Date: March, 2011
Calling all truck (and airstream) fans!
by Karen on 3/21/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Take just a moment: close your eyes and think of your favorite kind of moving vehicle. Yes, I said “moving vehicle”. Is it a bookmobile, ice cream truck, airstream? Now, think of your child’s favorite one. Did you conjure up an image of a fire truck, ambulance, police car? Well, then you have hit the [...]
Hello Ballet! Short performances for your kids
by Holly on 3/20/11 | 0 Comment(s)
If you have yet to introduce your children to ballet, now is your opportunity. With youngsters, the performance needs to be interactive and relatively short. The New York Theatre Ballet is known for its one-hour adaptations of classics treasured by children and parents alike. Their upcoming performance of Exquisite Little Ballets will be performed on [...]
Deadwood for Kids: Boom Town
by Holly on 3/20/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Cirque Mechanics’ Boom Town will have its New York premiere at the New Victory Theater from April 8th through April 24th. In Boom Town, acrobats climb up swaying poles, fly high and fast on revolving cranes, jump on moving ore carts and balance on towers of whiskey jugs. Inspired by Chaplin’s Gold Rush, HBO’s “Deadwood” [...]
Movies and more for kids on the spectrum
by Karen on 3/18/11 | 0 Comment(s)
One of the more popular movie series in our borough is Big Movies for Little Kids where parents and their little ones can catch a movie without the constraints of regular theater requirements. In other words: talking to the movie screen and jumping in your seat and other theater transgressions are not only accepted, they [...]
Got a complaint for the city? Snap a photo!
by Karen on 3/18/11 | 3 Comment(s)
This is a reminder as spring comes and the potholes and noise become rampart: the City of New York launched a program that allows you to submit still images and/or audio/video files things that irk you, make you crazy, need to be fixed. (Now, if only they had a way to send in audio recordings [...]
Volleyball courts, picnic areas- and yes, restrooms!
by Karen on 3/18/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Brooklyn’s ever-expanding playground for kids and adults down at the Piers will open a new section of Pier 6 by summer. This new park area includes 3 sand volleyball courts, 2 lawns, pathways and planted areas for picnics. As the weather warms in the coming weeks, the pier landscaping and plantings will be installed. The [...]
Kids Music Listings this Weekend: March 18,19,20
by Charles on 3/17/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Friday March 18th 11:00 am: Weekly Sing-along with Lloyd Miller Lloyd’s energy, humor, and wonderful music always entertains and educates children and adults at his weekly sing-along. Details: Knitting Factory 361 Metropolitan Ave (at Havemeyer St) Cost: $3 7:00 pm: The Alex Levin Trio’s Friday Night Jazz Shows At this weekly jazz jam, children under [...]
They’ve got 70 years: sibling relationships
by Karen on 3/11/11 | 1 Comment(s)
They’ve got 70 years: sibling relationships by Soho Parenting Can you imagine a better feeling than watching your children enjoy each other? From your preschooler making your baby erupt in giggles, or your two teenagers laughing and conspiring, to your grown boys joking and wrestling with relish. Nothing like it. Unfortunately, in addition to those [...]
Camp fair this weekend
by Karen on 3/11/11 | 0 Comment(s)
New York Family and the American Camp Association are hosting a final Camp Fair in Brooklyn before the summer season. This is the last chance for parents to speak to over 40 expert camp directors, face to face, from both local day camps and sleep away camps. You can choose from a variety of camps [...]
Kids Music Listings this Weekend: March 11,12,13
by Charles on 3/11/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Friday March 11th 7:00 pm: The Alex Levin Trio’s Friday Night Jazz Shows At this weekly jazz jam, children under 16 can bring their own instruments and let loose alongside the band for a few tunes. Details: Downtown Community Center 120 Warren St (between Greenwich and West Sts) Cost: Free Saturday March 12th 10:00 am: [...]
oohh la la- we are “popular”
by Karen on 3/11/11 | 6 Comment(s)
It seems strange that, as an artist, I would have killed for just a tiny bit of press…and then I have a baby (well, two), a blog and an expo and wow- get some…finally. Poor old art career. At any rate, I am psyched because the Brooklyn Baby Expo is getting lots of press…. Here [...]
Parenting Blog Talk
by Karen on 3/09/11 | 0 Comment(s)
So Your Gift Got Lost in the Mail? What now? (Momfinds) What you really need to know about motherhood (LilSugar) 7 ways to get your child excited about reading (inhabitots) 25 more iphone and ipod touch apps for kids (parenting) Are you only as happy as your spouse? (The Juggle) Starting to set limits (Parentalk)
Free workshop on the Special Education System in NYC
by Karen on 3/09/11 | 0 Comment(s)
I wrote about this new organization, Extreme Kids & Crew, who has just started offering classes for children with disabilities. They have large goals in creating a center for special needs children, including a playspace, swimming area and theater. With all their forward momentum, it seems like it could become a reality for Brooklynites. Next [...]
