Parent's Guide to
Manhattan, New York, NY

Discover activities, events, and resources for children.
Columbus Gym
Columbus Gym has been committed to providing its community with a place for children to grow- physically, socially, and emotionally. Through fitness and gymnastics, we help children ages 10 months to 2 years develop self-concept and self-esteem by encouraging children to consider physical activit...
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School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet is the premier ballet academy in the United States, training more students who go on to become professional dancers than any other school. SAB is the official School of New York City Ballet. The School's students enroll at various stages of their development as dance...
Ballet Academy East
Since 1979, Ballet Academy East has been a vibrant center for dance on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. In 1978, Julia Dubno, the founder and director of Ballet Academy East was selected by Christine Fokine to run the Fokine Ballet School. That experience led to the opening of Ballet Academy East in ...
Manhattan Youth Ballet
MYB is a dedicated pre-professional training program preparing aspiring young dancers for professional careers in dance.
Arts in Action VAP
Children & teens enjoy learning fine art skills, drawing & painting! After School/Weekend classes, workshops & Camps. Your browser does not support the video tag.
The Paint Place NY
The Paint Place is the premier Paint and Sip in NYC. We offer classes and services for customers of all ages and all levels of painting!
The Language Workshop for Children
The Language Workshop for Children’s Director/Founder François Thibaut invented the enriched play method to teach French, Spanish, Italian and Chinese to kids. Since 1973 his internationally-recognized LWFC (Language Workshop for Children) has offered stimulating language lessons for babies, todd...
Trapeze School New York
We teach you everything you need to know to do Flying Trapeze and Trampoline, all experience levels welcome, come see what you can do!! We are dedicated to making flying trapeze and trampoline available to anyone who seeks inspiration, challenge, fitness or just a couple hours of unique fun. Our...
Creative Dream Entertainment
Welcome to Creative Dream Entertainment! This award winning, consecutive 5 Star party Venue and "Dream Team" prides themselves in organized fun-filled activity birthday celebrations that satisfy every guests needs. With our very attentive and hands on staff, the parties are non-stop fun from be...
Chef Tonis Cooking Adventures
As a uniquely designed cooking “adventure” for children ages 2-16 that focuses on “farm-to-table” cooking, C.T.C.A’s vision is for each child to experience the pleasure of socializing around healthy cooking while learning to grow into a top “junior chef”. Chef Toni’s Cooking Adventures teaches th...
Taste Buds Kitchen
Taste Buds Kitchen's mission is to be the top culinary entertainment experience for kids, families and adults by engaging and delighting our budding chefs in the kitchen. We support kids, families and food and strive to create a lifestyle around connecting, learning and growing in the culinary pl...
NY Kids Club
NY Kids Club located in the heart of Lincoln Center and just two blocks from Central Park, our 68th Street location has enriched tens of thousands of families since opening in 2005. This location offers a beautiful, sunlit gym space including a 20-foot trampoline, uneven and parallel bars, balanc...
Chinese Hawaiian Kenpo Academy
CHKA is the premier downtown martial arts school offering classes in Kenpo Karate and Kickboxing for children and adults 7 days a week. Not only are they getting lessons in self defense, but they are learning how to be disciplined and show respect for others. The instructors are professional and...
RoboFun
RoboFun, a division of Vision Education & Media (VEM), provides after-school programs to youth in technology and multimedia. Our mission is to construct solutions that inspire students and teachers and to address the widest possible range of academic standards through the use of leading-edge tech...
Eastside Westside Music Together
Music Together Mission is to bring the highest-quality music and movement experiences to your child—and children everywhere— and to involve the adults who love them in the magical process of development that only music can provide. Many people mistakenly believe that only a talented few are mu...
The New York Conservatory of Music
The New York Conservatory of Music is a music school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1998 by renowned concert pianist Dr. Jerzy Stryjniak and his wife, musicologist Joanna Stryjniak. The school, located on lovely tree-lined 69th Street between 1st and 2nd ...
TADA! Youth Theater
Since 1984, The Drama Desk and Coming Up Taller Award-winning TADA! has been providing young people of all different backgrounds, including a large number of disadvantaged children and families, the opportunity to explore and perform musical theater together in an educational, supportive, and pro...
ABC Languages
ABC Language is a premier language education center in Midtown, Manhattan. With our flexible hours and customizable courses, ABC is sure to fill your foreign language needs. ABC is one of Manhattan's premier language schools! We offer group and private lessons in almost any language.
Supermud Pottery
Supermud Pottery was started over 30 years ago as a working studio and gallery, and has been in its current sunny second story location on the Upper West Side since 1997. ​We offer classes in hand building, wheel throwing and glazing to adults and children of all skill levels. Classes consist ...
Kids at Art
For over a decade, Kids at Art has provided the perfect environment for nurturing, non-competitive art programs where children can learn and create freely. Our age-appropriate art classes for kids 2 – 12 years old focus on the basics of visual arts and are a challenge to a child’s inventiveness, ...
74th Magic Activity Center
MAGIC Activity Center offers one of the NYC’s most comprehensive enrichment programs with a wide array of classes in early preschool enrichment, tumbling, sports, art and music. Sharing a building with Epiphany Community Nursery School, children will find state-of-the-art classrooms, a baby and a...
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world's preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe throug...
Central Park Zoo
Enjoy a stroll through the Central Park Zoo and visit our sea lions, new grizzly bears exhibit and daily penguin feedings.
Circle Line Semi-Circle Cruise
Today, Circle Line is the only NYC cruise line dedicated exclusively to sightseeing, with vessels made of steel and over-sized glass windows that offer magnificent views of the Manhattan skyline, all year round. Owned and operated by New York Cruise Lines Inc., New York’s oldest and largest pro...
