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| Children's, Family and Parenting Programs - March 2007 |
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| Tickets/Registration: 212.415.5500 |
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| Media Contact: Beverly Greenfield, 212.415.5452, email |
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PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND PARENTS
And Other Activities for Little Ones and the Adults in Their Lives |
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— MARCH 2007 — |
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92nd Street Y Parenting Center |
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Location/Subways: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street, 4, 5, 6 to 86th
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| New York, NY, February, 1, 2007—Below is a snapshot of what's in store for little ones and their grown-ups at the 92nd Street Y this March. Whatever the activity, whatever the age, the Y is here to help parents and children grow together. |
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| 92nd Street Y Wonderplay Early Childhood Learning |
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| A New Initiative for Children Ages Birth to Five and their Parents |
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For more than 60 years, parents in New York have known the 92nd Street Y as a place where they and their and children come to play, learn, explore and have fun together. Now a new initiative, 92nd Street Y Wonderplay:™ Early Childhood Learning, brings together the Y's vast resources for children ages five and under and their parents. With more than 400 programs annually, 140 early-childhood staff, and a facility that boasts a world-class concert hall and full-service gym as well as classrooms and playrooms, 92nd Street Y Wonderplay inspires curiosity, a love of learning and self-discovery, and provides warm, knowledgeable support to parents. Wonderplay includes art classes; music and dance classes and performances; sports and swimming activities; play groups; summer camp; Jewish cultural and holiday celebrations; and parenting lectures, workshops and support groups.
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For information, tickets, registration: www.92Y.org/wonderplay.
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| ONGOING, WEEKLY PROGRAMS |
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♦ Wonderplay ♦
ONGOING: Every Wed, 10:30 am-12 pm, $10/session
JUST DROP IN! Registration NOT required.
For New Parents — NEW-PARENT GET-TOGETHERS
Ages: Newborn-12 mos
Led by 92nd Street Parenting Center director Sally Tannen and New York's top child psychologists and pediatricians, this weekly discussion group is a great way for new parents to share experiences, learn from one another and make friends. Against the familiar backdrop of gurgles and squeals, parents can compare notes on topics from scheduling to strollers. Half the fun is watching the newborns relate to each other.
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Mar 7: Introducing Solids |
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Mar 14: Your Baby's Temperament |
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Mar 21: Sleep |
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♦ Wonderplay ♦
ONGOING: Every Thu, 10-11:30 am, $20/session
JUST DROP IN! Registration NOT required.
Beginning September 7
For New Mothers — BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT GROUP
Breastfeeding is an evolving process that raises many questions and concerns. Meet with other moms, babies and a lactation specialist from the 92nd Street Y 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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♦ Wonderplay ♦
ONGOING: Every Mon, 1:15 - 2:15 pm, $15/session
JUST DROP IN! Registration NOT required.
For Families — STORY HOUR WITH PETRA
Ages: 2½-4 yrs
Kids are always ready for a story, so bring them by the 92nd Street Y Parenting Center any Monday afternoon to share the pleasure of a tale well told. Typical books include Wibbley Pig, Caps for Sale, Mother Goose and Little Bear. Art, songs and snacks, too. Call for information or scheduling updates: 212-415-5611.
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| ONE-TIME EVENTS & CLASSES |
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♦ Wonderplay ♦
Thu, Mar 1, 1 - 2:15 pm, $35
Family Program / LET'S MAKE HAMANTASCHEN
Ages: 2-5 yrs
Families with children two to five years old can get together to celebrate Purim with homemade hamantaschen, the three-cornered pastries filled with apricot, prune and poppy-seed fillings that recall the three-cornered hat of Haman, the villain of the Purim story. Purim this year falls on Sunday, March 4 (and begins Saturday evening, March 3).
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Sun, Mar 4, $25 Adult / $15 Child (includes museum admission)
Ages: 5-8 yrs, 11 am-12:30 pm
Ages: 7-10 yrs, 2-3:30 pm
For Families — ART AROUND THE WORLD FOR FAMILIES AT THE MET
Children's art specialists from the 92nd Street Y Art Center help you and your child discover hidden mysteries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Learn about art and objects from distant times and places and work together to create a project based on the day's journey. Each session focuses on a different museum theme and includes an art project, group discussion and "focused looking."
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Mon, Mar 5, 8:15 pm, $25
For Parents: THE NURTURING FATHER: A DAD'S ESSENTIAL ROLE
DR. KYLE PRUETT, a professor of clinical psychiatry and nursing and an authority on child development, specializes in studying fatherhood and its effects on children. He is the author of the award-winning books The Nurturing Father and FatherNeed and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times.
