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Learn essential life skills such as problem-solving, communication, and decision-making through engaging and interactive classes designed specifically for kids in NYC.

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Wildlife Careers Series (Ages 10-12)

WCS Zoos

Roll up your sleeves and get messy! Jr. Keepers will get up close to animals and see what it takes to be a keeper at the Queens Zoo.Domestic Animal Keeper - March 1, 8, 15, 22Join us each week for an opportunity to shadow an animal keeper in the Domestic Area of the Zoo. We will meet some staff that care for our animals, learn about animal exhibits and discover what training and education is needed to care for our amazing Education animals in the...

(8) All levels 10 - 12 years old
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Public Speaking (Age 11-12)

LeapUp Learning

Public Speaking Learning to debate and public speak reaps life long benefits. ​This course will give students the ability to be confident and comfortable when giving presentations, raising their hand in class, or even just casually conversating. Students will learn to know their audience, will study great speeches throughout history, and will learn to write speeches, manage anxieties, and deliver opinions and arguments in a calm and convincing...

All levels 11 - 12 years old
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Public Speaking (Age 9-10)

LeapUp Learning

Public Speaking Learning to debate and public speak reaps life long benefits. ​This course will give students the ability to be confident and comfortable when giving presentations, raising their hand in class, or even just casually conversating. Students will learn to know their audience, will study great speeches throughout history, and will learn to write speeches, manage anxieties, and deliver opinions and arguments in a calm and convincing...

All levels 9 - 10 years old
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Cool Careers (Grades K - 2)

Wagner College Lifelong Learning @ 1 Campus Rd, Staten Island, NY

What do you want to be when you grow up? In this all new program you will get a taste of some of the world's most exciting jobs from veterinarian to marine biologist to professional basketball player! Start engineering your future today with this STEAMtastic Challenge Island adventure! Please read:  Tuition includes materials. Directions and COVID information will be emailed prior to class beginning.

(5) All levels 5 - 7 years old
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$149

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NY Live KIDS Group Magic Lessons

Jeremy the Magician @ 1412 Broadway, New York, NY

Taking magic lessons is a great way to boost self-esteem and learn discipline and persistence. Knowing that you have the skill and capacity to literally amaze people at a moment’s notice is an incredible feeling to have. Jeremy’s 2 hour magic workshop includes everything that’s needed to teach your child how to perform their very own magic tricks. At the end of the entertaining and educational instructional magic workshop, your child will...

(13) All levels 8 - 15 years old
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$160
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Exploring the Wild (Ages 6-10 yrs)

WCS Zoos @ 64th St & 5th Ave, New York, NY

Take a walk on the wild side! Families discover amazing animal adaptations and survival strategies around the Zoo through fun activities and live animal encounters. Children and caregivers get up close to various animals in the Zoo, help prepare animal treats and understand how keepers care for them each day.

(8) All levels 6 - 10 years old
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Junior Keepers (Ages 8-12)

WCS Zoos @ 64th St & 5th Ave, New York, NY

Roll up your sleeves and get messy! Jr. Keepers will get up close to animals and see what it takes to be a keeper at the Central Park Zoo. Each session focuses on a different animal and includes creating some early morning enrichment for them.

(8) All levels 8 - 12 years old
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School Skills (ages 3-5 years)

Gymboree (Upper East Side)

Encourage curiosity and build self-confidence in your preschooler through art, science exploration, play and more. Teachers also read children's books that explore and nurture key social and emotional skills, engage in activities that require cooperation and self-awareness, and encourage communication with peers. This school skills class includes both independent and group learning activities to promote the important personal and social skills...

All levels 3 - 5 years old
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Teatown Lake Reservation (Kids 12 & Under)

"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY

Teatown is a rich natural area full of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms. The trails that encircle the lake guarantee an abundance of many common late summer herbs, greens, berries, and fungi.  Here's what we can expect:  Leafy greens such as poor man's pepper, wood sorrel, sheep sorrel, purslane, lamb's-quarters, and Asiatic dayflower are more than likely. Garlic mustard seeds...

(176) All levels 7 - 12 years old
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Aquarium Mornings: Marine Mammals (Ages 3-8 w/ Adult))

WCS Zoos @ 602 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Bring your family to enjoy early access to the aquarium with fun activities and a private visit to our Sea Cliffs marine mammal exhibits. Feel real otter fur, compare seals and sea lions, and create, play and move together to learn about these marvelous mammals. We'll finish with a live animal encounter with one of our aquatic invertebrates! This program is for children ages 3-8. 