City Treehouse
City Treehouse is a children's indoor playground and learning center located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. Dedicated to providing opportunities to learn through play, City Treehouse offers a treehouse-themed indoor play area, interactive water play to SPLASH!, and popular children...
FDNY Fire Zone
The Fire Zone is New York City’s state-of-the-art fire-safety learning center. At the Fire Zone you can climb on a realistic fire truck, try on bunker gear, meet a firefighter and learn how to crawl through a smoke-filled hallway. The Fire Zone gives visitors a first-hand experience in what to...
Gazillion Bubble Show
The Gazillion Bubble Show will amaze your whole family with mind blowing bubble magic. Step into an interactive bubble world and be dazzled by spellbinding lasers, spectacular lighting effects, and jaw-dropping masterpieces of bubble artistry. It will make you smile, laugh, and feel like a kid al...
Hola A Playgroup in Spanish
¡HOLA! A Playgroup in Spanish is a unique immersion, grass-roots program established since 2001 for young children ages 12 months to eight years of age. Our language acquisition philosophy and organic method of teaching involves a natural approach through hands-on play and exploration, recreating...
Liberty Helicopters
The largest and most experienced helicopter sightseeing and charter service in the Northeast, Liberty Helicopters offers customers the opportunity to see New York City and the surrounding area in a whole new way - from the skies. Offering exhilarating New York sightseeing opportunities since 1990...
Madame Tussauds New York
An Extraordinary HistoryIn 1761, Madame Tussaud was born Marie Grosholtz in Strasbourg, France. Her father, a German soldier, died in battle before her birth. By age six, Marie moved to Paris with her mother, who worked as a housekeeper for Dr. Philippe Curtius, a doctor and wax modeler, and beca...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in three iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online. Since it was f...
Society Illustrators
The Society of Illustrators/Museum of Illustration is an international organization, with artists and members from continents across the earth. In our work, we honor the beliefs that art and culture crosses borders and that curiosity and perspective, rather than fear and divisiveness, are the key...
Museum of the City of New York
The Museum of the City of New York celebrates and interprets the city, educating the public about its distinctive character, especially its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation. Founded in 1923 as a private, nonprofit corporation, the Museum connects the past, present,...
New York Kids Club
New York Kids Club is New York's premier children's enrichment center, renowned for creative and innovative kids classes, day camps, birthday celebrations, and special events! Our unique and original curricula provide children the opportunity to build confidence and express their individuality t...
Playgarden
Playgarden is an indoor children's facility that encourages structured play through enrichment classes and unstructured play on Manhattan's largest indoor playground. General Information Playgarden offers: 1) Enrichment classes for children up to 5 years (Sports, Music, Ballet, Hip Hop) 2) ...
Riverside Park
In the 1870s Frederick Law Olmsted was in the midst of designing a lovely green space above the Hudson River on the Upper West Side of Manhattan — Riverside Park. Over 60 years later, Robert Moses covered the railroad tracks, built the Rotunda, extended the park to the waterfront, and developed i...
South Street Seaport Museum
South Street Seaport Museum tells the story of how New York’s great natural harbor gave rise to the metropolis we know today. From historic ships to district walking tours, block printing, and woodcarving, our Education Programs provide a deeper experience of the history and environment of our gr...
The Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum, one of the world’s preeminent institutions devoted to exploring art and Jewish culture, from ancient to contemporary, was founded in 1904 in the library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, where it was housed for more than four decades. The Jewish Museum was the first instituti...
The New York City Police Museum
The New York City Police Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the New York City Police Department, the world's largest and most famous police service. The Museum serves as an educational institution, living memorial, and bridge of understanding between the various communities of New Y...
Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
NYC Parks is the agency responsible for NYC's public parks and recreational spaces. We offer public events, sports, fitness, and outdoor adventure. Our vision is to create and sustain thriving parks and public spaces for New Yorkers. Our mission is to plan resilient and sustainable parks, public...
United Nations
The United Nations was founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. Children's Tour The Guided Tours ...
NYC Elite Gymnastics
NYC Elite has New York City's finest gymnastics program. We provide an exciting and safe learning environment for children of all ages. From our youngest tumbler to our exceptional competitive team programs, all of NYC Elite's gymnasts are starz!
92Y
92nd Street Y is a world-class cultural and community center where people all over the world connect through culture, arts, entertainment and conversation. For over 140 years, we have harnessed the power of arts and ideas to enrich, enlighten and change lives, and the power of community to repair...
Joffrey Ballet School
Founded in 1953 by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino, Joffrey Ballet School maintains the vision of its founders to transform passionate dance students into versatile, individualistic artists able to collaborate and evolve fluidly in a fast-changing society. With an accredited dance program that o...
The Ballet Club
A unique ballet program in New York City, The Ballet Club and Children's Creative Dance Club offer students a foundation of life skills; physical health, intellectual stimulation, confidence, discipline, and fun!
The School at Step
While Steps on Broadway is the studio of choice for many of today's brightest stars, The School at Steps cultivates young dancers, ages 18 mos. – 18 yrs., from their first step in a dance studio through their pre-professional training. Students discover their individual artistic voices in a creat...
Alvin Ailey American Dance
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation is the umbrella organization that supports the activities of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, The Ailey School, Ailey Arts In Education & Community Programs and The Ailey Extension. Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation's mission is to further the pioneering work...
Take Two Film Academy
Take Two Film Academy is a film school for kids and teens. Teaching students how to write, direct, act and edit movies.
Berlitz
In the heart of New York City, the Berlitz Learning Center at Rockefeller Center offers innovative language classes, global leadership training and cross-cultural solution for business professionals, international students and private individuals. Study English as a second language or learn Spani...
