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08/31/2023

It’s back-to-school time. Looking to have your child evaluated? The Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program can connect you with providers who can help. Call us: 347-396-4600.

Learn more:
https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/children-with-special-healthcare-needs.page?utm_source=Schneps&utm_medium=English&utm_campaign=CYSHCN&utm_content=Social

03/01/2023

LI Camp Fair & Activity Expo - March 5th!
Head to the Cradle of Aviation Museum and get a head start for planning a fun summer ☀️for every member of your family at the LI Camp Fair & Activity Expo! Click here to RSVP for a *FREE* day of fun! newyorkfamily.com/LongIslandExpo

Music & Photobooth by Infinity Music Entertainment

Sponsored by WildPlay Jones Beach and Hofstra Summer Camps & Youth Academy

7 Lucky Families will have a chance to win 4 tickets to Legoland Discovery Center (must be present to win).

Don't miss the Camp Fair & Activity Expo in Long Island! Admission is FREE!

02/16/2023

The Long Island Camp Fair & Activity Expo is a day for the whole family. Kids can play and participate in fun activities and parents can meet many Camp exhibitors, such as Day, Sleepaway and Specialty camps. It's FUN for the whole family – Games, raffles, arts & crafts, face painting, balloon animals, music & much more. Discovery and Fun all in one place, in one afternoon. Don't miss out. Get your FREE ticket now! newyorkfamily.com/LongIslandExpo

Seven lucky families will have a chance to win 4 tickets to LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester! Must be present to enter to win.

Thank you to WildPlay Jones Beach, Legoland Discovery Center, Hofstra Summer Camps & Youth Academy and Infinity Music Entertainment for sponsoring the event.

02/13/2023

Spend the summer belting it out, exploring entertaining characters, and shimmying across the dance floor with Broadway Bound Kids! BBK offers K-12 musical theatre day programs on the Upper West Side with a focus on social emotional learning and providing our students with a place to belong and be heard. This year, we will be offering three programs in July and August.

See more information here: https://www.broadwayboundkids.org/summer.html

01/31/2023

At New York Family Fun Day & Camp Fair, kids can play and participate in fun activities and parents can meet many Camp exhibitors, such as Day, Sleepaway and Specialty camps. It’s FUN for the whole family – Games, raffles, arts & crafts, music & more. Get your FREE ticket now!

Manhattan Family Fun Day & Camp Fair
Sunday, February 5th
12pm - 3pm
Congregation Rodeph Sholom 7 West 83rd Street, New York, NY, 10024

https://newyorkfamily.com/NYCFunDay

Photo Booth Fun by Ingrid Rodriguez

Seven lucky families will have a chance to win 4 tickets Legoland Discovery Center!

01/27/2023

Get your tickets for next month's show! 🦖

Jurassic World Live Tour is headed to NY, NJ and CT arenas in 2023 for families and kids of all ages to enjoy.

01/05/2023

Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed during Monday night's football game, leading to nine terrifying minutes of CPR on the field.

As a parent, how concerned are you about letting your kids play contact sports?

12/20/2022

Running out of ideas yet?

If you need some new ideas for your Scout Elf, we've got you covered. We asked for the best Elf on the Shelf ideas, and our readers delivered!

12/19/2022

https://www.newyorkfamily.com/is-the-mask-mandate-in-new-york-back/

Covid and Flu viruses are the reason many are asking if the Mask Mandate in New York Back? No, but there is a Mask Advisory, here are the details

12/13/2022

New York Family Fun Day & Camp Fair is a day for the whole family. Kids can play and participate in fun activities and parents can meet many Camp exhibitors, such as Day, Sleepaway and Specialty camps. It's FUN for the whole family – Games, raffles, arts & crafts, face painting, balloon animals, music & much more. Discovery and Fun all in one place, in one afternoon.

Our first fair in Queens is happening soon! Don't miss out. Get your FREE ticket now!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-york-family-camp-fair-family-fun-day-queens-tickets-468755519377

12/06/2022

Past Forward: The Legacy of Racism in Modern-Day America
With Jeffery Robinson and Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, 4 p.m. ET

Don’t miss this essential talk by Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D., and Jeffery Robinson, two of the nation’s leading scholars on race, democracy, inequality and criminal justice. Their message: Forging a more equitable society now and in the future requires that the history of race and racism be honestly represented in our nation’s classrooms.

