Outragehisss….Pets Open House
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Location: Chestnut Ridge, NY
Description: Open House
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
11 am - 3 pm
$5 per person
811 Chestnut Ridge Road
Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. 10977
Phone: 845-352-HISS
845-352-4477
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2009-04-14
End Time: 15:00
Storyteller Jonathan Kruk and the Barefoot Boys
March 19, 2009 by Michael Thomas
Filed under Events, Nyack
Renowned, award-winning storyteller Jonathan Kruk is coming to the Nyack Center, 58 Depew Avenue (corner of S. Broadway & Depew) in downtown Nyack on Sunday, April 5th at 3 pm to help commemorate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s and Samuel de Champlain’s voyages along the river and lake that bear their names, and to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s successful steamboat voyage on the Hudson in a fundraiser for Blue Rock School.
Jonathan Kruk will perform the lively theatrical adventures in historic fiction of the “celebrated three” in period garb. Accompanying Jonathan will be the rollicking Barefoot Boys (with Boots on). Guitarist Rich Bala, with Rick Hill on bass, and Tom “the musician’s musician” White, on everything else from button accordion to hammer dulcimer, play “a cheerful blend of bluegrass and old time music with expertise, feeling, and a sense of humor. Together they’ll weave authentic, interactive tunes into the tales of the Hudson River’s rich heritage. The performance engages all, but children will especially enjoy the enchanting tales, silly skits and sing-alongs.
Jonathan is a BOCES-approved artist educator with a masters degree and was recently
selected “Best Storyteller in the Hudson Valley” by Hudson Valley Magazine. In 1996, he became Historic Hudson Valley’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow Storyteller.” He has also appeared on P.B.S., The Travel and History Channels and at the Tribeca Film Festival. The New York Times, noting his far ranging work, described him as “Westchester’s intrepid storyteller.”
The event will also include a raffle of Jonathan’s award-winning CD’s and the opportunity to enter a raffle to win a vacation get-away to Lake Tahoe or Maine. Refreshments will be available. All proceeds from the event to benefit Blue Rock School.
Tickets: $8 children, $12 adults in advance and $10/$15 at the door. Reservations are highly recommended. For tickets or more information call Blue Rock School at
845-627-0234.
For more information on Jonathan Kruk, visit www.jonathankruk.net.
Blue Rock School, Where Every Child Is An Honored Student, is a progressive, independent day school serving kindergarten through eighth grade, where children learn through discovery and hands-on experience. Blue Rock School offers small classes in a nurturing environment and a balanced multi-disciplinary curriculum where both academics and the arts play an active role.
Blue Rock School, 110 Demarest Mill Road (off Germonds Rd.), West Nyack, NY 10994. www.bluerockschool.org
Have a family picnic (inside or out) at Warwick Winery
March 16, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Family Restaurants, Fun Places
Get your wine tasting on while the kids have fun, too, at this beautiful winery. Enjoy this as an intimate family picnic or get a group of friends together and make a day of visiting the winery and Warwick, NY. They have a large cafe with tables and live music in the afternoons on the weekends. They also have a large yard with some tables and bacci ball! Its an ideal setting both inside and out. The food is absolutely amazing - great cheeses, homemade breads, meats and fruits to complement the wine. Get there early because it does get crowded!
Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery is located in the foothills of the Hudson Valley, nestled between the picturesque Mt. Eve and Mt. Adam.
Hours:
Pané Bakery Café: Open Friday 12-4pm, Saturday & Sunday, 12-5pm
Tasting Room and Wine Tasting: Open daily year round from 11-6pm
Apple and Pear Picking season is over.
Live Music (No Cover): Saturday & Sunday, 2-5pm
Address:
114 Little York Road, Warwick, New York 10990
Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery sponsors a music series, “Uncorked & Unplugged In The Orchard” featuring live music every weekend - rain or shine.
Our bakery offers fresh breads, pastries and specialty items, all prepared by our Culinary Institute of America trained chefs.
Every autumn, our guests are invited to enjoy our lavish orchards and Pick-Your-Own apples and Pears. Pear picking begins in August. Apples begin to ripen shortly thereafter in early September. With thirty varieties we have an apple for every palate.
Images of Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery
Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery’s commitment to fine food and wine are why we are referred to as a “Bit of Tuscany in the Hudson Valley”. Please, bring your family to meet our family and enjoy our farm, winery and orchards.
The winery and tasting room are open every day, 11 - 6.
Pané, our bakery & Café is open Friday through Sunday from 12-5pm for lunch featuring performances outside on the patio, weather permitting, or inside on Doc’s Cider House stage.
Map:
Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast
Title: Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast
Location: Suffern Community Center
Description: Fund raiser Suffern community projects
9am to noon
$7
Under 5 free
Breakfast of green eggs and ham and pancakes
Meet the cat in the hat 10am and 11am
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2009-03-15
End Time: 12:00
Rockland Summer Camp Guide
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Airmont, By Area, Summer Camps
Living in Rockland County gives us a great range of choices for summer camps. From large camps that bus kids from New York City to small town camps to theatre camp - there is a camp for everyone.