Preschool Of America
Preschool of America is committed to providing a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for young children. We provide enriching opportunities every day so students reach their full potential socially, emotionally, physically, and cognitively within the learning environment. Preschool of A...
Preschool Of America
Preschool of America is committed to providing a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for young children. We provide enriching opportunities every day so students reach their full potential socially, emotionally, physically, and cognitively within the learning environment. Preschool of A...
Cozy's Cuts For Kids
A fun, safe & hassle-free experience for you and your child Cozy's experienced stylists know everything about kids and their hair, so parents can breathe a sigh of relief. Kids love Cozy's Cuts for Kids because they can choose to sit in a car styling chair or big kid chair, watch videos or pla...
La Scuola D'Italia
La Scuola d’Italia is an accredited Italian and English bilingual and multicultural school (Pre-K – 12) incorporating the best features of both the Italian and American educational systems. We offer a curriculum that is rigorous and competitive by international standards, with programs that are ...
Harlem YMCA
Featuring a fitness center with a steam room, sauna and indoor swimming pool, this New York hostel has free Wi-Fi. Free group exercise classes, including yoga and Pilates, are provided to guests. Air conditioning, cable television, visitors guide and a refrigerator are provided in each newly ren...
Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
Battery Park City extends for over a mile along the Hudson River, from Chambers Street South to the Battery in Lower Manhattan. Rockefeller Park contains BPC Parks’ larger lawns, as well as a large playground, plantings and gardens and several public art pieces, and a pavilion. Restrooms are loca...
Just Wee Two
Just Wee Two is a unique educational experience for toddlers and adults. Just Wee Two has multiple locations in the tri-state area.
First Presbyterian Church Nursery School
The Nursery School opened in 1952 with a single class. In 1960 it was able to expand and move into its present quarters in the Mellin-McNab Church House, designed by distinguished architect Edgar Tafel. Four large classrooms on the fourth floor, overlooking the Church gardens, are well suited to ...
St. Luke's School
St. Luke’s School is a coeducational day school enrolling approximately 275 students of all faiths from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 8. Founded in 1945, St. Luke’s offers a balanced and challenging curriculum that serves intellectually curious and able students in a small, intimate learni...
Twin Parks Montessori Schools
Twin Parks Montessori Schools have three facilities: Central Park Montessori, Park West Montessori, and Riverside Montessori. Our schools have been accredited by the American Montessori Society (AMS) and the Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools (MSCES) and are members of the New York St...
Winston Preparatory School
Winston Prep is a day school in New York City, Norwalk, CT, and Whippany, NJ. We offer an individualized education for students with learning differences such as dyslexia, nonverbal learning disabilities, expressive or receptive language disorders and ADHD. Each student’s program is designed to d...
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange
BAX provides a nurturing, year-round, performance, rehearsal and educational venue in Brooklyn that encourages artistic risk-taking and stimulates dialogue among diverse constituencies. BAX is a place that connects people. It is a rigorous forum for ideas and creativity. A place for families, ar...
Children's Acting Academy
Children's Acting Academy is one of the top acting schools in New York and have been providing children with acting classes for 40 years. We utilize the Stanislavski, Strasberg and Meisner methods to teach acting. Students learn to behave logically and naturally. Concentration and relaxation are...
Sylvan Learning Center
At Sylvan, our mission is to motivate your child to succeed and thrive by making learning personal. We believe that teachers matter, technology is a tremendous tool and learning should be personal. At Sylvan we believe in the power of education to transform children’s lives. That is why our pers...
EINY École Internationale de NY
EINY combines the best of the French educational system, which provided a “common core” curriculum decades before the concept took hold in America, with the best of the American approach, encouraging critical thinking, questioning, and creativity. While the national curricula provide the framewo...
I'm Bilingual!
I’m Bilingual!®, a Spanish program for children in NYC, is the result of over 30 years of experience in music and language education. Originally under the name Musical Kids International, I’m Bilingual was founded by Yolanda Borrás in 1999. I’m Bilingual applies a unique learning approach that...
EBL Coaching
EBL Coaching specializes in one-on-one home and on-site tutoring for students in grades preK-12 using research-based, multi-sensory techniques. We start with an assessment of each student to gain a sense of his or her strengths and weaknesses and the kinds of methods that are most appropriate. We...
A.C.T. Programs (Adults and Children in Trust)
Our Mission: Founded in 1971, The Adults and Children in Trust (A.C.T.) Program provides a safe haven where toddlers to teens from many faiths, cultures and economic backgrounds gather to learn, play and grow, as they participate in a broad range of programs among highly-trained and caring adult...
DiMenna Children's History Museum
The DiMenna Children’s History Museum presents 350 years of New York and American history through character-based pavilions, interactive exhibits and digital games, and the Barbara K. Lipman Children’s History Library. We encourages families to explore history together through the DiMenna Childr...
Hamilton-Madison School House
Hamilton-Madison House offers Youth Development programs for children and teens that provide students with life-enhancing activities that develop life skills to handle everyday stresses effectively and to prepare them for future responsibilities at school, work, and home. Math and literacy clubs ...
Park East Youth Enrichment Center
Park East Synagogue is inclusive of all people seeking a meaningful Jewish life, regardless of degree of observance, knowledge of Jewish tradition, age, or affiliation. Park East Synagogue is committed to providing inspiring Jewish and general studies education to children and to adults; its R...
Junior Ballroom Dancing
Paul Pellicoro’s DanceSport, New York’s largest Ballroom and Latin studio, with over 27 years of experience is proud to announce the launch of its Junior Ballroom Program, beginning in the fall of 2013. Your kids will finally be able to learn the moves that they’ve seen in “Dancing with the Stars...