Thanks to University Eye Center and Bard College at Simon's Rock for sponsoring our ParentEd Talks events.

Register here: newyorkfamily.com/ParentEd

11/29/2022

There's a lot of reasons to feel stressed out this time of year, but the staged photos you see on social media shouldn't be one of them.

The holidays are here- it is good to remember that with Instagram vs. Reality: a seasonal reminder that there's is no such thing as picture perfect as

11/28/2022

Raising Critical Thinkers: Media Literacy for the Digital Age
With author Julie Sweeney Bogart
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, 4 p.m. ET

Tech-savvy kids today are constantly awash in an onslaught of unfiltered information. How can parents help them at every stage of development to cultivate an ability to safely explore the world around them with an understanding of how their loyalties and biases affect how they assimilate information and form their beliefs? In this free Dec. 6 ParentEd Talks event, Julie Bogart, author of “The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life,” will draw on her more than 20 years of curriculum development experience to share strategies for parents to coach critical digital literacy skills in their kids.

Thanks to University Eye Center and Bard College at Simon's Rock for sponsoring our ParentEd Talks events.

11/23/2022

“The museum is a love letter to the Bronx in honor of all the children—past, present and future,” Carla Precht, founding executive director of the museum, said.

The museum has a whole bunch of exciting activities and exhibits that kids of all ages and their parents will love.

11/16/2022

Back by popular demand, the second year of the Nassau County event promises to be bigger and brighter

Shimmering Solstice in Old Westbury Gardens is a walk-through, colorful light show opening Friday, Nov. 25.

11/16/2022

Finding the right camp for your child this summer can be a daunting task. Let New York Family help by introducing you to 5 amazing Sleepaway camps.

Join us 12/8 at 1pm as our panel of camp directors will introduce their camps and tell you about the fun options in store for your child this summer. After each camp director showcases their camp, attending families will have an opportunity to ask questions pertinent to their camp search in a moderated Q & A session.

RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0X2bD5QYQhGCD5_d3SPqsw

11/10/2022

For parents with children with special needs, we belong to a group or club; at New York Family, we like to call it a community. Because we have been there, and some of us will be ‘here’ for much longer and know that well-thought-out helpful articles and information are essential on this journey. And in this community, we got your back.

Whether it is understanding Occupational Therapy, Myths about Autism or connecting you with a resource that will provide your child with the tools they need to navigate through their day, we hope you know that we are here for you.

Check out our New York and Long Island Fall/Winter Special Child Issue below!

Whether it is understanding OT, Autism or connecting you with a resource: our The Special Child Issue is here for your Special Needs needa.

11/08/2022

Walk through a whimsical workshop to see how some of the city's spectacular holiday displays are made.

https://www.nymetroparents.com/article/american-christmas-in-mount-vernon

Walk through a real workshop to see how much of the city's holiday décor is made at American Christmas in Mount Vernon.

11/07/2022

Has your family tried the Snowflake Shuffle yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWysuCGZ2pc

Sing and shimmy along with The Elf on the Shelf Scout Elves to the North Pole’s latest dance craze—the Snowflake Shuffle! ...

11/03/2022

Curious Children, Wise Elders: How Childhood and Elderhood Shape Intelligence and Learning
With Alison Gopnik, Ph.D.
Thursday, Nov.17, 2022, 4 p.m. ET

Drawing on her own cutting-edge scientific research, Alison Gopnik, Ph.D., will reveal fascinating insights into how caregiving relationships in childhood and old age evolve distinctive capacities for cognition. Gopnik will explain how these two developmental life stages are related, and how the relationship between children and grandparents, in particular, is key to human culture.

Thanks to University Eye Center and Bard College at Simon's Rock for sponsoring our ParentEd Talks events.

Register for the talk here: http://newyorkfamily.com/ParentEd

11/03/2022

“We are going to be expanding renewable energy and reducing emissions, switching to these electrified powered school buses, electrifying our schools and a fleet of clean energy buses to get children to their destination,” Adams said.

Mayor Eric Adams announced a new initiative that will make all new NYC schools electric, eliminating heating.