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Skyscraper Museum Hosts the Index Card Tower Challenge

February 15, 2019 by Denise Courter

Did you know the Lower Manhattan is home to the incredible Skyscraper Museum? This beautiful destination celebrates the City’s rich architectural heritage and examines the historical forces and individuals that have shaped its successive skylines. Through exhibitions, programs, and publications, the Museum explores tall buildings as objects of design, products of technology, sites of construction, investments in real estate, and places of work and residence.

Families are invited to visit the museum this weekend for a tour of models in the gallery, where kids will learn about the history of skyscrapers and how/why we build them. Participants will then be challenged to build a structure using index cards that are 10 inches tall using no more than 10 inches of tape. Cards can be rolled, stacked or folded. It’s the perfect chance to get kids to think creatively and without an electronic device in hand!

FiDi Families Insiders: Skyscraper Museum hours are 12 pm – 6:00 pm, Wednesday – Sunday.

Date: Saturday, February 16th

Time: 10:30 am – 11:45 am

Cost: FREE

Age(s): 6 – 8 yo

RSVP: REQUIRED

Location: 39 Battery Place in Battery Park City

To learn more and to register, please visit their website HERE.

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Preschool Play & Art with the Battery Park City Authority

February 14, 2019 by Denise Courter

Looking for a fun, indoor class for little one’s? We love the programs offered in Battery Park City with the BPCA. Kids are encouraged to use their imaginations through child-directed free play. Participants will have a chance to join in on story time, dress-up, play blocks and more. They will also have a chance to engage in art projects with your walking toddler that include painting, sculpting clay and more! Free trial class is available (just ask).

Date(s): Thursday’s through April 4th

Time: 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Location: 6 River Terrace

Cost: $195 for 13 sessions (rate will be pro-rated for the remainder of the sessions)

FiDi Families Insiders: Registration is required, but call the office or send email to process registration! Call 212-267-9700 or email registration@bpca.nygov

For more information, please visit their website HERE

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Downtown Day Camp: Early Bird Rates Expire February 15th!

February 6, 2019 by Denise Courter

Downtown Day Camp – Making Memories Since 1992!

Athletics – Aquatics – Arts & Sciences – The Complete Camp Experience.

June 27th – August 23rd

2– 8 Week Session Options

PARTNER

The Downtown Day Camp has been bringing the suburban day camp experience to NYC for more than 25 years, creating a true summer camp in Lower Manhattan! We offer the widest variety of activities around, led by the most experienced and professional staff.

Facilities

Our private Downtown Community Center boasts a private 75-foot pool for swim lessons, 2 art studios, and dance/karate studios; we use the beautiful Battery Park City ball fields for sports instruction; PS 234 & PS 89 usage includes two gymnasiums, 2 auditoriums, 3 outdoor yards, and more than a dozen specialty classrooms.

Activities

Swimming Lessons, Field SportInstruction (BPC Fields), P.E. Classes, Visual Arts, Craft Making, Pier 25 Mini-Golf, Ooey Goey Science, Lego Construction, Music & Drumming, Animal Hour, Karate, Tennis, Field Trips, Educational Animal Shows, Crazy Hat Day, Camp Carnival, and More!

Our leadership team has over 100 years of education and camp experience!

Bus Service Includes stops in Tribeca, FiDi, Battery Park City, and Lower Manhattan. Click HERE to see our complete list of bus stops.

Visit our website to see our sessions and rates, 2019 Camp Brochure and more!

camp@manhattanyouth.org

212-766-1104 ext. 1250

downtowndaycamp.com

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Great Deal at Tribeca’s Game Lab!

January 30, 2019 by Denise Courter

PARTNER

Brooklyn Game Lab is now open in TriBeCa!

Hours: 10 am – 7 pm, seven days a week. 119 Chambers Street

Stop by and browse our Wall of 1,000 Games — the best modern board games for sale and for play.

Check out our party space! Our parties get kids playing great board games or battling (with foam swords) on their special day. Adults, don’t feel left out! You can also book a memorable, unique party for you and your friends!

Learn more about our After School and Holiday/Summer Labs. When school is out, we break out the board games. Plus, kids do more than play, they revise, design, playtest and add original details to these games.

Plus, kids earn merits when they demonstrate skills like sportsmanship, good design, tactical thinking, and mastering the game.

BGL is running a great deal! $5 for February after school. Visit their website HERE for more info and to register.

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FREE Movie Passes to The Kid Who Would Be King

January 20, 2019 by Denise Courter

FiDi Families readers are invited to attend a free advance screening to the new family film, The Kid Who Would Be King, coming to theatres January 25th. Subscribe to our free email list for future opportunities to film screenings.

Synopsis: Old school magic meets the modern world in the epic adventure THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING. Alex (Ashbourne Serkis) thinks he’s just another nobody until he stumbles upon the mythical Sword in the Stone, Excalibur. Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights and, together with the legendary wizard Merlin (Stewart), take on the wicked enchantress Morgana (Ferguson). With the future at stake, Alex must become the great leader he never dreamed he could be. Rated PG.

FiDi Families Insiders: There will be some fun pre-screening activities, so we encourage you to arrive early to participate.