Book Nook
As children enter grade school, they are faced with new challenges that are not often addressed in early childhood education. With an unclear transition between each grade level from nursery to preschool to grade-school, Book Nook was created to bridge the gap. Founded by an award winning Early C...
Atlas for Autism
Atlas serves families and students of all ages diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other developmental differences. tlas School honors and embraces students' unique minds, spirits, and voices. Empowered communication and respect for student's passions and abilities ease them into rich soci...
Jewish Board of Family and Childen's Services
The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services strengthens families and communities throughout New York City by helping individuals of all backgrounds realize their potential and live as independently as possible. The Jewish Board provides critical health and human services for all New Yorke...
Susan Luger Associates
Our process begins with an in-depth case-assessment. All new clients have a face-to-face meeting with Susan Luger Associates Director Natasha Chase. Next, a thorough review of the documents provided by the family takes place. Then, at a follow-up conference, we will discuss next steps and the via...
Little Picasso
They will get messy, they will have fun, they will create, and they will experiment… with different colors, photos, crafts, shapes, dough, texture, animals, cut and past, sculpting, drawing, sketching, and much more! Our Art Classes are designed to help your little artists discover the inner Pica...
A Summer at Soul Arts
Soul Arts Academy is New York’s only progressive dance and creative arts school for students ages 4 and up, provides exceptional artistic instruction balanced with an emphasis on individual growth. Athletic and graceful physicality, critical thinking, team-work, and a large dose of FUN are all ...
Broadway Bound Kids
Broadway Bound Kids (est. 2004) is a performing arts education organization based in Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs. Our mission is to inspire and empower kids of all ages through the performing arts. Our talented and caring teaching artists are professional performers who lead creative...
Aperture Foundation Photography Camps
Aperture, a not-for-profit foundation, connects the photo community and its audiences with the most inspiring work, the sharpest ideas, and with each other—in print, in person, and online.
Art Center
In our art classes we bring out the artist in everyone! 

The Art Center is the culmination of my three decades of teaching art classes in New York, striving to achieve the tricky but essential balance between teaching difficult art skills and encouraging students’ love of the creative process...
Art Studio NY
Welcome to your child's favorite part of the week. The #1-Rated Art Classes in New York City for Ages 2 - 102. The Art Studio NY offers nurturing and creatively FUN Children's Art Classes and Teen Art Classes in New York City, art birthday pARTies, and MORE! Geared towards kids and teens of al...
City Sculpting
City Sculpting is a creative visual arts children's program with a specialized focus on sculpture. City Sculpting is a creative visual arts children's program with a specialized focus on sculpture. This summer the program will run out of three venues, one in the East Village, Uptown Manhattan...
Evolution Enrichment Center
New York offers a plethora of childcare choices and after-school activities, but we believe that our community – based approach, dynamic and innovative classes and stellar professional staff help us stand out among other schools in Lower Manhattan.
Diller-Quaile School of Music
The Diller-Quaile School of Music was founded in 1920 by pianists Angela Diller and Elizabeth Quaile. Since the School’s founders believed that the capacity for understanding and creating music exists in everyone, it was essential that their music school provide a dynamic and well-rounded experie...
Greenwich House
Founded in 1902 as a settlement house to help New York’s increasing immigrant population adjust to life in a new country, today Greenwich House offers programs in social services, arts and education that provide thousands of New Yorkers with personal enrichment and cultural experiences. Greenw...
Rebecca School
Rebecca School is a therapeutic day school for children ages 4 to 21, promoting the education and development of children with neurodevelopmental delays of relating and communicating, including autism spectrum disorders. Every student with neurodevelopmental delays in relating and communicating ...
Fastbreak Kids
Fastbreak Sports is a youth sports center in NYC where kids and teens improve their athletic abilities, get teamwork skills, and have a great time. Our unique coaching methods are designed to instill self-confidence and teach leadership skills that will last a lifetime. We provide classes, teams ...
SparKidz
The dazzling array of afterschool and weekend activities available to neurotypical children are often difficult to find for children with developmental differences. Sports, arts, creativity and socializing afford all children important opportunities to explore, imagine, discover and express them...
La Petite Ecole
The mission of La Petite Ecole is to immerse children in French language and culture, and develop their verbal, motor, social and critical thinking skills through a developmentally appropriate, arts-integrated curriculum. Imaginative, hands-on projects are facilitated by native French-speaking ...
Kids in Sports
Kids In Sports is a specialized Sports program for children ages 12 months through 12 years old. Instructing Children in Multi or Sport Specific classes focusing on: Baseball, Basketball, Flag Football, Floor Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer and Volleyball. We also offer Pre-School Alternative and After-...
Fencers Club
The Fencers Club, a not-for-profit institution, was established in 1883 and is the longest continuously running fencing club in the United States. The mission of the Fencers Club is to: • Provide the highest level of facility and instruction for the sport of modern fencing. • Promote the social...
Sheridan Fencing Academy
Sheridan Fencing Academy has one of the top fencing programs in the country, routinely transforming beginners into champions with national and international success--all while keeping it fun! With locations in Manhattan, Westchester, and Forest Hills, Sheridan Fencing Academy provides an alter...
Collina Italiana
Collina Italiana offers Italian language and culture programs both on- and off-site in the New York City area. In business since 2007, our center is known for offering Italian classes in a contemporary setting, including workshops in both Italian wine and books. Depending on the time of your clas...
NY Chinese Language Center
At New York Chinese Language Center, we teach Mandarin Chinese by beginning with a solid foundation of basic and accurate pronunciation. You'll then learn to use proper grammar and enough vocabulary words to comfortably converse in Chinese. After just one course at New York Chinese Language Cente...
