Kids Culture 03.22.18

Vacation Theater Camp

The Bay Street Theater and the Sag Harbor Center for the Arts will offer a three-day theater camp for children ages 8 to 12 from April 4 to April 6, during the school break

The workshop-style musical theater camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Bethany Dellapolla, a teaching artist, will work with students on a scenes and musical numbers from the hit Broadway musical “Annie!” Students will work on acting, singing, and dancing skills, culminating in a presentation for family and friends at the conclusion of the camp.

The cost is $282 per child. Registration is online at baystreet.org or by phone at 631-725-0818.

Journals, Slime, Bingeing

Journaling will be the focus of a writing workshop for high school students on Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m. at the East Hampton Library. Students will receive prompts and tips for starting a journal. 

Monday is Netflix Night for high school students, who are invited to binge-watch their favorite television shows and movies from 5 to 7 p.m. 

Parents who find evidence of slime-making in all corners of the house may want to get their kids 5 and older to the library on Tuesday for a slime-making session at 4 p.m. 

Next Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m., middle schoolers can create a unique piece of art by “upcycling” scraps from old magazines. 

Looking Into H2O at SoFo

The South Fork Natural History Museum will hold a family-friendly exploration and scavenger hunt along the Sagg Swamp trail on Saturday at 10 a.m. Crystal Oakes, a SoFo nature educator, will lead families over land and on a boardwalk through the swamp, pointing out the hidden messages of the tiniest lichens and mosses to large oak and maple trees. Participants will also make leaf-rubbings. 

On Sunday at 10:30 a.m., children 10 and up can learn all about Long Island’s glacial history and a unique geology that created aquifers, or underground water reservoirs that provide much of the area’s drinking water. Melanie Meade, a SoFo nature educator, will lead this educational class where students will learn how human actions can harm the drinking water supply and what can be done to protect this resource.

Art for All Ages 

At a teen advisory group meeting tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. at the Amagansett Library, kids will brainstorm future activities, paint portraits of pets for the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, and eat pizza. All teens will be welcomed.

On Saturday at 2 p.m. children ages 5 through 9 can create their very own artwork with the Art Nanny instruction kits, which come with watercolor tricks and techniques and a frame ready to take home and hang.

Children ages 9 to 12 can stop by Tuesday at 4 p.m. to decorate a wooden frame, which they get to take home.

On Wednesday at 3 p.m., 3 and 4-year-olds can listen to the story “I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean,” followed by songs and a giant squid craft. Registration is required for all activities. 

Slimy Fun and Fun Facts 

It will be slime time for all ages on Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor. Kids should be dressed for a mess.

Middle school trivia night is Saturday from 6 to 7 p.m. Participants will compete in teams of three to five players and navigate through increasingly difficult trivia. There will be prizes for the winning team and pizza for all. 

On Sunday from 1 to 2 p.m., families can take their laptops, tablets, e-book readers, and smartphones to the library for advice about how to connect with the library’s various tech resources including free online tutoring and homework help. 

In celebration of National Women’s Month, the Montauk Library will hold an informative session about female artists for kids in kindergarten and up on Saturday at 2 p.m. Children can then create their own colorful still life painting to take home.