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♦ Wonderplay ♦
Tue, Mar 6, 8-9:30 pm, $25
For Parents: SETTING LIMITS
Ages: Parents of children 18 mos to 3 yrs
In this Parenting Center workshop, learn how to be an effective and loving parent while helping your child to develop self-control and discipline. BARBARA KATZ, former 92nd Street Y Parenting Center director, offers tips for handling the "terrible two's," minimizing tantrums and establishing rules that both you and your child can live with.
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♦ Wonderplay ♦
Wed Mar 7, 11:15-12:15 pm, $20
JUST DROP IN! Registration NOT required.
For Parents of Toddlers — TODDLER PARENT GET-TOGETHERS: TEMPER TANTRUMS
Ages: 1-3 yrs
Led by 92nd Street Parenting Center director Sally Tannen and New York's top child psychologists and pediatricians, this every-other-week discussion group is a great way for parents to share experiences, learn from one another and make friends. While children play, parents can compare notes on topics of particular interest during the toddler years. Next session, on Mar 21, is Sharing: Can Toddlers Do It?.
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Sunday, Mar 11, 10 am - 12 noon, $40 Adult / $20 Child
For Families — SUNDAY SCIENCE SPECTACULAR: INVENTIONS
Ages: 6-11 yrs
Some kids have pictures of ballerinas or sports stars on their walls. Some have pictures of Einstein. (And some have both.) For kids who love science, nature, experiments, space — you know who they are — the Y's monthly Sunday Science Spectacular is even better than Sunday brunch. This session explores INVENTIONS, the physical realizations of dreams. Discover how scientists, engineers and other inventors construct their ideas and turn them into realities. Children build a machine, car, truck or plane, then test the design and modify it.
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Sun, Mar 11, 1-2:30 pm, $25 Adult / $15 Child
CERAMICS WORKSHOP — CLAY MUSIC BOXES
Ages: 5-7 yrs
Spend a creative, fun-filled afternoon making a music box with your child. Learn how to construct, embellish and glaze your box. Return to pick it up in three weeks—it will have been fired and the music mechanism will have been installed. With 92nd Street Y Art School faculty member Carol Lewis.
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Sun, Mar 11, 3pm, $16/person
For Families — FAMILY MUSIC: WHY HANDEL WAGGLED HIS WIG
Ages: 6-10 yrs
Renowned cellist STEVEN ISSERLIS takes youngsters on a musical exploration in the second of three concerts for young school-age children. In this concert, he brings to life his children's book Why Handel Waggled His Wig (Faber & Faber, May 2006). Isserlis is joined by two of his preeminent musician-friends, violinist JOSHUA BELL and pianist JEREMY DENK, to provide musical examples along the way, and British actor SAMUEL WEST serves as the narrator. The series continues on April 29.
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Friday, Mar 16, 6-7:30 pm, $36 Adult / $18 Child
Shabbat at the Y for Families / FRIDAY-NIGHT FAMILY SHABBAT DINNER
Ages: Families with children under 12
At the Y's Friday-night Shabbat family dinners, enjoy Shabbat with other families with singing, arts and crafts, and activities for children and adults. Registration required by the Wednesday before the dinner; vegetarian dinners optional with phone reservation. For information and reservations, visit www.92Y.org/shabbat.
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♦ Wonderplay ♦
Wed Mar 21, 11:15-12:15 pm, $20
JUST DROP IN! Registration NOT required.
For Parents of Toddlers — TODDLER PARENT GET-TOGETHERS:
SHARING: CAN TODDLERS DO IT?
Ages: 1-3 yrs
Led by 92nd Street Parenting Center director Sally Tannen and New York's top child psychologists and pediatricians, this every-other-week discussion group is a great way for parents to share experiences, learn from one another and make friends. While children play, parents can compare notes on topics of particular interest during the toddler years. Next session, on April 18, is Setting Limits.
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♦ Wonderplay ♦
Thu, Mar 22, 1-2 pm, $35
PASSOVER Family Workshop / MAKE A MATZAH PLATE AND COVER!
Ages: 2-4 yrs
This is an opportunity to join other parents with young children for a pre-Passover get-together. Children love to have a role in holiday celebrations, and this workshop provides a chance for them to make a matzah plate and cover that can be displayed proudly on the Seder table.
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♦ Wonderplay ♦
Sun, Mar 25, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, $40
For Kids and Grandparents — KIDS IN THE KITCHEN WITH GRANDPARENTS
Ages: 2½-5 yrs
Experience the joy and fun of cooking with the grandkids and watching their faces light up when they taste their own creations. Mix, stir, taste and enjoy!
