement. Come when you can.
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