Kids Culture 02.04.16
Winter Rec
Kids who need to burn some extra energy might look to a number of town-sponsored sports clinics that start next week at the Sportime Arena in Amagansett.
Mondays will bring flag football for 6 to 12-year-olds from 5 to 6 p.m. On Tuesdays there will be an inline skating clinic for ages 4 to 9 from 5 to 6 p.m. and a roller hockey clinic for ages 6 to 12 from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays will bring multisport activities for 3 to 5-year-olds from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.
Friday night dodgeball for ages 6 to 12 starts on Feb. 12, from 4 to 5. On Saturdays starting Feb. 13 it’ll be soccer for 5 to 12-year-olds from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and baseball for ages 6 to 12 from 11 a.m. to noon. Each clinic runs for eight weeks and costs $125. Registration is at Sportime, at 320 Abraham’s Path.
Shark Peek
How do shark researchers get close enough to study their animal of choice? Greg Metzger, a marine biologist and marine science educator who studies sharks, will talk about the task and show off some of the equipment he uses as part of the Long Island Shark Collaboration during a program Saturday for kids 6 and up at the South Fork Natural History Museum. He’ll explain what can be learned by looking at shark teeth and let kids try on a fighting belt and clip into one of the shark rods used to reel in a shark for research. The adventure begins at 10:30 a.m.
Later that day, at 1 p.m., families can head to Poxabogue Park in Sagaponack for a winter exploration and scavenger hunt with the museum’s Crystal Possehl. On Sunday at 10:30 a.m., Melanie Mead will lead a family program on all the crystals found in nature, from sugar to gemstones. There is a $3 fee for the materials needed for a crystal art project.
Advance registration is required for all programs.
Year of the Monkey
The Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton will celebrate the Chinese New Year, and the upcoming year of the monkey, on Saturday with a workshop for ages 3 to 7. Kids will learn about the holiday, play games, and make crafts to take home. The fun begins at 10:45 a.m. The cost is $17 including museum admission, $5 for members.
Tomorrow’s Pizza and Pajama Night at the museum will include a reading of Peter Brown’s “Mr. Tiger Goes Wild.” The program runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and is free for members, $10 for others. Reservations are required as space often fills up in advance.
Library Love
The East Hampton Library will give high school students a chance to take a practice A.C.T. on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. An ACT tutor will administer the test.
Saturday is also Take Your Child to the Library Day, and for little ones 4 and up that means songs, music, and parachute play from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.
Whether you’re into Valentine’s Day or totally against it, the library will have you covered next week. Kids in sixth through eighth grade can decorate fortune cookies and make candy kabobs from 4:45 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. On Friday, Feb. 12, the library will host an Un-Valentine’s Day party for high schoolers, who can expect snacks and celebrity darts among other fun from 3 to 5 p.m.
Legos, Stop-Motion
Families can work together to make Lego windmills on Friday, Feb. 12, at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. Stephen W. Schwartz, an architect with SWS Architects in Livingston, N.J., and Building Blocks Workshops will take 70,000 Lego blocks to the Parrish for this building event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. There is no cost for children and students.
A few spaces may still be available in tomorrow evening’s family workshop at the Parrish, this one on stop-motion animation. Instructors from the Good School will lead people in making short animated films, from designing sets to creating characters and plotlines.
Advance registration is required, as workshops often fill up.