Kids Culture 02.09.17

Skating for Katy’s Courage

An afternoon of ice-skating and figure-skating events, hockey, games, and other fun at the Buckskill Winter Club in East Hampton on Saturday at 3 will benefit Katy’s Courage. The not-for-profit raises money for pediatric cancer research, children’s bereavement support, scholarships, and education.

A puck-throw for prizes at 3 p.m. will kick off the event. Children and their coaches will present a figure-skating recital from 3:15 to 4:30, and a skate-a-thon will run from 4:45 to 5:45. Pre-event registration for the skate-a-thon is $30; registration on Saturday is $40. Skaters have been asked to take pledges. There will be a raffle drawing and winner announcements at 6:15, and a benefit hockey game from 7:30 to 9 p.m., with a registration fee of $40.

Baked goods will be sold all day, with all proceeds going to Katy’s Courage. Twenty percent of the rink’s general admission prices on Saturday are to be donated to the organization as well. Details can be found and tickets purchased at katyscourage.org.

Little League Evaluations

Kids in third through seventh grade who are planning to play Little League will need to be evaluated on catching, throwing, batting, fielding, and running prior to the start of the season. Evaluations will be held at the Sportime Arena in Amagansett on Saturday and March 4. Registration is at eteamz.com/EHLL.

Older kids in fifth through seventh grades will be evaluated the first day, with softball players asked to show up at 1 p.m. and baseball players at 1:45. Kids will make their way through five stations, which should take about two hours. The March 4 schedule for players in third and fourth grades is the same: softball at 1 p.m., baseball at 1:45. Make-up evaluations for kids unable to attend the earlier sessions will be on March 11. Questions can be emailed to [email protected].

Art on the Winter Break

Now is the time to sign up for winter vacation art workshops at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. The workshops, which will run from Feb. 20 through Feb. 24, usually fill up early. Sessions for children 4 to 6 will be held each day from 10 a.m. to noon; kids 7 and up will take over the studio from 1 to 3 each day. The cost is $40 per session, $30 for members of the museum. Each day children will explore a different style or theme: Feb. 20, abstract relief using Model Magic and watercolor; Feb. 21, landscapes on black canvas; Feb. 22, mixed-materials sculpture; Feb. 23, sandpaper drawings, and Feb. 24, still-life studies.

Registration is also underway for a pottery workshop for kids 7 and older on Saturdays from March 4 through March 25 at 1:30 p.m. The cost is $120, $90 for members. Space is limited to nine students.

On Saturday at 1 p.m., the museum will offer a family screening of “Underwater Dreams,” a film about sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants who beat a Massachusetts Institute of Technology team in a robotics competition. It is best for children 10 and up and adults. A student exhibition awards ceremony will be held on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m.

A family program on Friday, Feb. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. will focus on lasers in space. It is free with museum admission, but advance registration has been suggested.

In the Shape of a Heart

Families who visit the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Saturday will have a chance to decorate heart-shaped cookies from 10 a.m. to noon, while supplies last. The cost is $4 per cookie, $3 for members. From Saturday through Monday, the museum has invited visitors to add to a heart-shaped community canvas project.

CMEE has dubbed the February school break Engineers Week and will have different science-based activities happening in the lobby all day during the week and from 10 a.m. to noon on Feb. 25 and Feb. 26. The activities will be free with museum admission.

Full Moon Family Hike

Across the street at the South Fork Natural History Museum, there will be a full moon family hike tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday, kids 3 to 5 can enjoy a reading of Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman’s “Bear Snores On” and then make a hibernation craft at 10:30 a.m. There is a $2 materials fee.

The museum will have winter recess programs for children from Feb. 20 to Feb. 24 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. each day.

At the Libraries

A Valentine’s Day dance-and-play program for preschoolers up to age 5 will be held at the Montauk Library on Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon. Later that day, at 2, kids 4 and older can decorate valentine cupcakes and make chocolate-covered marshmallows. On Tuesday, that same age group can make heart wreathes, love bugs, and butterfly treats from 4 to 5 p.m.

This afternoon’s family movie at 4 at the East Hampton Library will be “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.” Next Thursday, the library will hold another of its Snap Circuits workshops on the basics of electricity for kids 7 and older. The workshop runs from 4 to 5 p.m. Another will be held on Feb. 21.

At the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, kids 4 and older can sign up to practice their reading with Wally the dog on Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon. Advance registration is required for this event and all other library programs.