Family Opera Concert: Where the Wild Things Are
by Holly on 3/09/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Have you been dying to introduce your child to the opera but unsure of which one to start with? Here is your opportunity, for so many reasons: it’s made for children, so it’s not long, and it’s based on the beloved children’s book by Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, a story your children [...]
Sleep- how to help your baby get the sleep she needs
by Karen on 3/09/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Soho Parenting has a solid reputation for helping parents with sleep issues. They have been around for a long time and they have some great advice for us parents! Sleep- by Soho Parenting It seems when it comes to babies and sleep the discussion is as heated as the Democrats vs. the Republicans. Your baby’s [...]
Free tickets to swashbuckling Treasure Island!
by Karen on 3/08/11 | 7 Comment(s)
If you haven’t heard people talking about the new production of Treasure Island by B.H. Barry, whether in the NY Times or on the neighborhood listserves, I’ll sum it up for you: GO! Not only does this production have cache with kids as it is full of sword fights and pirates, but it is directed [...]
Brooklyn Baby Expo is selling out!
by Karen on 3/08/11 | 3 Comment(s)
Wow- we have a lot of people coming to the Expo- and it’s not just expectant parents, we have parents of babies, toddlers and preschoolers. I guess as Cool Mom Picks said yesterday, ” it makes perfect sense that the first ever Child Grows in Brooklyn Baby Expo would take place in New York’s most [...]
Skippy recalled
by Karen on 3/07/11 | 2 Comment(s)
Since peanut butter is a food group at our house, I felt more betrayed than usual by the most recent recall: Skippy peanut butter. Unilever recalled Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread in the 16.3-ounce plastic jars for possible salmonella contamination. The company found the [...]
Well-known baseball camp moves into Brooklyn
by Karen on 3/07/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Let’s just say you are looking for a summer camp for your kids, and this is your criteria: something active group-oriented fun That’s not a tough list to fill. But, what if you added these requests to your list? teaches that winning isn’t everything models respect team-building Then you may have a hit a home [...]
Cooking and Science smashups for fun
by Karen on 3/07/11 | 0 Comment(s)
These family-friendly workshops are cooking and science smashups: reverse-engineer your food and personal care products. You get to be detective, chemist and cook as you decode and remake Johnson & Johnson® Baby Lotion and Breyers® Ice Cream. TCK’s “Devotion to Lotion” Workshop Rachel Winard, creator and chef of Soapwalla Kitchen, turns Johnson and Johnson® Baby [...]
The Ultimate Snack: Homemade Cheddar Crackers
by Stacie on 3/07/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Friends! It’s been too long since I’ve been here. (Two months and one week, but who’s keeping track?!) After such a long absence, I feel it’s only right to come bearing gifts. And what better gift to a parent than the ultimate snack recipe? There are too many to list all of the reasons why [...]
I’m Jealous of Symphony Space – what about Brooklyn?
by Charles on 3/07/11 | 4 Comment(s)
Last week, I took the 2 train up to 96th Street to attend a blogger get-together at Symphony Space. I was there to find out more about the organization’s family and educational programs and to watch a mind blowing stair tap dancing performance by Andrew Nemr. The first presenter was Amy Wilson, an author, blogger, [...]
Tribeca Peds in Fort Greene will open today
by Karen on 3/07/11 | 0 Comment(s)
Back in January, I announced that Tribeca Pediatrics was expanding to Fort Greene. After walking by there this week, I noticed they had done a lot of work on the location, but it didn’t look ready for a move in- so I was surprised that they announced that they would be open for business today, [...]
Sprichst du Deutsch? Karneval this weekend
by Karen on 3/04/11 | 0 Comment(s)
If you could read that headline- and yes, actually pronounce it- then do we have an event for you! CityKinder.com, a new web-site for the German speaking parent community in NYC, is throwing a Kinderfasching (Karneval)! It’s a dress-up party with everything from music, dance and games to delicious German delicacies. But you don’t have [...]
Kids Music Listings this Weekend: March 5,6
by Charles on 3/04/11 | 1 Comment(s)
Saturday March 5th 10:30 am: Kids’ Concert: Music Together’s Gabriele Tranchina Gabriele Tranchina of Sol La Ti’s Music Together belts out kid friendly tunes and leads sing-alongs for babies, toddlers, and young children on the campus of Columbia University during a rollicking fundraiser for Tompkins Hall Nursery School and Childcare Center. Details: Columbia University Buell [...]
