Kids Culture 09.22.16

Election Day at Wharf Shop

Finding it hard to translate all the presidential election banter into a kinder language your young children might understand? The Wharf Shop in Sag Harbor is holding its own election on Saturday to give kids an idea of what the word means and how a winner is selected.

No Electoral College or superdelegates here (because hardly anyone can understand that, let alone a 7-year-old), just a bubble-blowing teddy bear that needs a name. Voters will cast ballots for one of four: Oliver, Arthur, Henderson, or Oscar.

Fall Sports a-Go-Go

The East Hampton Town Department of Parks and Recreation has put out the word about still more fall clinics and sports programs for kids this week.

The Poxabogue Golf Center in Sagaponack will have an after-school junior golf program for kids 10 and older on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. It started this week and will continue through the end of October. The cost is $40 and registration is with Joe Munzer, the P.G.A. head professional at the golf center, at 631-537-0025.

Eight-week flag football, volleyball, inline skating, roller hockey, and soccer clinics at the Sportime Arena in Amagansett also begin this week, but there is still time to join up. Flag football for ages 6 to 12 is offered on Mondays from 5 to 6 p.m. Volleyball for 11 to 16-year-olds is on Mondays from 6 to 7. On Tuesdays there’s inline skating for ages 4 to 9 from 5 to 6 p.m. and roller hockey for ages 6 to 12 from 6 to 7. The fall soccer program will begin on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. The cost for each clinic is $125. Registration is at the arena on Abraham’s Path.

Turtle Talk

Kids may be more familiar with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles than they are with real ones, but the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton hopes to teach them a little about the actual turtles in their midst during a program on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Children 6 and older will learn facts about turtles such as Long Island’s eastern box turtle and their place in the food web.

A family program on Saturday at 11 will have people learning how to harvest their own sea salt and how it can be used for body scrubs, beauty products, and other household mixtures. Those who participate have been asked to take a bucket or other vessel to collect water in. That evening at 6:30, families can join the museum in an exploration of Fresh Pond in Amagansett and the creatures that live there.

A family walk on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. will focus on animals that are herbivores and the benefits, environmental and otherwise, of adopting vegetarian diets. A vegetarian snack will be served. Advance registration has been requested for all programs.

Apples and Honey

Apples and honey are a traditional combination to usher in the Jewish New Year each fall, a symbol of hope for a sweet year ahead. On Sunday, the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton and Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor will host an apples and honey program at the museum from 10 a.m. to noon. Visitors will get to taste a variety of local apples and local honey, make apple crafts, and sing songs from different cultures around the world. The cost is $12 including museum admission. Members get in free.

Neo-Political Tweens

Kate Mueth and Susan Stout of the Neo-Political Cowgirls are leading a new program for girls 8 to 12 with a focus on the environment. Neo-Political Young Cowgirls Examine the Environment will be offered at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. through Oct. 20. The cost is $230, $220 for Guild Hall members. The first class was on Tuesday.

The program will include journaling, theater games, conversation, and directing and performing exercises. Registration is at 631-324-4051 or [email protected].

Open Mike for Kids

Kids in 5th through 12th grades will showcase their talents at an open mike night tomorrow at 7 at Bay Burger in Sag Harbor, and families have been invited to join the audience. The restaurant’s burgers, hot dogs, ice cream, and other menu items will be available for purchase during the performances.