Parenting

Brunch with Kids at Blue Ribbon Federal Grill!

July 3, 2019 by Denise Courter

Did you know Blue Ribbon Federal Grill, located at 84 William in the Financial District hosts a weekend brunch, which also happens to be kid-friendly? Kids brunch menu items range from $10 – $13 for kids and have become a FiDi favorite.

The Bromberg Brothers and the team behind Blue Ribbon Bakery Kitchen bring their eclectic downtown energy to the heart of the Financial District. Blue Ribbon Federal Grill is located in the ground floor of the AKA Wall Street at the corner of William Street and Maiden Lane. Federal Grill’s menu embodies the abundant “something for everyone” approach that has guided the Bromberg’s throughout their careers.

Location: 84 William Street (AKA Hotel)

Brunch Hours: 11 am – 4 pm (Saturday and Sunday)

For more information, please visit their website HERE.

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Sawyer – Online Scheduling for Kids Classes in NYC

June 19, 2019 by Teresa Wang

Sawyer partners with the best-in-class providers in each community who teach everything from ballet curtsies to science experiments

FiDi Families Contributor Teresa Wang had a chance to book a class with the new website Sawyer. With 3 kids in tow, she is always on the go and always looking for family-friendly activities. She set out to test the site and learn more about this new online resource.

Whether you have multiple kids with different ages and interests or one child with many different preferences for each day of the week, it can be time-consuming to find and book each class individually to satisfy them all. In comes Sawyer to the rescue. Sawyer is a one-stop shop booking website, perfect for babies to adults, weekdays to weekends, after-school to summer camps! Classes are easy to narrow down your choices and book according to your schedule.

Our personal experience was one of ease. It was an easy process to log on and set up a Sawyer account and the site was easy to navigate. As luck would have it, our Saturday morning was a rainy one and forced our family to cancel our morning plans to be outside. I logged onto Sawyer and scrolled through all that was available at that time and found Musi Bambino Music Program. Check-in was simple as they already received my sign up through Sawyer.

We had an amazing time with puppets, dancing, and even played the trombone! There was another teacher playing classical songs and melodic chimes the entire class time. It was an amazing find, especially last minute. My morning was saved with Sawyer and I will go to them for more classes and camps.

As a Mom of 3 toddlers, I don’t have a lot of time to spend online. But, I appreciate the ease of the Sawyer website. The booking process was simple and efficient. Drop-ins, semesters, camps and events—discover it all on Sawyer; I look forward to booking our whole summer through this amazing new site! It has busy parents in mind and will make summer a lot more fun for the whole family.

Visit their website HERE.

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New Spots Available at the Center for Early Childhood at Léman

May 22, 2019 by Denise Courter

PARTNER

Due to overwhelming demand, The Center for Early Childhood at Léman Manhattan has opened up new sections of Léman Explorers (16 – 24 months) and PreK in the 2019 – 2010 school year. Limited spots are available. Apply today to be considered for Fall 2019 enrollment.

For more information, visit lemanmanhattan.org or contact admissions@lemanmanhattan.org.

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Kids Food Festival at Brookfield Place – May 11th & May 12th

May 6, 2019 by Denise Courter

PARTNER

The Kids Food Festival returns to Lower Manhattan at Brookfield Place. The goal of the Kids Food Festival is to encourage families with children of all ages, to learn about balanced food choices in a fun and engaging environment, that empowers children to make these decisions for themselves!

Attendees will have a chance to learn about the importance of achieving balance in food choices, through fun activities and sampling snacks. Get your forks ready for a weekend full of flavorful fun! Appetites of all ages will be satisfied! FiDi Families will have a booth with food crafts, so stop by and say hello. We hope to see you there!

Appetites of all sizes will enjoy:

Balanced Plate Scavenger Hunt
The James Beard Foundation Future Foodies Pavilion: ticketed hands-on cooking classes.
Kids Food Festival Community Performance Area: free performances including cooking demos and live entertainment.

Date: Saturday, May 11th and Sunday, May 12th

Time: 10am – 4pm

Location: 230 Vesey Street at Brookfield Place

Age(s): All ages welcome

Fee: Free general admission and hands-on cooking classes $25 dollar ticket per child

For more information and for tickets please visit their website HERE.

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FiDi Families Summer Camp Spotlight Vol. 1 (With Early Bird Discounts!)

April 15, 2019 by FiDi

FiDi Families Summer Camp Spotlight Vol. 1 (With Early Bird Discounts!)

Brooklyn Game Lab

Sign up now in TriBeCa and get 20% off! Flexible registration: by the day or by the week! Brooklyn Game Lab unplugs your kids (ages 6 – 13) for awesome gameplay and more! Guided by caring staff, kids play chess, cooperative, and strategy board games. They create new games. They analyze game structure, tinker with rules, and collaborate with new friends. They play our live-action role play game for an hour outside! Kids receive merits for design, problem-solving, and other skills. Summer Lab runs from 9 am – 3 pm; extra hours available!

