Why not give your children an historic adventure this summer? Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum is offering BPMM Adventures, two week-long summer sessions incorporating history and nature, for children entering grades 1 through 4. Participants will learn about 19th-century living through a mansion scavenger hunt; create Native American-inspired artwork using natural materials; explore Native American Three...
The day has come — 53 young children ages four to five years old will release trout into the wild! The preschoolers from Bronxworks will be releasing the trout that they raised into the Cross River at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation on Friday, April 27th. The Bronx Children’s Museum has been collaborating with Trout...
There is still time to register your child for the Children’s Gardening Program at the New York Botanical Garden. Briana and I had the chance to preview the garden recently, and she loved it! Kids will love digging in the dirt and help plant their own garden, while at the same time learning about...
We are really happy to see a program like this! The program’s mission is to ensure that all fathers who wish to be actively involved in their child’s life get the chance to do so. Here is a description directly from their website: We work with young fathers to show them that they are not...
A whole new season of programs opens this week, just in time to help propel us toward that enticing threshold between winter and spring. Start with a session with artist Paul Deo at Family Art Project. Will you and your young companions notice if there is snow on the ground (however unlikely that seems...
Chip in! Mulch your tree! Help NYC grow! Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city! Join the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the New York City Department of Sanitation, and GreeNYC to recycle your Christmas trees into wood chips. These...
Check out the video posted on BronxNet about the August 2011 Dream Big Event which featured United States Surgeon General Regina Benjamin. Dr. Benjamin, Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor, and Sesame Street’s own Sonia Manzano! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
If you and your son or daughter both like art, BRAC has the perfect class for you: Parent & Child Workshops. Each class session will focus on a different art media, including painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. Get creative together! Kid Classes (ages 8-12) Drawing & Painting on Saturdays, 11am-1pm, $75 Alternative Drawing &...
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Never underestimate kid power. That’s the message of the Bronx Children’s Museum’s Dream Big program, which on Saturday celebrated the completion of its second summer of children’s workshops at community centers throughout the borough with a day of festivities hosted by Hostos Community College. The kids lived up to the message, using their power...
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, in partnership with Adventures in Preservation and Historic House Trust of New York City, will offer a one-week restoration workshop from Monday, August 1 through Friday, August 5, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. A National Historic Landmark and part of New York City’s largest park, Bartow-Pell, an 1840s Greek Revival...
The Bronx Write Bus (BWB) is a free summer program for Bronx Youth ages 12-18. It is presented by the Bronx Council on the Arts’ Bronx Writers Center and meets on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from July 12 through August 11, 2011. The bus rides through New York City this summer, exploring arts and...
Iridescent April ScienceFest Check out the newly opened Iridescent South Bronx Science Studio at their first monthly science festival! Come mix and mingle, take part in an Engineering Design Challenge, check out the wind tunnel, digital music creation station, the solar scooter, learn about musical instrument engineering, make some wii art, learn about other...
Looking for an activity for your child to get into? Check out the classes offered at the Bronx River Art Center for children and teens. They offer cartooning, ceramics, digital photography and more! Classes start in April, so contact them now! http://www.bronxriverart.org/education-youth-programs.cfm#3 Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet about...
Bronx House will be having a SPRING OPEN HOUSE on Saturday, April 2, 2011-featuring *SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR NEW MEMBERS* *CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL WITH BOOTHS & PRIZES* *BUTTERFLY BOOGIE PERFORMED BY CENTRAL PARK ZOO WILDLIFE THEATER* Visit BronxHouse.org Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Bronx teenagers, ages 14 to 19, can sign up now for the Police Athletic League’s (PAL) Teen Impact Centers in the Bronx. Through local partnerships with schools, faith-based institutions and community centers, PAL provides Bronx young people a safe haven to interact with their peers in sports and recreation programs, participate in team-building activities,...
The Bronx News Network, in collaboration with College Now, is running a free journalism program for Bronx high school students. They have extended the deadline to this Friday, Jan. 28, and we’re looking for a few more eager applicants. The next semester starts on Feb. 2. Classes will be held at Hostos Community College at...
BronxMama isn’t the only one blogging about the Bronx Children’s Museum and yesterday’s community forum-which by the way, was awesome! BronxMama writers Amy Vega Guobadia and Lisa Quinones-Fontanez also posted about the forum on their own blogs-check out their posts below! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet about it Print for later Tell...
The Police Athletic League (PAL) is looking for volunteers to continue its mission of serving New York City’s young people by donating their time and talents to help serve Bronx youngsters at PAL’s Webster-Giannone Center serving Fordham and Tremont, PS 48 in Hunts Point and PAL’s New South Bronx Center. Digg this post Recommend...
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