Please let us know your thoughts on the camps, too. Submit a story, review or blog post about a camp experience or comment on the camps we have listed below. Let us know which camps you like the best by adding your rating!
Super Camps
Deerkill Day Camp - so popular kids bus here from NYC, Hoboken and Westchester
Blue Rill Day Camp - everything you expect from a summer camp, since 1951!
Town Camps
Camp Scuffy (Town of Ramapo) - set on 25 beautiful acres at a reasonable rate
Town of Ramapo: Mini-Camps - ages 4 to grade 5 enjoy the summer at local elementary schools
Clarkstown Mini-Camp - fun for everyone
Unique Camps
Top of Line Stables - horseback riding instruction
Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Learning Center - summer mission to mars
Amazing Grace Circus - camp in a circus tent?!
Camps for the Lil Ones
Apple Montessori - starting at age 2 they offer swim lessons and montessori based fun all summer long
YMCA - morning program age 2 to 5 to get your lil ones ready for real summer camp
Robin Hill outdoor fun all day long for kids ages 2 to 10
Full List of Camps
- AMAZING GRACE CIRCUS!
- ANIMAL EXPERIENCES
- Apple Montessori Summer Camp
- BLUE RILL DAY CAMP
- Blue Rock School
- CAMP YOMI & CAMP HAVERIM
- CHAMPION DAY CAMP
- CHILDREN OF AMERICA
- Clarkstown Mini-Camp
- CLAUSLAND MOUNTAIN STABLE
- COUPÉ THEATRE STUDIO
- DEERKILL DAY CAMP
- JCC ROCKLAND - CAMP J-LAND
- LOWER HUDSON VALLEY CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER
- Old-Fashioned Summer Day Camp
- Robin Hill Camp
- ROCKLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS (ROCA)
- ROCKLAND PARENT-CHILD CENTER
- Rockland Summer Band program
- Rockland Summer Camp Guide
- Rockland Summer Rock Band Camp
- Rockland Summer Rock Band Camp
- Spanish Immersion Summer Camp
- THE ROCKLAND COUNTY YMCA SUMMER CAMP
- TOP OF LINE STABLES
- Practical Life focuses on daily living activities that help develop a sense of accomplishment and self-esteem.
- Sensorial materials encourage children to use their five senses to develop classification and discrimination skills.
- Science & Geography create opportunities to explore and develop concrete foundations for understanding the world.
- Mathematics provides a hands-on approach to number concepts, quantity and operations.
- Language is designed to give children a firm grounding in perceptual-motor, pre-reading, and pre-writing readiness skills. Your child will progress through various stages to the ultimate goal of establishing the skills necessary for success in reading and writing.
- Art & Music develop the child’s creativity and sense of beauty through expressive use of materials and activities.
Apple Montessori (Mahwah)
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Bergen County, Day Cares, Preschools
Apple offers a Montessori education for your child from infant to elementary school (age 6 weeks to 6 years). Located in the original Mahwah school it has beautiful classrooms, a gym and playgrounds.
The offer an arrange of times and days from full time school + day care to half days. They also offer Fastrack, Dance and Summer camp.
While in the Preschool program, your young child, from the age of two to five years old, the Kindergarten year, will begin the “approach to learning program.” The Preschool classroom is adapted to the developmental needs of each child, providing a variety of choices that engage the child’s natural curiosity and intellect. Activities emphasize the process of discovery, enabling each child to explore the world through multi-sensory materials. The Preschool Curriculum includes the following areas:
A key principal of the Preschool Program is the multi-age classroom. We know that children progress at different rates in different areas. Providing a two to five year span of materials and activities allows each child to work at the pace and level best suited for their individual interests and abilities and lets each child find peers with whom the child can share his or her interests. The younger children have role models in the older children, and the older children acquire additional confidence by being the classroom elders. “Teaching” or caring for a younger child is an excellent way to consolidate one’s own learning. The Kindergarten children take great pride in being the leaders of the classroom!
Materials used in the Preschool program bring abstract principles to life. There are objects to sort and sequence, beads to add or subtract, letters to touch and trace, and real dishes to wash. The children engage in meaningful activities not just pretend ones. They practice tying their own shoes and hanging their own coats. They peel, chop, and serve carrots or apples instead of “playing” with plastic imitations. Good manners and social interactions are very much a part of each activity because the Montessori Preschool classroom is a mini-society that belongs to the children.
The Preschool program is offered as either a half day or a full day program. A half day session will be from 8:30 to 11:30 AM or from 12:30 to 3:30 PM. The full day program runs from 8:30 to 3:30. The children play outside (weather permitting) in the morning, after lunch, and again in the afternoon. Kindergarten aged children stay indoors in the morning for reading group rather than play outside. Younger children nap after lunch instead of going outside but are in the playground later in the afternoon. Full day children may bring a lunch from home or you may choose to purchase a hot meal from the independent catering company that provides this service to our students.