Chelsea Piers
The Chelsea Piers Sports & Entertainment Complex is a 28-acre Waterfront sports village located between 17th and 23rd Streets along Manhattan's Hudson River. This $120 million, privately-financed project opened in 1995, transforming four historic, but long-neglected, piers into a major center fo...
Little Gym - New York
The Little Gym is serious fun for children! From child development skills to gymnastics to birthday parties, explore the fun of learning at The Little Gym. Our trained instructors nurture happy, confident kids through a range of classes like parent/child classes and gymnastics, plus fun extras l...
Asphalt Green
Asphalt Green is a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality sports, swim and fitness programs to NYC children and adults.
Little Gym - Harlem
My Gym has developed an extraordinary program and facility devised to help children 6 weeks thru 10 years of age develop physically, cognitively and emotionally. We have hundreds of locations in more than 30 countries offering structured, age-appropriate, weekly classes that incorporate music, da...
Karma Kids Yoga
Founded in 2003, Karma Kids Yoga encourages an early practice of yoga that will grow with children into adulthood. The magical studio was designed with kids in mind - fun, vibrant, and safe for yoginis of all ages.
Just Kidding at Symphony Space
As a pre-eminent multi-disciplinary performing arts center, Symphony Space's mission is to offer artistic leadership that promotes innovation, excellence, engagement, and accessibility to artists and audiences alike. Symphony Space’s goal is to be a nationally and internationally recognized cult...
Art Farm in the City
The Art Farm offers programs for children to interact with live animals and connect with them through hands on experience. The original Art Farm camp located in Bridgehampton was founded in 1995. The Art Farm in the City was added on New York’s Upper East Side in 2001. The space is eco friendly ...
Applause New York City
Our mission here at Applause New York is to bring a love and appreciation of the performing arts to all of our students, ages 0 – 18 years. We hope that by exposing them to all of the different mediums in the performing arts, that they will become the next generation of adults who contribute to t...
Bowlmor Lanes and Carnival
Our mission, now and forever, is to take bowling to the next level—and to bring you along for the ride. We want to provide a luxurious, multi-sensory sports-entertainment experience that energizes and exhilarates all who grace our venues. We set the bar high and we look for a strike every time. W...
Funworks For Kids
Funworks for Kids started in 1986 as a "Mommy and Me" program and has continued quietly and successfully through referrals and word-of-mouth with our own following on the Upper East Side. In 2000, we exclusively started a program for 2's and it has been running successfully for fifteen years. P...
Vital Children's Theatre / Vital Theatre Company
VITAL THEATRE COMPANY is a community of artists who believe that a shared theatrical experience profoundly affects people’s lives. We create stories that challenge our audience to ask questions, make discoveries and engage in dialogue; If one adult is inspired, if one child’s imagination is aw...
Fukasa Kai Martial Arts
A teacher of the Okinawan and Japanese martial arts for over 25 years, who has earned a 10th Degree Black Belt in Aiki-Jujutsu (Jujutsu) as well as a 9th Degree Black Belt in a variety of other Okinawan and Japanese martial arts, Cary is the published author of two martial arts books: Mastering t...
Dazzling Discoveries STEM Education Center
We are expanding!! In addition to the programs we run in schools throughout NYC, Dazzling Discoveries is offering science, engineering and technology classes, birthday parties, family workshops, summer camp and events at our own location. Visit us at our spacious basement location with our own ...
Quad Preparatory School
Quad Preparatory School goal is to make education specialized and individualized, to create a flexible learning environment that is sensitive to our students' strengths and challenges, and to help students communicate with others and participate in group learning when they are ready. We would...
Sherkow Center
The Sherkow Center for Child Development and Autism Spectrum Disorder is a not-for-profit organization formed to provide education, treatment, and research in the area of developmental delays and autism spectrum disorders. Our goal is to help all children achieve their optimal potential by using ...
Rebecca Kelly Ballet Kids Co-Motion
The SoHo afternoon program supplies increasing formal beginning to intermediate training in modern dance, ballet and performance. Offered in series: once, twice, or three-times per week. The serious study of classical ballet begins between 8-12 years old, when some students begin to be physica...
Synagogue for the Arts at TriBeCa
The Synagogue initially held services in a loft space above a store, and was open from Monday to Friday. In 1957 the Synagogue finished construction on its own building for the first time. Located at 80 Duane Street, it was fated to have a short life. A mere three years later it was condemned by ...
Curtain Up Kids
CurtainUp Kids Musical Theater Company has brought the excitement of musical theater to hundreds of NYC kids, ages 6 to 16.
Little Orchestra Society
The Little Orchestra Society (LOS) presents live music in ways that inspire and educate audiences of all ages while creating a new model for the 21st century orchestra that emphasizes connections with the community. LOS has given more than 65 premieres and launched the careers of many major music...
Bridge Community Playschool
Bridge Community Playschool is a small, neighborhood school that nurtures confidence and responsibility in children while exposing them to the world through play-based learning. We believe strongly that children should be given opportunities to explore and discover at their own pace, without t...
Explore+Discover
Explore+Discover offers high quality education and care for infants and toddlers in a social setting that encourages play, friendship and artistic expression as pathways for learning and self discovery. At Explore+Discover we set the standard for infant and toddler care and education—an experie...
Finger Painted Hands Montessori Preschool
Finger Painted Hands’ mission is to provide early childhood education by nurturing each child’s emerging talents in a creative environment. Children learn by playing, exploring, making mistakes, and getting messy. At Finger Painted Hands, our environment helps children learn by providing engaging...
