Parents, don't let your children miss out on the fun! Here are some of today's kids and family activities in Brooklyn, from concerts and museums to decorating cupcakes and gardening! Want to see what's going on next weekend or when you have those few days off? Check out the NY Metro Parents' calendar!
Take Two Film Academy is offering Film-Acting and Making classes - Mandell School
Through December 17, 2009 - New York
Take Two Film Academy is offering Film-Acting and Making classes for 6 - 14 year olds at the Mandell School (103 W 96st).
Election Day Celebration - Prospect Park Audubon Center at the Boathouse
November 03, 2009 - Brooklyn
Too young to vote for New York City's mayor? Not here! Get a chance to experience the thrill of voting. Mark your ballot for your favorite mayoral candidate and eat a slice of election cake. Ballot box will be opened and winner announced at 4pm.
Gifts from Nature: Tools and Art of the Native Americans - Brooklyn Children's Museum
November 03, 2009 - Brooklyn
See, touch, and learn about tools and arts from different groups of Native Americans. Discover the relationships among different natural environments, the materials they produced, and how people used them to forge tools and create beautiful pieces. Then create your own Native American craft to take home.
Toxi City: Brooklyn's Brownfields Photography Exhibition - Brooklyn Lyceum
November 03, 2009 - Brooklyn
The exhibition explores the legacy of Brooklyn's industrial past and the spectrum of pollution in which we live. The exhibition features 30 photographs by Robin Michals of sites in Coney Island, DUMBO, East New York, East Williamsburg, Gowanus, Greenpoint, Red Hook, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg where historic uses have saturated the soils and groundwater with a lasting toxicity.
Triangles, Squares and Circles, Oh My! - Still Hip
November 03, 2009 - Brooklyn
Young artists age 2-3 will explore shapes and color and strengthen their fine motor skills through a variety of two- and three-dimensional mediums. By focusing on a specific color or theme, children will build their skills with drawing, collage, painting, and small-scale sculpture.
Let's Look in our Favorite Book - Still Hip
November 03, 2009 - Brooklyn
Young artists age 3-5 will use children's literature as inspiration for their artwork. Each session will begin with a reading of a children's book, followed by an accompanied art activity in a similar theme. Chosen books will include "Leonardo the Terrible Monster," "Rainbow Fish," "The Big Bug Surprise," "Little Smudge," and much more.
Kids Yoga: Ages 2-5 - Namaste Yoga of Kensington
November 03, 2009 - Brooklyn
Beginners' yoga class for children ages 2-5.
After-School Stories - Saratoga Library
November 03, 2009 - Brooklyn
Kids with and without disabilities can enjoy stories, music, and crafts.
Creative Kids - Paerdegat Library
November 03, 2009 - Brooklyn
Express your creativity through arts and crafts, drama, music, and more.
Babies and Books - Sunset Park Library
November 03, 2009 - Brooklyn
Enjoy books, songs, and rhymes with babies up to 18 months old.
Held - Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch
Through November 05, 2009 - Brooklyn
An exhibition that uses sculptures that employ steel and other metals to constrain cut book pages into new forms. By Andrew Hayes.
Ka kelen kelen wili (May We Wake Up One by One) - Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch
Through November 05, 2009 - Brooklyn
An exhibition of books of playful, layered, steel collages with hinges to allow the "pages" to open and close. By Janet Goldner.
Tweens & Teens Yoga - Bend & Bloom Yoga
Through November 10, 2009 - Brooklyn
A lively yoga class designed for tweens and teens.
Kids Yoga - Bend & Bloom Yoga
Through December 10, 2009 - Brooklyn
Spirited and flowing sequences challeng balancing poses, and imaginative relaxation tools nurture the growing independence kids. Partner poses and team-building yoga games encourages healthy socialization and body image.
Family Yoga - Bend & Bloom Yoga
Through December 12, 2009 - Brooklyn
Age appropriate poses with imaginative yoga adventures, art, and music. Partner poses and yoga games encourage parents and kids to work together while limbering up minds and bodies.
Tots Yoga - Bend & Bloom Yoga
Through December 12, 2009 - Brooklyn
Animated animal poses and imaginative games help toddlers to recognize and eventually repeat patterns and tap their budding creativity. Tot-centric poses improve motor coordination, cognitive development, and socialization while kids learn about the wonders of their body.
'Peter and The Wolf' and 'The Frog Prince' - Puppetworks
Through December 20, 2009 - Park Slope, Brooklyn
Adapted and narrated for marionettes "Peter and the Wolf" tells the story of a little boy who captures a ferocious wolf and "The Frog Prince," is the Grimm brothers' famous tale of the princess who kissed a frog and found a prince.