FiDi Families get 20% off until 4/30/19. Use promo code: fidi20

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Brooklyn Robot Foundry Summer Sessions

Summer Sessions at Brooklyn Robot Foundry are a fun way for kids to learn engineering, coding, and circuitry through hands-on building and design. We have single, full-day sessions from June 17th-July 3rd for K-5th graders and our full week sessions run from July 8th through August 30th, featuring a variety of programs for rising K-7th graders! Choose from our Robot Building program, our Coding workshop, or our Inventors lab. Plus Girls Week returns! Hours: 9 AM – 3 PM, with an optional extended day until 6 PM daily. Address: 200 Church Street, Tribeca + UES & Brooklyn locations! Phone: 347-762-6840. Email: contact@brooklynrobotfoundry.com.

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Cinemakidz

Calling all kids ages 5 to 15! Join Cinemakidz this summer and become a Filmmaker, Animator, Movie-star, and Adventurer. Campers explore media and technology as they learn the fundamentals of storytelling, cinematography, video production, and editing, in a hands-on creative environment. Projects are completely kid-made from start to finish. Cinemakidz encourages experimentation, risk-taking, and collaboration. Located at Pine Street School, June 24th – August 23rd, 9 am -4 pm. Offering 9 themes include: basic to advanced filmmaking, computer and stop-motion animation, YouTube series production, and classes with a twist like skateboard filmmaking and NYC Movie Adventurers. Email: info@CinemaKidz.com,

Exclusive Promo: “fidi2019” for $50 off each camp week.

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Curious Jane Coding for Girls

Curious Jane camp is for girls who like to make things! We offer weekly sessions with project-packed themes revolving around science + engineering + design. This summer, find us at Pine Street from July 8 to August 2. Cool classes for K-2nd-grade girls: Ooey Gooey Science, Game Time, Spa Science and Miniature. Awesome options for 3rd-6th-grade girls: Spy Science, Design Studio, Stop Motion and Wired 101.The day runs from 9am – 3:30pm, with extended care options from 8am – 5:30pm. $675/week.

Use special discount code CITY75 for $75-off each week.

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Downtown Dance Factory

Join us for Downtown Dance Factory’s highly acclaimed Summer Program! Six 1-week sessions filled with all styles of dance – jazz, lyrical, modern, tap, musical theater, hip hop, and breaking. Fun themes, Arts & Crafts – the fun is endless! Half-day program for preschoolers aged 3-5. Full-day program for kids entering kindergarten and up. We even have weekly TutuTots classes for kids from 18 months – 3 years. Full Day parents enjoy an end of the week mini-recital, and they always leave amazed! Book for 1 week, 6 weeks, or anything in between.

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Camp Léman

Summer is the season of imagination, creativity, laughter and play. It is also the ideal time for children to take risks that build confidence, develop skills and enhance learning. At Camp Léman, we are experts at making summers both meaningful and memorable. At Lower Manhattan’s premiere day camp children 3 years old to 5th grade enjoy swim lessons, outdoor play, visual and performing arts, soccer, tennis, basketball, golf, karate, yoga, cooking, Silly Science, woodworking, Animal Adventures and more. Theme weeks, special events, unique outings and the full use of Léman Manhattan’s state-of-the-art facilities make your child’s summer an unforgettable experience

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Manhattan Yacht Club

“Operation Optimist” is a weekly sailing day camp (M-F, 9-5) run by the New York Harbor Sailing Foundation. Learning to sail in an Opti is an amazing and unique experience for kids! Kids 8 to 13 years of age learn all the basics of sailing and build tremendous confidence throughout the week. Many sign up for multiple weeks. The camp picks up kids at both the WFC Ferry Terminal in Manhattan and the Manhattan Yacht Club in Jersey City. They are then transported by motorboat to the optimist docks in the protected waters SW of the Statue of Liberty.

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Manhattan Youth Downtown Day Camp

The Complete Camp Experience Since 1992. Aquatics, Athletics, Arts & Sciences. 2 – 8 week flexible sessions from June 27th – August 23rd. Our private Tribeca facilities include a 75-foot pool, outdoor ball fields, arts and dance studios, gyms, and more. Supervised by experienced professionals, we offer the widest variety of activities around including: Swim Lessons, Field Sport Instruction, P.E. Class, Pier 25 Mini-Golf, Ooey Gooey Science, Craft Making, Visual Arts, Lego Construction, Movement/Dance, Animal Hour, Karate, Tennis, Music/Drumming, Weekly Trips, Crazy Hat Day & More! Bus Service Available. Book a Private Tour! Email: camp@manhattanyouth.org. Phone: 212-766-1104 ext. 1250.

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Portfolio School

It’s time to explore the power of Artificial Intelligence! During our one-week camp, students will journey into the world of AI and machine learning while building an awareness of how AI affects our lives and creates a world of possibilities. Our lead instructor, Stefania Druga, is a graduate student in the Personal Robots research group at MIT. Ages 7-11 ￨ July 15 – July 19 ￨Tuition $700 ￨Portfolio School, 27 North Moore. Close to major subway lines: 1, A, C, E, N, Q, R, 6

Receive the 15% Early Bird discount before April 15th!

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