Coalition for Quality Children's Media

From the website...The Coalition for Quality Children's Media is a national, nonprofit organization founded in 1991 whose mission is to teach children critical viewing skills and to increase the visibility and availability of quality children's media. families nationwide. The Coalition is a voluntary collaboration comprising more than 10,000 media professionals, lobbyists, policymakers, child advocates, educators, parents and families nationwide.

Our goals are..
A. To teach children to become critical media users;
B. To help adults recognize the importance of teaching critical viewing skills to children;
C. To help children identify and be aware of outstanding media programming;
D. To develop programs for children with special needs such as low-income, hospitalized or at-risk children.

Long Island Children's Museum

Long Island Children's Museum

11 Davis Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530

Open Tuesday-Sunday from 10am-5pm. Closed Monday.

General Admission: $10

Calendar of Events

Planning Your Trip

Bricks & Sticks
Investigate, build and shape our three-dimensional world using a variety of building blocks and interactive software.

Bubbles
Blur the boundary between play and experimentation as you step inside a giant bubble, blow bubbles within bubbles and make a giant bubble honeycomb.

Changes & Challenges
Enter a house, school or outdoor environment, and experience how people with differing abilities adapt to daily challenges.

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Strong National Museum of Play

Strong National Museum of Play®
One Manhattan Square
Rochester, NY 14607
Phone: 585-263-2700
6 hours from NY City - Good Weekend Trip



Exhibits:

Reading Adventureland

Super Kids Market

Sesame Street

National Toy Hall of Fame

Field of Play

The Berenstain Bears

Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden

Elaine Wilson Carousel

Strong Express Train

The New York Botantical Gardens - Holiday Train Show

From the website...

November 21, 2009–January 10, 2010
Enid A. Haupt Conservatory

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The holiday season is full of family traditions, and the Holiday Train Show is one of the most eagerly awaited.

Wrapped in the glow of twinkling lights, model trains and trolleys zip along over bridges and on winding tracks past scaled replicas of New York landmarks made by award-winning designer Paul Busse. Orange slices, cinnamon sticks, poppy pods, pine cones, and other plant parts are used to create the more than 140 architectural reproductions in the Garden's collection.

Highlights

• Stars of the show: Steam engines and streetcars, whimsical ladybugs and modern freight trains traverse under waterfalls, around mountains, and through tunnels.
• Annual favorites: Empire State Building, Little Red Lighthouse, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and more return to thrill visitors of all ages.

New This Year

• The original Pennsylvania Station (1910–1964), this year’s blockbuster addition
• Brooks Brothers flagship store, located at 346 Madison Avenue

Family Fun

• Gingerbread Adventures: Hands-on activities for kids, including decorating gingersnap cookies; discovering the Earthly treasures of cinnamon, ginger, and cloves; and creating a field notebook in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden
• The Little Engine That Could™: Puppet theater presentations in the Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall
• Thomas the Tank Engine™: An opportunity to meet and take pictures with the popular Thomas on the Garden grounds, January 2–10

Check at the Garden’s Gates for show times of specific activities.

Holiday Hours

Holiday Pricing
Adults $20
Seniors/Students $18
Children $10

Holiday Week (December 26 - January 3)
Adults $25
Seniors/Students $22
Children $15

Advance timed tickets are strongly advised.

Let's Pretend - Ship Ahoy & Other Activities

Brought to you by: Disney Family Fun

From the website...Ship Ahoy
Christen your vessel Lady Laundry Basket and set her on a carpet or blanket, and she'll be seaworthy for even the saltiest little one. Remember the laws of the deep: a white paper triangle taped to a cardboard tube means sailboat, a pair of wooden spoons or paper-and-tube paddles means rowboat, a stick with a string means fishing dory, and an eye patch always means pirate ship. Should any rescue missions bob up, you can inflate a pool ring and have your child toss it into the shark-infested waters.
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New York City Police Museum

New York City Police Museum
Location:100 Old Slip (between South and Water Sts)

Subway: 2, 3 to Wall St; 4, 5 to Bowling Green

Brought to you by: Time Out Kids

From the website...The NYPD’s tribute to 165 years of service features exhibits on its history and the tools of its trade, including vintage uniforms, squad cars and firearms. More notorious artifacts are also on view, including a gun used by one of Al Capone’s minions in the 1928 murder of Frankie Yale. Critics have accused the institution of whitewashing police brutality and other scandals, although visitors can participate in a simulated police gunfight and determine if the shooting was warranted.

Turn a Nature Walk Into Art by iParenting.com

Turn a Nature Walk Into Art brought to you by iParenting.com

From the website...November is the perfect month to take a nature walk with your child. The air is cool and crisp and there are plenty of leaves to play in along the way. Pinecones, acorns and other gifts of nature are all around just waiting to be collected by your excited child. How would you like to turn a walk with your preschooler into a centerpiece or wreath for your Thanksgiving celebration? Grab your jackets and walking shoes and get ready to make a wonderful memory, plus a great project you'll both be proud to display in your home!

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Explore Brooklyn by First 5 Years

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Feature Destinations

1. Aquarium
2. Brooklyn Botanic Garden
3. Brooklyn Bridge
4. Brooklyn Children's Museum
5. Brooklyn Museum
6. Prospect Park
7. Prospect Park Zoo
8. Transit Museum

Other Destinations

9. Brooklyn Arts Exchange
10. Brooklyn Consv. of Music
11. Jewish Children's Museum
12. Narrows Botanical Gardens
13. Puppet Works
14. Salt Marsh Nature Center

ReadIng Together Activites

Fancy Nancy

Chocolate Chip Chamber Music

2009 - 2010 Season

Ticket Information - Family Concert Tickets at Old First Reformed Church (Park Slope) are $10 each (cash only); free for babies under one. Tickets go on sale at the door 30 minutes prior to concert start time. Audience size is limited to 200. Enjoy a pre-concert sing-a-long of children's favorites during the half hour before each performance!

Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum

Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum

5816 Clarendon Road

Brooklyn NY 11203
Tele: 718-629-5400

Halloween Harvest in Old Brooklyn

Sunday, October 18, 2009

12 pm – 4 pm

Rain Date: October 25, 2009

Queens County Farm Museum

THE AMAZING MAIZE MAZE

September 19 – November

Saturday and Sundays, 11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Enjoy getting lost in our 3 acre interactive corn maze. The adventure begins with a stalk talk to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles and making your way out of the maze.

Admission: Adults $8.00, Children ages 4-11 $5.00, ages 3 and under Free

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New York Hall of Science - Queens, NY

Science Playground

From nysci site...Through dozens of playground elements like slides, seesaws, sand pits, and fog machines, visitors of all ages and abilities can explore the scientific principles of motion, balance, sound, sight and simple machines, as well as sun, wind and water.

General Admission: $4 per person / $3 for groups (reservations)
Chaperones: 1 free with 5 children
Members: Free with Family Plus level
Session Length: 45 Minutes
Open: March 1 – December 30 (weather permitting)

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Mommy Poppins - Free Times at NYC Museums

From Mommy Poppins' site...Don't miss out on taking advantage of all the great museums NYC has to offer just because the admissions are higher than a skyscraper. Our guide to NYC museum free times will give you the inside scoop of when to visit your favorite museums or try out a new one with our listings of which museums are free all the time, donation only, or when they offer free museum hours for all the childrens and general museums in New York City.

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Children's Museums:

Brooklyn Children's Museum

Children's Museum of the Arts

Children's Museum of Manhattan

The Jewish Museum

NY Hall of Science

NY Apple Country

Pick Your Own Apples

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