(8) All levels 3 - 8 years old
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Aquarium Mornings: Coney Island Beach (Ages 3-8 )

WCS Zoos @ 602 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Aquarium Mornings: Coney Island Beach (Ages 3-8 w/ Adult) Bring your family to enjoy our local wildlife on Coney Island Beach. Explore the beach, watch for shorebirds, and create, play and move together to earn about the amazing animals that we share our sandy shore with! We'll finish with a live animal encounter with one of our aquatic invertebrates! This program is for children ages 3-8. 

(8) All levels 3 - 8 years old
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Camp Socialsklz (5 yrs old & up)

socialsklz:-)

CAMPsocialsklz:-) offers a four-day life skills day camp. Whether this will be a refresher exercise or your child's first time at socialsklz:-), each day will feature new and engaging curriculum paired with games and activities to ensure a FUN experience.  The premise of this program is to cover the social and emotional IQ skill set, which is oftentimes not covered in school and can be a challenge for parents to teach without coming across...

(12) All levels 5 - 12 years old
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Edge of the Sea (Ages 5+ with Adult)

WCS Zoos @ 602 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Join us for this one-of-a-kind family experience as we head down to the edge of the water to explore the sandy shore ecosystem. We will collect plant and animal evidence and use field guides to identify and sort what we find. We'll meet a live local animal and walk away with an appreciation for the amazing aquatic organisms that call Coney Island home. Please note:This program is for children ages 5 and up. Tickets are per person, and children...

(8) All levels 5 and older
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School Break Day Camp: Zoo York State of Mind (1st-5th)

WCS Zoos

School Break Day Camp: Zoo York State of Mind (1st-5th Grade) Campers will explore the Zoo in a wild scavenger hunt to determine which Zoo animals have what it takes to live right here in New York. Is there food, water and shelter to keep them here or do they need extra help? Build a model habitat that might support your favorite local animal. This camp is for children in 1st - 5th grade.

(8) All levels 6 - 10 years old
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School Break Camp: Wild Migration (Grades 1-5)

WCS Zoos

School Break Day Camp: Go the Distance - Wild Migration When an animal can't find food or shelter sometimes they just have to go somewhere else. Campers will explore how birds and other animals move great distances to find the things that they need to survive. Sometimes they could use our help too. Design some amazing ways that we can help animals migrate safely. This camp is for children in 1st - 5th grade.

(8) All levels 6 - 10 years old
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Croton Aqueduct (Kids 12 & Under)

"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Cedar St, Dobbs Ferry, NY

Discover the best edible wild plants of early spring on this outdoor tour led by Violet Brill. Learn about and collect common, tasty, renewable species while exploring open, sunny habitats and wooded sections. Perfect for children to attend!

(176) All levels 7 - 12 years old
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Saxon Woods (Kids 12 & Under)

"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Saxon Woods Park Parking lot, White Plains, NY

The sunny borders between woodlands and the parking lot provide prime habitat for various wild herbs and greens. We'll look for sheep sorrel and wood sorrel, with their wonderful lemony flavors, plus goutweed, which tastes like parsley, carrots, and celery. Poor man's pepper, a common, delicious wild mustard, also appears in great abundance in sunny habitats, and it's even more common invasive relative, garlic mustard, is taking over the forest....

(176) All levels 7 - 12 years old
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Friendshipsklz:-) for Tweenz (ages 11-14)

socialsklz:-)

This workshop will empower boys and girls, making them feel confident enough to start new friendships, and strengthen the ones they already have. Kids will be encouraged to share their own experiences. Friendships are deeply meaningful to children and effectively learning to manage friendships is perhaps one of the most important skill sets for a child to master.  Although these lessons aren't necessarily taught in school, they can help ease...

(12) All levels 11 - 14 years old
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Dining 4 Holidays

socialsklz:-) @ 250 W 85th St, New York, NY

Prepare for the holiday season’s frenzy of dinners, family parties, and celebrations with this fun, two-hour dining intensive.   During our workshop we throw our own little "dinner party" where we serve a small meal to practice new skills (including cutting properly!). Kids receive an official "diningsklz:-) certificate" and take home tips at the end of the workshop. Topics include: how to throw a dinner party...

(12) All levels 5 and older
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Technologysklz:-) (Ages 8-14)

socialsklz:-) @ 250 W 85th St, New York, NY

This eye-opening workshop teaches students how be technologically safe and savvy in our world where the Internet records everything. As we interact more and more online, it's essential to be aware of the wonders of the digital world as well as its pitfalls. What we put online leaves a digital footprint that lasts forever, making it imperative for kids to know how to interact on the world wide web.   Kids will be equipped with critical...

(12) All levels 8 - 14 years old
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