Gan Eden Preschool
Combining the nurturing environment of the Jewish home and tradition with widely recognized methodologies for early childhood development, Gan Eden provides a rich educational and social environment for preschoolers. Gan Eden employs educators knowledgeable in Jewish culture literature and Hebre...
Life Adjustment Center Preschool
Life Adjustment Center's philosophy is not to fit the child into the curriculum, but to assess the child and build on their individual needs and unique strengths.Our classrooms feature different learning centers full of ways for all children to explore and investigate where they practice social i...
Philosophy Day School
Philosophy Day School is an independent day school for boys and girls that goes from Nursery to Fifth Grade.
Music Theater Builders
Musical Theater Builders After School Programs create a world of theatrical adventure, collaboration, and discovery. In Musical Theater Builders, children experiment with theatrical improv to develop original stories and characters. New lyrics are created, based on the children’s ideas, and set ...
Replay Music Studios
Replay Music Studios With a West Village location, a band coaching program, and seamless HD audio/video built into each room, Replay is not your average rehearsal studio.
Making Milestones
Pediatric therapeutic facility offering Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapy and Speech Therapy. All of the therapeutic services that your child needs in one convenient location.
The Lang School
The Lang School is the first school in New York City – and the only independent elementary school in the U.S. – for students who are both gifted and learning challenged – twice exceptional (2e). The Lang School* is a progressive, independent K-12 school for high potential and gifted children w...
CampedUP
Camped Up is a day camp program for children with a hearing loss, using an oral approach. Our mission is to provide a community in which each child will be able to socialize with other hearing aid and cochlear implant users, gain self advocacy skills and have a blast in a unique listener friendly...
Morningside Montessori School
Since 1966, hundreds of children have planted the roots of their education here. Guided by the Montessori philosophy and best practices in modern early childhood education, together we nurture children into compassionate, independent, lifelong learners. We are a warm, inclusive community that...
World Class Learning Academy NY
An international school for a truly global city. New York's premium British-curriculum international school located in the vibrant East Village, Nord Anglia International School New York promises your child a vibrant and unique learning experience to match our fantastic location.
Peartree Preschool
he mission of Peartree Preschool is to provide a warm and encouraging atmosphere that enhances self-concept, instills basic moral values, encourages social interaction, and enriches awareness of the natural and cultural world. We’re a warm and loving community of preschoolers, teachers, and pa...
Ideal School of Manhattan
The IDEAL School of Manhattan is an inclusion school dedicated to creating a diverse community that affirms and accepts the full identities of all people, while inspiring academic excellence, creative leadership, and a desire to build a more just and equitable world. The IDEAL School of Manhatta...
Rudolf Steiner School
The Rudolf Steiner School embraces Waldorf education, a pedagogy derived from the insights of Austrian-born scientist, philosopher, artist, and educator Rudolf Steiner. The program, from nursery through twelfth grade, addresses the physical, emotional, and intellectual capacities of the developin...
Speyer Legacy School
The Speyer Legacy School, the only independent school in Manhattan focused on serving the exceptional needs of accelerated learners, is committed to providing an accelerated and enriched curriculum within a collaborative environment that values character, creativity, inquiry, and respect. Our fac...
United Nations International School
Under the auspices of the United Nations and guided by its ideals, UNIS provides an inclusive and diverse learning environment in which rigorous international programs foster academic excellence, innovation, creativity and cross-cultural communication to educate and inspire its students to become...
Take Five Music Workshop
Write and perform your own songs with a band at Take Five Music Workshop. Young musicians of all levels welcome. Work with seasoned musicians and teachers. Take Five bands rehearse four hours a day with professional musicians and seasoned teachers. Bands compose their own songs in the style tha...
Children's Museum of Manhattan
We do what is good for children. By creating experiences at the intersection of the arts, sciences and the humanities, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan helps children and families thrive at home, at school, and in the community. These experiences include exhibitions, classes, workshops, perform...
Kaufman Music Center
Kaufman Music Center is New York’s go-to place for music education and performance. It's where music lovers, from curious fans to renowned performers, come together to explore their musical passions. Founded in 1952 as a community music school, today’s Kaufman Music Center is one of the city’s m...
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden (MVHM) preserves and interprets travel, leisure, work and play in diverse antebellum New York. The Museum shares and promotes historical knowledge for the education and enjoyment of the public through engaging interpretation and programs. The Museum present...
Museum of Arts and Design
About the Museum MAD champions contemporary makers across creative fields, presenting artists, designers, and artisans who apply the highest level of ingenuity and skill to their work. Since the Museum’s founding in 1956 by philanthropist and visionary Aileen Osborn Webb, MAD has celebrated al...
National Academy Museum
The Academy Museum celebrates the visual journey of the arts in America. Marked by discovery, experimentation and innovation, the Museum’s permanent collection—comprised of artist-submitted works—offers profound insights into the story of American art. Through special exhibits, ARTalks and event...
National Museum of the American Indian
National Museum of the American Indian is an active and visible component of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex. The NMAI cares for one of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the enti...
Aaron Academy
Aaron is a private K-12 special education school whose mission is to serve students with reading, writing, math, attention, sensory and social challenges. In a safe and supportive school climate, our goal is to maximize their potential in order for them to become confident, successful citizens of...
Velocity Sports Performance - NYC
Open since 2004, Velocity Sports Performance is New York City’s only speed, power and agility training center that offers programs for everyone regardless of age, gender, skill level and fitness goals. Whether you are a student, elite athlete or simply an adult looking to get in better shape, we ...
MiniGolf @ Hudson River Park
Hudson River Park, the longest waterfront park in the United States, has transformed four miles of decaying piers and parking lots along Manhattan's West side into a beloved, urban recreational paradise. Attracting 17 million visits each year, the Park offers a myriad of recreational and educati...
