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From toddlers to tweens, we have something for everyone! Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Craft a Feast! August 18, 2020 Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Welcome back, Little New-Yorkers! This week, we are celebrating friendship with the delightful picture book Bear Says Thanks, written by Karma Wilson and illustrated by Jane Chapman. What better way to celebrate than to… Read More Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Craft a Feast! August 18, 2020 Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Welcome back, Little New-Yorkers! This week, we are celebrating friendship with the delightful picture book Bear Says Thanks, written by Karma Wilson and illustrated by Jane Chapman. What better way to celebrate than to… Read More Reading into History Book Club Summer Read: Inspire your Inner Naturalist! August 14, 2020 There is abundant wildlife in New York City – hundreds of different species call the Big Apple home. From soaring hawks to curious coyotes, it’s no surprise that we encounter animals everywhere from our parks and greenspaces to our roads and roofs. After all, they’re New Yorkers, too!” – WildlifeNYC Our summer read, The Evolution… Read More Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Create Your Own BunnyBear! August 10, 2020 Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Greetings, Little New-Yorkers! This week we’re so pleased to introduce you to our friend Bunnybear, from the picture book named after him by Andrea J. Loney and Carmen Saldaña. Bunnybear was born a bear… Read More Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Moose and Me August 3, 2020 Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Hello out there, Little New-Yorkers! Anyone ever had a pet, a furry friend, or an imaginary pal who just won’t do what you want them to? Meet Wilfred and his” pet Moose, who can’t… Read More Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Celebrate Your Name July 27, 2020 Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Welcome back, Little New-Yorkers! This week we’re thinking about names; how we got our names, what they mean to us, and how we can celebrate these important parts of what makes us, us! We’ll… Read More Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Favorite Foods Finger Puppets July 20, 2020 Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Hello again, Little New-Yorkers! This week, we’re reading Frankie’s Favorite Food by Kelsey Garrity-Riley. A book about Frankie, a little boy who has so many favorite foods, he can’t choose just one to be in… Read More Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Incredible Pop-up Book! July 13, 2020 Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Greetings, Little New-Yorkers! Especially when we’re spending a lot of time indoors, books can offer us so much: a special treat, a comforting hug, a gateway to new worlds and feelings. This week we… Read More Little New-Yorkers @ Home: Beastly Mask July 6, 2020 Join us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Greetings, Little New-Yorkers! This week’s book and craft show us the power of perspective. In Esmé Shapiro’s charming and thoughtful Alma and the Beast, a furry creature named Alma meets a person she… Read More Ready, set, create! Share Your July 4th Creations! July 4, 2020 What are you making, singing about, and dreaming up on this July 4th holiday? Throughout today’s programming, we will be offering July 4th related activities and prompts for the entire family. We would love to see what you’re making and share it here on our Blog. We encourage you to submit images of… Read More Celebrate July 4th @ Home: Red, White, and Tunes! July 3, 2020 For July 4th this year, we have a full schedule of programs for you and your family to explore the history of this holiday and celebrate together with songs, activities and more! Follow along with this post to create three July 4th themed craft projects: a Statue of Liberty birthday hat, an American landscape, and… Read More Page 1 of 42 1 2 3 4 5 ... 10 20 30 ... » Last » About Explore the stories behind the exceptional family programming offered by the country’s first and only children’s history museum. From toddlers to tweens, we have something for everyone! 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