Kids Culture 03.24.16
Catch the Goat While You Can
Saturday is the last day for a while to catch a Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre show at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. At 11 a.m. that day Liz Joyce and a Couple of Puppets will present “The Doubtful Sprout and the Secret Life in Soil,” dubbed “an underground puppet adventure.” The show is best for ages 3 to 8. Tickets cost $15.
Calculating Your Carbon
After learning about the fish in the tanks at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton on Saturday, 4 and 5-year-olds will work with Ruby Jackson to make fish mobiles. The program begins at 10:30 a.m.; there is a $5 materials fee.
That day at 2 p.m., families with children 6 and older can calculate their carbon footprints and consider ways to reduce them. A little advance work is required, so a call to the museum today or tomorrow to reserve a spot in the workshop is a must.
Cornbread Waffles, Y’All
Cornbread waffles will be on the menu at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Saturday during a 10 a.m. cooking workshop for parents with kids 3 to 6 years old. The cost is $19 including museum admission, $7 for members.
Looking ahead to Earth Day, Frank Asch’s “The Earth and I” will be read at the museum’s next Pizza and Pajama Night on Friday, April 1. Afterward, kids will make watercolor scenes inspired by his book. The fun runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and costs $10. Members get in free, but reservations have been suggested for everyone.
Music for Toddlers
Marlene Markard and the Ellen Johansen Music Studio will team up to offer a parent-child music program for toddlers at the Southampton Cultural Center. Sing With Me, an eight-week program, will run on Wednesdays from 3:45 to 4:25 p.m. through May 25. Tuition is $175 and includes class and home materials.
The classes, for children 15 to 36 months old, are designed to help build language skills, cognitive development, motor skills, and self-confidence, in addition to music appreciation. Reservations are with Kirsten Lonnie, who can be reached at [email protected] or by phone at the cultural center.
Candy Wrapper Art
Parents drowning in Easter candy may want to save those wrappers for a workshop next week at the East Hampton Library. In it, kids 4 and up will turn old candy wrappers into new and colorful works of art. The class is on Friday, April 1, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Kids 4 and older will leave a Tuesday workshop with two bars of soap they’ve made themselves. The class starts at 4 p.m.
The library has a number of movies on the schedule this week. “Pan” will be shown this afternoon at 4:30. Tomorrow at 1 p.m. it’s “The Peanuts Movie,” and next Thursday at 4:30 will bring “Open Season: Scared Silly.” Kids in sixth through eighth grade have been invited to a young teen movie night on Wednesday from 4:30 to 7. Snacks will be served.
Jelly Bean Roulette
Tomorrow is Imaginary Friend Appreciation Day at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton. At 4 p.m. after a reading of Dan Santat’s “The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend,” kids will conjure up their own “unimaginary” buddy.
Ever try BeanBoozled jelly beans? Some are tasty, some not so much. Next Thursday from 3:30 to 5 p.m., the library has invited kids to play a game of Jelly Bean Roulette, tasting a range of BeanBoozled flavors as they hope for the good and not the gross.