Kids Life Skills Classes in NYC, New York

Dive into the ocean with your fellow mini-marine biologists! We'll investigate different questions each day such as "Do all penguins love a cold climate?" or "How can an octopus change colors?" Through experiments, beach exploration, exhibit visits, and up-close animal encounters - our team will make some amazing aqua-discoveries! Camper must be...

The SAT course was not only developed for students aiming to be in the top 10% of all SAT test takers, but was also created by the owner of a perfect 2400 score on the exam. We have taken what he learned and distilled it down to 65 proprietary strategies that make up the Veritas Prep curriculum. At 24 hours, the course offers over 30% more classroom...

Saturday, March 6 The 2021 foraging season, the 39th, opens with Central Park, a perennial popular venue for foragers, beginning at 11:45 AM, Saturday, March 6, just inside the park at West 72nd St. This tour will be co-led by "Wildman," and his daughter, Violet Brill, who will be leading some solo tours throughout the Greater NY area again as well....

New this summer! An active 92Y-based camp experience for 4 year-old boys and girls focused on a fun introduction and development of skills in sports such as GymMaze Playtime, Gymnastics, Swimming, Ninja Obstacle Courses, outdoor playground fun, sports, story and socialization time with daily arts enrichment activities. Children grouped according to...

A great abundance of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms makes this park a great place for edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms in late summer. Burdock, an expensive detoxifying herb sold in health food stores, abounds in cultivated areas throughout the park. You can also use this invasive species as a superb root vegetable, or even...

This 92Y young-child ninja, parkour and movement curriculum encourages the development of focus, strength, power, agility and teamwork through the use of Ninja Warrior curriculum and gymnastics equipment. Please read our safety guidelines before visiting our building.

This class allows students to complete 20 hours of total class preparation before the official exam takes place. This class includes Curvebreakers' most popular review class - the ACT Crash Course. As their final session of the class, students attend the 2.5-hour Crash Course. Ending with the crash course is the perfect way to recap all...

Join our professional USA-Gymnastics and WFPF Parkour Certified Instructors in learning the art of quick and efficient movement through the environment, utilizing techniques such as vaults, jumps, and climbs. This class utilizes professional Parkour equipment such as a warped wall, panel wall, piping for balance, and vaulting blocks. This class...

Saxon Woods Park's forested areas grassy habitats, and swamps are excellent places for mid-spring foraging, and we'll be very busy with a variety of common, widespread, renewable native and exotic plant species as we explore these habitats. The sunny borders between woodlands and the parking lot provide prime habitat for various wild herbs and greens....

This is one of the best places in the world for early spring foraging, with a wide selection of wild herbs, greens, roots, and even some cold-weather mushrooms. Habitats include miles of mature forest, as well as the trail edges, and the disturbed, overgrown, and cultivated habitats that provide homes for all sorts of diverse species. Burdock, a...

June 6 This well-known greenway, with open, sunny habitats, wooded sections, thickets, and edges, is ideal for finding the best edible wild plants of early spring, and this tour, led by Violet Brill, will give you the best opportunity to learn about, collect, and enjoy some of our best common, tasty, renewable species. In open, sunny areas, we'll...

This class allows students to complete 20 hours of total class preparation before the official exams take place. This class includes Curvebreakers' most popular review class - the SAT Crash Course. As their final session of the class, students attend the 2.5-hour Crash Course. Ending with the crash course is the perfect way to recap all the...

Join 92Y Athletics for basketball training sessions geared towards individuals who want to learn or improve upon their basketball skills and endurance. This is a drill and cardio-based basketball program led by professional 92Y Sports Instructors. Competitive game play is not part of these clinics for the time being per NYC guidelines, however; if...

Sessions cover all aspects of the game such as shooting, dribbling, in-game strategy, attacking from the perimeter, and executing overall team concepts. 92Y Sport coaches will teach girls to reach their ultimate potential, our skills sessions have the top coaches there to turn your game up to the next level!

Join our professional Tae Kwon Do Instructor, Peter Bardatsos, in learning Tae Kwon Do fundamentals such as kick, punch and spike progressions, patterns, forms, and specialized conditioning and agility. All classes include an end of semester Tae Kwon Do test (parents are encouraged to attend) and the potential to earn a new belt after test completion....