Kids Culture 06.16.16
First Steps
Children will get an introduction to the flora and fauna of the South Fork Natural History Museum’s Vineyard Field in Bridgehampton on a trail walk for all ages on Saturday starting at 10:30 a.m. The walk is co-sponsored by the Southampton Trails Preservation Society and the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, each of which have much to share when it comes to exploring the area’s myriad trails. Dai Dayton will lead.
Also on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., kids 9 and older will make their own ocean zones in a jar as a step to understanding life in the deep. There is a $5 materials fee.
Frank Quevedo, the museum’s director, will be out front on a birding walk for families on Sunday at 10 a.m. starting from the Long Pond Greenbelt Nature Center. Advance registration has been requested for all programs.
Goat on a Boat in Montauk
The Montauk Library will kick off its summer reading club with a puppet show on Friday, June 24. At 4 p.m., Liz Joyce and a Couple of Puppets from Goat on a Boat in Sag Harbor will present an original take on “The Three Little Pigs” before leading kids as they make their own puppets. Those who sign up for the summer reading club will walk away with a bag of prizes. Advance registration is required.
The library is hosting a Father’s Day craft and cookie party tomorrow from 3:30 to 5:30. Children will be able to make a superhero craft for Dad and decorate a cookie for him as well. Advance registration is required.
For Dads
Dads and their little ones will get special treatment at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Father’s Day, when two people can play a round of mini golf for the price of one. Those who do so will also get a coupon for 20 percent off at Townline BBQ in Sagaponack all day Sunday.
In East Hampton at the new Mannix Studio of Art on Gingerbread Lane, fathers can take part free of charge in a family workshop on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Experience with painting is not required, but a love of dogs is. This one’s a painting class in which Dagger the Dog will create an abstract masterpiece and the humans 4 and older will then follow suit. The cost is $30 per person. Kids 4 to 6 must be accompanied by a participating adult. Only dads fly free. Advance registration is required at 631-527-5151.
Monday at Madoo
The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton will lead a story time at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack on Monday at 10 a.m. This is the first of an every-other-week Mondays at Madoo program. Families have been invited to take their own picnic lunches and enjoy. Rain cancels the event.
Socialization, motor skills, and safety for young children will be the focus of a five-week Family Place Workshop starting at the library on Friday, June 24, at 10 a.m. The workshop is limited to 15 families; advance sign-up is required.
SoulGrow Countdown
Camp SoulGrow is gearing up for a summer of fun programs in Montauk for kids 7 and up, the first of which will be offered on Friday, June 24.
Workshops, adventures, and volunteer opportunities organized by the nonprofit, most running for about an hour and a half, are offered for free, but a $75 donation is requested at registration time to help support continued activities. Registration can be done in person at Camp SoulGrow’s downtown Montauk location on Carl Fisher Plaza on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 2 to 6 p.m.
The June 24 offerings include yoga and vocal expression from 10 to 11:30 a.m., gardening at Third House from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and an opening day summer water party, also at Third House, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Making Magical Kingdoms
Caregivers looking for something to keep the kids occupied next Thursday afternoon might find it at the East Hampton Library, where kids 4 and older have been invited to make their own magical kingdom collages from 4 to 5.
The library will screen “Independence Day” for middle schoolers on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., with refreshments. On Friday, June 24, at 2 p.m. it will be the family movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip.”