Kids Culture 01.08.15
Teen Finance
Budgeting, balancing a bank statement, and smart debit and credit card habits are among the topics on the agenda for a Wednesday evening session on personal finance for teenagers at the Amagansett Library. At 6:30 p.m. Lynn Allen of Allen Business Services and Eileen Espana, a senior at East Hampton High School, will discuss practical skills for those just starting to manage their own finances. And don’t worry about spending your hard-earned money on snacks to tide you over till dinnertime; they’ll be provided by the library.
Art After School
Free after-school art workshops will begin at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill this week and run through March. Classes for children in kindergarten through fifth grade will be on Wednesdays from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. A class for prekindergartners will be offered on Thursdays from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Advance registration is a must.
Classes for kindergarten through fifth grade on Mondays and Thursdays are full, but the museum is accepting names for a wait list.
Bouncy Balls and Snowflakes
For the curious, crafty, and scientific-minded, local libraries will be the place to be this week. Today at 4 p.m. at the East Hampton Library, kids 5 and older can learn the scientific principles behind bouncing and make their own bouncy balls using ingredients found in most households.
The Montauk Library will show off its 3-D printer in three sessions on Saturday. Kids in kindergarten through third grade can see what it does from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Third through fifth graders can take a look from 2:30 to 3, and kids in sixth grade and above will learn how people are using these cool machines from 3 to 3:30.
The Amagansett Library will open its craft closet to families on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. for a story time followed by a puppet-making session. The library has added a potions class for kindergarten through third grade to its weekly schedule. Young wizards will gather on Wednesdays at 3:15 p.m. through Jan. 21. A weekly Legos and games get-together for the same age group will now be offered on a new day, Tuesday, at 4 p.m.
Kids 4 to 10 will use watercolors, tape, salt, and charcoal to create birch tree paintings on Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor.
At the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, children 4 and up will make snowflakes from borax, while also learning about the myriad forms snowflakes can take on Friday, Jan. 16, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Advance sign-up has been requested for all library programs.
Birding in Mecox
The South Fork Natural History Museum will lead 8 to 12-year-olds on a birding expedition to Mecox Bay on Saturday at 10 a.m. Participants will borrow the museum’s binoculars, magnifiers, compasses, and field guides to observe and record what they see. They can take their own nature journals or purchase one for $2. Registration in advance is required.
ABC Soup
Alphabet noodle soup will be the dish of the day on Saturday as kids 3 to 6 get cooking at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. Starting at 10 a.m., they will chop and measure ingredients for a soup they can take home, then listen to a reading of “Stone Soup.” The program costs $22, including museum admission, $10 for members.
On Sunday at the museum, there will be a story time with Sima from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. It is free with museum admission.