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New York City Math Festival at 28 Liberty Plaza (FREE)

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New York City Math Festival at 28 Liberty Plaza (FREE)
New York City Math Festival

 

Fosun Hosts Free Math Festival on 28 Liberty Plaza

FiDi Families welcomes the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) to 28 Liberty Plaza for the second annual New York City Math Festival. 

The full day of mathematical fun will feature hands-on math exhibits, entertaining mathematical games, intriguing puzzles, brain teasers. Among other performances, educator John Chase will reveal the secrets of mathematics and demonstrate a juggler’s ability to anticipate the path of a ball or club in space and time.

The New York City Math Festival will also feature:

  • Performances by mathematical mimes, Tim and Tanya Chartier, in a series of fun vignettes that illustrate the concepts of estimation, tiling, and infinity

  • Group constructions of giant sculptures, including the amazing rainbow-colored hyberbolic Hilbert’s Rainbow with mathematician Chaim Goodman-Straus and the six-foot tall geometric structure Goldberg Variations with mathematician David Reimann.  If you can thread a cable tie through a hole or count to six, you can help!

  • Formations of mathematical patterns using Math-on-a-Stick from the Minnesota State Fair with math educator, Chris Danielson

  • Engaging puzzles and brainteasers with the Julia Robinson Math Festival

FiDi Families Insiders: Enjoy complimentary bagels (while supplies last)

Date: Saturday, August 18th

Time: 10 am – 4 pm

Location: 28 Liberty Plaza

To learn more about the event and future events, please visit their website HERE

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Kinet-X STEM Festival (REGISTRATION OPEN)

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Kinet-X STEM Festival (REGISTRATION OPEN)

 

Hey future engineers, this event is just for you! The STEM Festival is a day for students from ages 9-15 with an interest for computer science, engineering, robotics or anything tech to immerse themselves in awesome, fun technology workshops. There will be a general Q&A panel with the founders, past students, and other influencers, then students will move on to the interactive/hands-on workshops. Students will learn to crack a code in Python, build robots with Arduino from scratch, explore Blockchain, and much more.

Date: Saturday, September 8th

Time: 10:30am – 3:00pm

Location: 25 Pine Street

Cost: $15/per person (ticket includes pizza and beverages)

Age(s): 9 – 15 years 

For more information, specific workshops and to purchase tickets visit their Eventbrite page HERE

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City of Water Day at the Seaport / Pier 16

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City of Water Day at the Seaport / Pier 16
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Date: July 14

Time: 10a – 4p

Location: Seaport at Pier 16

Age(s): All ages welcome

Fee: Free

Click HERE for more information.

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Summer camp at The Yard – NYC’s only adventure playground!

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Welcome to play:groundNYC’s third year of summer camp!

 

Summer camp at The Yard - NYC's only adventure playground!
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Our Governors Island play lot is a blank slate, ready to be transformed into a land of your own imagining. Work with new friends to bring big ideas to life using a wide array of materials, craft supplies, and basic hand tools. Never used a hammer before? No problem! Our playworkers are here to help you learn the skills you need.  Join us for a summer of unforgettable outdoor fun!

Each day at camp will be filled with plenty of opportunities for campers to plan their own adventures. Materials will be provided and supervised by trained playworkers in different areas of the playground.

Due to the self-directed nature of our camp, much of your child’s day will be (wonderfully) up to them! They will have opportunities to play with others, spend time alone, build, take apart, imagine, play in and with water, just relax, or anything else they can come up with! Your child will get dirty and may get small bumps, bruises, or scratches, as that is the nature of play.

They will also have the daily option to take a walk around Governors Island to explore other programs and parts of the island with our staff. We will take a lunch break and two snack breaks outside of the gates of the playground under the shade of trees across a small (car-less) road. This will help provide a chance for them to have a rest and re-energize. The playground itself provides partial shade under canopies and plenty of materials that they are free to use under the supervision of our staff who have been specially trained to work in this environment.

Drop off is at 8:30 am and pick up at 3:00 pm at the Battery Maritime Building (at 10 South Street on the corner of South and Whitehall Streets in Lower Manhattan, next to the Staten Island ferry terminal.)

Weekly sessions are $625 for an 8:30 am to 3 pm camp day.

Available Weeks 

(Enrollment is now open for eight 1 week sessions from July 9th through August 31st)

July 9 – 13 – SOLD OUT

July 16 – 20 – SOLD OUT

July 23 – 27 – GIRLS WEEK! – SOLD OUT

July 30 – August 3 – available

August 6 – 10 – available

August 13 – 17 – available

August 20 – 24 – available

August 27 – 31 – available

Please Note: We also offer an early bird discount and can provide two financial aid scholarships per week. There is a 10% discount for siblings and for campers registering for multiple weeks. **To receive the multiple week discount you must register for the multiple weeks within the same registration.**

Register for Summer camp HERE

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Mindr Global Food Event for Families (all ages welcome)

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Mindr Global Food Event for Families (all ages welcome)

 

FiDi Families are invited to join us on June 19th for a fun event for the entire family with Mindr Global. Bring the littles and join us at Ribalta Pizza in Union Square for a conversation with the World Food Programme, Chef Cozzolino and other special guests about we can ensure no child goes hungry. Did you know that even though we produce enough food to feed every person on the planet, more than 3 million children die each year of under-nutrition? It’s a #RecipeForDisaster, but one we can solve.  Join us for an inspiring panel discussion, dine on Chef Cozzolino’s special zero-waste pizza, and learn how each of us can be a changemaker. 

In the lead-up to the event, we invite you to share your own #RecipeForDisaster. Here’s how:

  1. Open your fridge
  2. Find an item you might have thrown away
  3. Turn it into something delicious
  4. Share the recipe on Instagram using #RecipeForDisaster, tagging @mindrnyc and @wfpusa, and nominate two friends to participate

Date: Thursday, June 19th

Time: 4 pm – 5:30 pm

Location: 48 E. 12th Street

Ages: All ages welcome

Cost: $20

FiDi Families Insiders: Mention FiDi Families for a 10% discount on tickets

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Downtown Day Camp Registration is Heating Up!

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Downtown Day Camp – Making Memories Since 1992!

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

1 – 8 Week Sessions – June 27th – August 24th

 

Downtown Day Camp Registration is Heating Up!
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We have been bringing the suburban day camp experience to NYC since the early 1990s, creating a true summer camp in Lower Manhattan!  We offer the widest variety of activities around, led by the most experienced and professional staff.

Our private Downtown Community Center boasts a private 75-foot pool for swim lessons – we use the beautiful Battery Park City outdoor ball fields, PS 234, PS 89, have three art studios, two dance studios, two gymnasium, and more than a dozen specialty rooms. Activities include:

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

Our leadership team has over 100 years of summer camp experience!  Contact us!

Bus Service Includes:  FiDi, BPC, and Lower Manhattan Stops

Book a tour or contact us for more info today!

info@downtowndaycamps.com – 212-766-1104 ext. 1250 or visit our website HERE

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Summer Camp Pop Up in Battery Park City – April 7

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Summer Camp Pop Up in Battery Park City – April 7
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Jeff Lake Camp is bringing our signature blend of spirit, tradition, fun, and friendship to Lower Manhattan for one day! While we can’t quite fit our 50-acre lake into 6 River Terrace, we hope you’ll join us for an afternoon of tie-dye, lawn games, make your own s’mores and much more! 
 
Date: April 7th
 
Time: 3pm – 5pm
 
Location: 6 River Terrace, Battery Park City
 
Age(s): Families of all ages
 
Cost: Free
 
For more info, visit the Jeff Lake Camp website HERE
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