City Parks Foundation
City Parks Foundation (CPF) is the only independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to offer programs in public parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. At CPF, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports,...
Nintendo
Located in Manhattan's historic Rockefeller Center, Nintendo World is your very own Warp Pipe into the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond! With 10,000 square feet of dedicated gaming goodness spread over 2 floors, you can check out new and exciting titles headed to Wii U console and the Nintendo 3DS fam...
Village Pre-School Center
It is our purpose to create a nurturing and happy environment so that the word ‘school’ will have only the most pleasant associations. VPC is a fully licensed preschool for children ages 2-5 years old. We offer rich academics in a playful, nurturing environment. We are known for our high ratio o...
Dwight School
Founded in 1872, Dwight School is an internationally renowned independent school (nursery-grade 12) committed to educating the next generation of innovative global leaders — one student at a time. Providing a personalized experience for each student through the academically vigorous International...
Churchill School and Center
Churchill School have to offer students with language-based learning disabilities. Our comprehensive K-12 program provides students with a complete educational experience through solid academics and ancillary services, such as speech and occupational therapy, accessible whenever necessary. At Chu...
City & Country School
City and Country School, for children ages 2-13, was founded in 1914 by the pioneering educator, Caroline Pratt, during the dynamic period of Progressive Education. Believing that education is fundamentally a social process, we strive to create a vital school community that supports each child’s...
Boys & Girls Harbor
The mission of Boys & Girls Harbor is to empower children and their families to become full, productive participants in society through education, cultural enrichment, and social services. Boys & Girls Harbor is a place in Harlem where young minds see a future for themselves and a world they n...
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
The Neighborhood House’s award-winning and nationally-recognized Early Childhood Center offers very low-income preschool children and their families a full-day, year-round developmentally-appropriate educational and social experience and broad continuum of services in a preeminent setting.
SwimJim
SwimJim's teaching methodology is a safe, thoughtful, ordered approach to swimming, cultivating proficiency in a number of strokes. We believe the success with which our current and past students navigate the water proves our program’s effectiveness. The most important aspect of our teaching p...
Atlantic Acting School
Founded by David Mamet and William H. Macy, the Atlantic is the only school which offers training in their unique approach to acting: Practical Aesthetics. The school's mission is to ensure that each graduate masters the essential analytical and physical disciplines of acting, as well as to empow...
A Class Act NY
Since its inception in 2005, A Class Act NY’s mission is to enrich children’s lives through the magic of the performing arts in a fun, safe and supportive environment! Our instructors include prominent Broadway, TV and Film Stars as well as Casting Directors and Talent Agents who will provide you...
American Globe Theatre
Founded in 1989, American Globe Theatre was one of the longest running classical theatres in midtown Manhattan. American Globe (AGT) was dedicated to staging innovative productions of classical plays and to the development of new audiences through educational outreach. During its' 25 year history...
Jen Rudin Casting
A native New Yorker and former professional child actress, Jen is an Award-Winning Casting Director based in New York. Jen Rudin Casting specializes in casting for theater, film, voice-overs. Private audition coaching avail.
Broadway Edge - Nola Studios
Ask Yourself These Questions: 1. We know your child can sing a song, but can they act the song and become one with its message? 2. We know your child can repeat Broadway dance combinations, but can they tell a story while integrating their movement with the character's thoughts and feeling...
Open Lines Speech and Communication
At Open Lines Speech and Communication PLLC, our mission is to utilize speech language pathology to create open lines of functional communication between all stakeholders in a supportive, caring atmosphere. Our staff of speech language pathologists in NYC are committed to making an impact that r...
Broadway Workshop
Broadway Workshop’s Camp NYC allows young actors of ALL SKILL LEVELS the opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of Broadway. This five-day camp brings the best theatrical workshops and Master Classes directly to our students. Campers will take part in Master Classes taught by Broadway’...
Fashion Camp NYC
FashionCampNYC was founded ten years ago by a major brand fashion executive, a long-time camp director who has decades of experience working and mentoring young people. FashionCampNYC has evolved over the years to meet the needs of tweens/teens and parents. But what has remained constant is: Comm...
SciTech Kids
SciTech Kids brings science to life for kids ages 3 to 15 by encouraging them to explore science's limitless applications through hands-on activities which unlock their imagination.
Summer in Pono
Pono is an alternative, independent, not-for-profit education center set up with the purpose of immersing children in rich, stimulating learning environments and harmonious learning communities where each child's interests and natural innate desire to learn are cherished, nurtured, and guided to ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center
The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for Jazz through performance, education and advocacy. We believe Jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Beca...
NYC Elite
NYC Elite has New York City's finest gymnastics program. We provide an exciting and safe learning environment for children of all ages. From our youngest tumbler to our exceptional competitive team programs, all of NYC Elite's gymnasts are starz!
Jodi's Gym
With nearly 35 years of experience teaching over 200,000 New York kids, Jodi’s Gym is the leader in the industry. Our unsurpassed safety record, in addition to our attentive, knowledgeable, caring, and enthusiastic staff, make your experience at Jodi’s Gym truly unique. Jodi’s Gym offers classes ...
Discovery Programs
Discovery Programs is dedicated to strengthening family connections by providing creative and nurturing and meaningful experiences that allow children to grow as active learners while engaging the whole family. Our Beliefs; 1. It is still possible in a big city to find and cherish personal co...
NYC Elite Gymnastics
NYC Elite has New York City's finest gymnastics program. We provide an exciting and safe learning environment for children of all ages. From our youngest tumbler to our exceptional competitive team programs, all of NYC Elite's gymnasts are starz!
