Kids Culture 10.01.15
Chess at CMEE
Aspiring chess players 4 to 9 and those already familiar with the game might want to set aside Thursday afternoons for Chess @ CMEE, an eight-week course at the Children’s Museum of the East End offered with Chess NYC. The first session is this afternoon from 4 to 5. The program costs $75 but is free for members of the museum. Advance registration has been requested.
Montauk Field Day
Given the forecast as of press time, Montauk Field Day, scheduled for Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. at Montauk County Park, could well be rescheduled to its rain date, Oct. 18. If it’s not, Sunday will bring an afternoon of free fun and games hosted by Montauk Youth and the Concerned Citizens of Montauk. Among the day’s attractions are a bounce house, an obstacle course, food to purchase, a pie toss, sack races, and a tug-of-war.
To the Rescue
Kids can learn about the marine mammal and sea turtle rescue work of the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Amagansett Library. The presentation will include pictures and artifacts.
On Sunday at 2 p.m. the library has invited kids to create a quilt square for a collaborative community quilt that is being made to commemorate the Amagansett Library’s 100th anniversary next year.
Two programs for preschoolers ages 3 and 4 resume this week: a story time on Mondays at 2:15 p.m. and Tot Hop, a game, movement, music, and rhyme program on Wednesdays at 2:15 p.m. These are in addition to the library’s ongoing Rhyme Time for toddlers up to 36 months on Mondays at 10:15 a.m., a First Story Time for tots on Tuesdays at the same time, and Shake, Rattle, and Roll on Fridays at 10 a.m.
From Movies to Movement
At the East Hampton Library, this week brings movies for kids and teens, stories and crafts for kids 4 and up, and a music and movement program for ages 1 to 3.
This afternoon’s family movie at 4:30 p.m. will be “Finding Nemo.” Disney’s “Planes” will be shown next Thursday at the same time. On Tuesdays at 5:30 starting this week, the library will resume its weekly Books on Screen program for teens, who will watch films based on young-adult books and then discuss how the movie and film were similar and how they differed.
Music With Miss Lori will have the little ones bopping tomorrow from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. On Tuesday at 4 p.m., kids 4 and up can listen to a story about cupcakes and then do a cupcake craft.
Music Together
The fall semester of Music Together by the Dunes, a family music and movement program for children from birth to age 5, begins this week with classes offered locally in East Hampton and Bridgehampton. Music Together is a “research-based music immersion” program that includes “singing, dancing, instrument play, parent education, rhythm patterns, tonal patterns, and vocal play for children and the adults who love them,” according to Ina Ferrara, the director of Music Together by the Dunes.
The program includes workshop activities and music, a CD, a DVD, and parent materials to continue the fun at home. The East Hampton session, held at Dancehampton on Lumber Lane, began yesterday and will continue on Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. The Bridgehampton session will begin tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Children’s Museum of the East End. The cost for each is $235 plus a $15 registration fee for new families. Missed classes can be made up at other locations or in a subsequent semester. Parents can register online at mtbythedunes.com or by calling Ms. Ferrara at 631-680-1392.