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Sunday, March 25, 12-3 pm, FREE
LGBT FAMILY CAMP DAY — PEARL RIVER, NY
Free bus leaves from the 92nd Street Y at 11:00 AM (91 Street and Lexington Ave)
Ages: 4-12 yrs.
Spend an afternoon with other LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) families at the lovely 92nd Street Y Campgrounds located in Pearl River, NY (about 40 minutes north of NYC). 92nd Street Y Camp staff show kids how sap is tapped from maple trees in early spring and turned into maple syrup, and help kids climb the Y's brand-new 40-foot climbing tower. Kids and parents can also create a piece of copper enamel jewelry in the art studio. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the Y's 100-acre campground. While you're there, learn about the Y's summer camps for kids ages 4 to 12, which provide an open, welcoming environment for LGBT families within the Y's diverse camp community. For reservations or directions, call Alan Saltz at 212-415-5613; a free bus to the campground leaves from the 92nd Street Y at 11:00 am, and will return to the Y at the end of the program.
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♦ Wonderplay ♦
Sun, Mar 25, 3pm, $10
For Families: FAMILY CONCERT:
THE QUEST FOR SOUND — A BASH THE TRASH MUSICAL STORY
Ages: 3-6 yrs
JOHN BERTLES makes music with what some people call trash — or at least recycling. He also shows kids how to do the same, and in the process — which is radically fun — he manages to sneak in some basics about music, sound, etc. In this concert, everyday items become enchanted objects and simple noises become magical invocations as Bash the Trash's humorous and imaginative tale unfolds. Only through the building of strange and unusual instruments by the audience can the Quest for the Sound be resolved! This is the final installment this season of the Y's brand-new concert series for its youngest audiences (ages 3-6), featuring renowned educator, performer, composer and instrument-maker John Bertles and his group Bash the Trash. The group got its start in 1991 and has since educated thousands of children (while they thought they were just having fun!).
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Sun, Mar 25, 3pm, $40
Pre-Concert Event for Children 10 and Older at 2pm
ZUKERMAN CHAMBER PLAYERS — New York Debut
Ages: 10+
For budding musicians — or music enthusiasts — here's a chance to meet one of the world's most renowned violinists, PINCHAS ZUKERMAN. Before this concert, Zukerman and his group of young musicians spend time chatting with kids (and their parents) over a light lunch. Then join the grown-ups in the Y's beautiful wood-paneled concert hall for a full-length concert of family-friendly accessible, repertoire. There's nothing like meeting someone close-up and then seeing them on stage. The concert features music by Mozart and Dvorak.
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| ABOUT THE 92nd STREET Y'S PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES |
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From classes for parents-to-be to extensive activities for teens, the 92nd Street Y provides a supportive, noncompetitive environment that allows children and parents to reach their full potential. The groundbreaking Parenting Center, created in 1978 to help new and expectant parents navigate their new roles, has evolved to reflect the needs of today's working mothers, stay-at-home fathers, grandparents and other "non-traditional" caregivers. The Special Needs Program, created in 1983, recognizes the unique needs of this population, while the new Teen Program gives young people a place to share and learn. Established in 1954, the Camp Program offers 12 programs that range from traditional camps to specialty offerings to programs developed for teens; every summer 1,500 children ages 3 to 15 enjoy these programs in the bucolic setting of the Y's Rockland County campgrounds just outside New York City. Finally, throughout the year, activities for children of all ages introduce them to the excitement of science, the inspiration of the arts, and the fun of exercise. To make sure that children and adults of all are able to participate in these programs regardless of economic circumstance, the 92nd Street Y provides $1 million in financial assistance each year.
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| ABOUT THE 92nd STREET Y |
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Founded in 1874 by a group of visionary Jewish leaders, the 92nd Street Y has grown into a wide-ranging cultural, educational and community center serving people of all races, faiths and backgrounds. The 92nd Street Y's mission is to enrich the lives of the over 300,000 people who visit each year—both in person and through the Y's satellite, television, radio and Internet broadcasts. The organization's East Side headquarters (1395 Lexington Avenue) and West Side outpost (35 West 67th Street) offer comprehensive performing arts, film and spoken word events; courses in the humanities, the arts, personal development and Jewish culture; activities and workshops for children, teenagers and parents; and health and fitness programs for people of every age. Committed to making its programs available to everyone, the 92nd Street Y awards nearly $1 million in scholarships annually and reaches out to 8,000 public school children through subsidized arts education programs. For more information, please visit www.92Y.org.
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© 2009 92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association
All Rights Reserved. |
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