Sokol New York
TheThe Mission of Sokol New York is to provide fitness and community for individuals and families through physical, educational, cultural and social activities. Mission of Sokol New York is to provide fitness and community for individuals and families through physical, educational, cultural and ...
Asphalt Green Wave
The Asphalt Green Soccer Club is a competitive, tryout-based youth soccer team for boys and girls in New York City. Our competitive soccer program is structured to help players excel and aspire to the highest level of competition and transition into collegiate soccer programs. Asphalt Green So...
Gotham Girls FC
Gotham Girls FC (GGFC) is 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is the only soccer club in the New York City area whose sole focus is the development of female soccer players. GGFC has a two fold mission. The first part of GGFC's mission is to increase participation and ensure that every gir...
My Gym
My Gym has established local facilities where children learn and grow through unique and exciting activities. My Gym Kids worldwide develop healthy minds and strong bodies under the guidance of trained and loving instructors in a safe, clean and noncompetitive environment.
French Institute Alliance Francaise
FIAF is the leading French language and cultural center in the U.S. and offers innovative programs that explore the diversity of French cultures.
Kids' MusicRound at Small World Connect
At Kid’s MusicRound® at Small World Connect we believe that all children are born with musical ability. KMR music and movement classes will put your child on a path to basic musical competence by teaching him or her to sing in tune and keep an exact beat. This is the foundation that will allow yo...
Paris Saint Germain Academy
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, also known simply as PSG, is a professional football club based in Paris, France. It was founded on August 12, 1970 and quickly became one of the best and most popular professional clubs in France. Currently, Paris Saint-Germain is one of the top 8 teams in Euro...
The New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic — a cultural leader in New York City, the United States, and the world — will connect with up to 50 million music lovers in the 2016–17 season through performances, education programs, and broadcasts. Having commissioned and/or premiered works by leading composers from e...
The New Victory Theater
Welcome to The New Victory Theater—a place where storytellers reign alongside daredevils, puppets, rock stars, break dancers and—most of all—kids. Now in its 21st season, The New Victory Theater has been New York City's premier performing arts venue devoted to kids and families since 1995. Locat...
Manhattan Fencing Center
Located in Midtown Manhattan, the Manhattan Fencing Center was started in 2007 by U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame Maestro Yury Gelman. We believe that fencing success has everything to do with the club and coaches. We pride ourselves on our exceptional facility, our world-class coaches and our dynamic ...
My Sunshine Tutoring Center
My Sunshine Tutoring Center offers individualized educational programs for children ages 1.5 and up.
French Academy of Ballet
A New York ballet school offering classical ballet curriculum and small class sizes allowing dancers to realize their full potential. Founded by François Perron, the French Académie of Ballet is a pre-professional program promoting ballet in its purest form of precision & elegance.
Premiere Division Ballet School
Premiere Division is a pre-professional ballet school.The program developed by Nadege Hottier will carry talented students to the door of professional career.The school provides a rich knowledge of classical technique with European methods.
SilverMusic
We provide Suzuki instrumental study on cello, piano, and violin, as well as introductory music classes for children 6 months and up.
Art Of Intuitive Photography
Offering photography camp, classes, workshops and private/semi private lessons. Teaching hands-on photography classes to teens and children in NYC and beyond.
Speech Zone
At Speech Zone, we are dedicated to providing personalized services in order to best serve your child. We provide a fun and supportive environment while giving your child the necessary skills for success. We take great pride in the exceptional quality of our facility, services and knowledgeab...
Children's Museum of the Arts
The mission of the Children's Museum of the Arts is to introduce children and their families to the transformative power of the arts by providing opportunities to make art side-by-side with working artists. Founded in October 1988 by Kathleen Schneider, the museum has been located in the Manhatta...
Park Avenue Armory
Part American palace, part industrial shed, Park Avenue Armory is dedicated to supporting unconventional works in the visual and performing arts that need non-traditional spaces for their full realization, enabling artists to create, students to experience, and audiences to consume epic and adven...
Smithsonian Design Museum
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. After a three-year renovation, the museum re-opened in December 2014 with exhibitions featuring a rich mix of historic and contemporary design objects from our perman...
Anahid Syourapian Piano Studio
Professional Private lessons in Classical piano, theory and aural comprehension to children and adults of all levels offered in Midtown West in Manhattan, New York City
Avenues: The World School
Avenues school is about learning useful habits of mind, and Avenues will teach many of those. The school will make you a confident player on a world stage, proficient in more than one language, prepared for academic achievement and with a special capacity to engage in independent exploration and ...
Marcelo Garcia Academy
NYC’s premier Martial Arts School and home of world champion Marcelo Garcia. Come train Jiu-Jitsu with our elite instructors and revolutionize your submission grappling game.
SLK Ballet School
SLK Ballet is an exclusive facility to prepare the serious ballet student for a professional career in both classical and contemporary dance. SLK Ballet offers classes in classical ballet, pointe, repertoire, coaching, contemporary, character, musical theatre, floor barre, pas de deux and stretch...
Pushkin Academy of Russian Heritage
At Pushkin Academy of Russian Heritage we offer a supplemental Russian language program for preschool-age and school-age children. We offer a nurturing monolingual environment where children develop Russian language fluency and emergent literacy skills. We work with each child, paying attenti...
Ellison Ballet
This year-round program is designed to meet the needs of dedicated students 12-19 years of age from across the U.S. and abroad, who seek the highest standard of classical ballet education to prepare for a professional career.
Peridance Capezio Center
The School at Peridance with its renowned PeriChild Program was established in 1983 and has been recognized as a pioneer in dance education within the New York Dance Community. Offering classes and training for students ranging from 18 months to 18 years, The School at Peridance features a progre...