Photo via Park Slope Day Camp [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=724005417625928&set=pb.100000494288748.-2207520000.1425062214.&type=3&theater] This weekend Park Slope Day Camp is hosting an open house. You’ll be able to learn about their affiliated camps including Cirque d Ete
Camp Gan Kadima
Does your child have a nut allergy or sensory issues? Is your child bright but communicates in sign language? Read on. Here are camps for you. Kings Bay Y at Windsor Terrace [http://www.ywindsorterrace.camp/] 1224 Prospect Ave (at Vanderbilt) Kensington, Park Slope, South Slope, North Slope, Ditmas Park
Jewish camps
These five summer camps teach Hebrew and Judaism. They also have swimming, arts, and friend making opportunities! Sprout Brooklyn Day Camp [http://www.cyjsproutlake.org/daycamp] Red Hook, yjsproutbrooklyn@youngjudaea.org or call 917-595-1500 ext. 221 This is a dual language summer camps. Counselors will be fluent in both Hebrew
A Summer Adventure
Some parents like to use the summer to give their little campers a leg up. Here are four camps that, while being fun, include an educational component. For another kind of learning, check out our list of foreign language camps. [/summer-camps/day-camps/foreign-language-camps] A Summer Adventure [http://ftkny.com/] Various
bergen beach
These six summer camps teach Hebrew and Judaism. They also have swimming, arts, and friend-making opportunities! Sprout Brooklyn Day Camp [http://www.cyjsproutlake.org/daycamp] Red Hook, yjsproutbrooklyn@youngjudaea.org or call 917-595-1500 ext. 221 This is a dual language summer camp. Counselors will be fluent in both Hebrew and
Science & Technology
Science is Fun – Engineering Rocks [http://www.scienceisfunengineeringrocks.com/] 372 Clinton Ave, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn Free School, Fort Greene Ages 6-12 Contact: info@scienceisfunengineeringrocks.com, (347)789-4515 This STEAM based day-camp for ages 6-12, explores principles of science and engineering in fun ways. Campers learn through classroom and outdoor activities.
Mommy Camp
Send Mommy camp out with a bang. This weekend is the Chinese New Year in Sunset Park. Here [/blog/events/year-ram-celebrate-lunar-new-year-around-area] is where, when and how to bring in the Year of the Ram. Image by Jole Carliner.
Foreign Language
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: my kids learned Spanish so they would have their own language they could talk to each other in. It turned out, they should have learned Russian because when they took wrestling, that was the language it was taught in.
President's Week Activities
Instead of finding a week long camp did you opt for Mommy Camp? (Or Daddy Camp? We love you, stay at home dads!) Our sister site, Ditmas Park Corner, posted an extensive list of free and cheap activities [/blog/events/free-fun-things-kids-weeks-mid-winter-break] to do with kids this week.
Free Summer Camp
Do you want your child to get out of the city for a couple of weeks? Look into the Fresh Air Fund [http://www.freshair.org/sign-up-your-child]. The Fresh Air Fund has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities since
Amy's Cookies
Interesting and thoughtful Valentine’s Day gifts can be bought locally. In fact, many of our neighbors offer creative and innovative services, but you may not know about them because they don’t own storefronts. Here are a few of our entrepreneurial, creative neighbors who may have the perfect Valentine’
City Kid Camp
Time to escape the cold by thinking about summer – and where to ship those kids off to during the day so you can get some peace and quiet (or, you know, go to work). Sheepshead Bay has summer camps that create math geniuses and some that keep you outside on