It Happened in Brooklyn - Brooklyn Historical Society
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn
This ongoing exhibit highlights key moments in our nation's history and how they played out in Brooklyn. Visitors meet a range of Brooklyn residents through artifacts in the permanent collection of photographs, artworks, and documents. This includes Brooklyn's earliest Native American settlements, the men and women who fought in the Revolutionary War on Brooklyn's shores, Brooklynites who worked to abolish slavery, immigrants from all over the world who made Brooklyn home, and the women who kept America going by working in the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II.
Totally Tots - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn
Children 5 and under enter a whimsical world where they're in charge. They'll splash in the stream, put on a play, build bridges with blocks, create a collage, make music, and more. Through December 31.
Neighborhood Nature - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn
Families take a trek through natural habitats found in the midst of the city, from woodland fields to ocean tide pools. See what a fish sees inside a pond; harvest play vegetables in the community garden; meet live reptiles; and discover who lives under an oceanside dock.
World Brooklyn - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn
In this permanent exhibition, children can stroll down an urban street and journey around the globe. They can design a costume for the West Indian Day Parade in the mas camp; make a pizza in an Italian restaurant; ring up groceries at an international grocery; and dance in the Chinese New Year parade.
Collections Central - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn
Families discover treasures from the museum's collection and find out the stories they have to tell. Pilot a boat down the Amazon; reconstruct a shattered bowl like an archeologist; discover patterns in objects; and use touch alone to identify mystery objects.
Crown Heights Neighbors - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn
The works from photographers ages 10 to 71 from a photography contest are on display. The photos reflect the architectural, cultural, and geographical diversity of central Brooklyn neighborhoods, including scenes from a barber shop, a block party picnic, a senior center, picturesque streets, and more.
Open Boat Tours - The Waterfront Museum
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn
Come aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Barge #79, a floating museum and houseboat aboard the last remaining covered wooden barge. The exhibition, "Showboat-'Round the Bend" traces the history of the tug and barge "Lighterage Era" and showcases how food and comerical goods were transported before today's bridges and tunnels. A clown and juggler tell the story of the rescue of Barge # 79 and a bunny mascot roams about.
A Tour Grows in Brooklyn Walking Tour - Prospect Park
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn
A walking tour of landmark buildings, monuments, and a revolutionary battle site plus, real Brooklyn pizza, stories, and shopping.
The Triborough Bridge: Robert Moses and the Automobile Age - New York Transit Museum
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn Heights
Learn about the Triborough Bridge, see kid-friendly pictures and diagrams, and celebrate the renaming of the Triborough Bridge to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge.
Free Baton Twirling Lesson - O.L.P.H. Gym
Through December 31, 2009 - Brooklyn
Dance and twirl routines, hoop, flag, streamers, marching, parades, contests, holiday parties and more that promote teamwork and build leadership skills.
New Visiting Exhibition: Top Secret: Mission Toy - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through January 03, 2010 - Brooklyn
This new exhibit allows kids to use their investigative skills to check out toys from around the world. They'll explore dolls, balls, robots, puzzles, and secret de-coding devices. They'll find out why tops are tops and how string can be a fascinating thing, and even build their own special toy.
New Amsterdam: The Island at the Center of the World - South Street Seaport Museum
Through January 07, 2010 - Manhattan
An exhibit that features dozens of rare historic maps, paintings, drawings and documents relating to the history of early New York.
Last Day of the Myrtle Avenue El: Photographs by Theresa King - New York Transit Museum
Through February 28, 2010 - Brooklyn Heights
A personal exhibition that captures a nostalgic moment in time and the essence of riding on wood elevated cars.
EAF09 - Socrates Sculpture Park
Through March 08, 2010 - Long Island City
Celebrate the opening of the EAFO9: Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, which features new works by the park's resident artists.
Tibetan Portrait exhibit - Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Through December 05, 2010 - Staten Island
Photographic portraits of Tibetan people by renowned contemporary artist Phil Borges are featured. Families can view interactive displays focusing on aspects of traditional Tibetan culture, including a map of Tibet’s changing borders, a moveable display of Himalayan Mountains, audio recordings of mantra chanting, and a hands-on display of Tibetan prayer wheels.
Kids Project - A Puppet Show - Staten Island Children's Museum
Through August 01, 2015 - Staten Island
A puppet show about accepting differences and understanding kids with diabilities.