Apple Montessori Summer Camp
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Bergen County, Summer Camps
Ages 2 - 12
SummerCamp Locations
Edgewater | Towaco | Oakland | Kinnelon | Randolph | Morris Plains | Wayne | Edison | Mahwah
Summer Camp July - August
Swimming
All campers will have daily swim lessons. The instructor will coach them in water skills, proper swimming strokes, and most importantly, water safety. Our heated swimming pools are ideal for all ages. The enlarged shallow water area allows all ages to stand in the water safely to develop a sense of security and confidence. Red Cross certified personnel are present at and in charge of all pool activities.
Arts and Crafts
The arts and crafts program is probably the most popular. Projects are selected for individual age groups to challenge the imagination and develop critical skills such as cutting, pasting, and painting. Campers love to design their own T-shirts or handmade puppets. Each artist is proud to bring home their own personally created items.
Computer
Introduction to basic computer skills is just the beginning for our campers. The children will be learning the parts and functions of the computer. They will have time to use our carefully selected software and games to reinforce basic early childhood learning skills in colors, numbers and letters, and much, much more! They have a great time while practicing the fundamentals of computing.
Cooking Class
The science of cooking is fascinating to all children. They love to see their own cupcakes double in size as they bake in the oven. How does the Jell-O that they put in the refrigerator as a liquid come out as a jiggly gel? Who can explain the wonder of popcorn? All those questions and more are explored all summer long. The children make many treats and the best part is sharing and eating all the goodies
Field Trip
All children who attend the full-day camp session and who are four years old or older may participate in various field trips throughout the summer. In the past we have taken the campers to local minature golf programs, bowling alleys, museums, and other local attractions. In addition we bring many special events to the camp. We have been visited by petting zoos, pony rides, clowns, magicians, and other performers and presenters. All campers are included in these events regardless of age. Finally many special theme days, such as crazy hat day or Disney day, make each day at camp new and exciting!
Music
Music and dance are enjoyed by all age levels. The campers are able to learn about all types of music from classical to Broadway tunes and even modern pop. The children may participate in a play which has been enjoyed by all or create their own instruments and participate in a marching band! During the dance sessions we all shake, rattle, and roll! The children enjoy self-expression through creative dance movements. It wouldn’t be camp without the Twist, the Bunny Hop, the Limbo, the Macarena or the Chicken Dance
Organized Sports and Games
Our playground offers equipment that will encourage exercise, stimulate the imagination, and expand your child’s social skills. In addition to the playground equipment, we are also equipped with bicycles and safety helmets for the children to enjoy.
All age levels will enjoy organized games and sports. Children will be learning the fundamentals of such sports as basketball, soccer, hockey and baseball to name a few. The games on the scooters seem to be everyone’s favorite. During organized games and sports the children learn to follow directions, take turns and of course, the value of being a “good team player”. Go Team! These activities also benefit the children by developmeng eye, hand and foot coordination.
Outdoor Play
Our awesome playgrounds offer equipment that encourages exercise, coordination, and group fun. Developing large muscle skills, eye-hand coordination, balance, and flexibility are the aims behind the activities, but to the campers, it’s just plain fun! The children benefit by learning how to get along with others,develop some of their own “rules” for play and have plenty of time to socialize within a group.
Science and Nature
The children will experience nature at its best. They may be planting their own garden and watching it grow or making paper to learn about the importance of recycling and taking care of our natural resources. The children will wait days, in awe, to see a butterfly emerge from its cocoon or learn about exotic animals that have come to visit camp for the day. We will conduct experiments on the five senses, the food chain, or any number of other topics. Curiosity and discovery are the theme!
| Camp Sessions | |
| Three/Five Mornings | 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
| Three/Five Afternoons | 12:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
| Five Full Days | 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
| Morning DayCare | 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. |
| Afternoon Daycare | 3:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
If a child attends camp for the full day session, he or she may bring his or her own lunch and go outside for a leisurely picnic. You also have the option of purchasing lunches, monthly or occasionally, from the catering company that provides this service to our schools.
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Town of Ramapo: Mini-Camps
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Suffern, Summer Camps
We are happy to continue this long standing tradition of mini-camps for our residents in the local schools. Our programs are staffed by qualified and enthusiastic staff that work together to deliver high quality fun and safe programs for our children. All camps include arts & crafts, sports and games, music & drama and weekly themes. Programs will include special events and entertainers and the summer will conclude with the highly anticipated camp show for parents to come and enjoy.
Dates- July 6th - August 14th
Locations- TBD (town elementary schools)
Fee- $200 per child
Hours - 9am-1pm
Eligibility- All camps are open to Ramapo children ages 4 (by December 31st- MUST be toilet trained) through grade 5.
Town of Ramapo: Camp Scuffy
March 4, 2009 by Kimberely
Filed under Suffern, Summer Camps
This camp is run at our 25 acre wooded outdoor facility complete with pond, 3 multi-purpose buildings, a swimming pool, mini-golf, tennis courts, street hockey courts, boating, gaga court, basketball courts, soccer/lacrosse fields, 4 baseball fields, a low ropes course, arts & crafts and much more. Your camper will experience lots of time outdoors, with plenty of fresh air and stimulating activities. Each week will be filled with new wonderful special events and themes making each day fun and exciting.
Specialty Camps: Mad Science, Tennis, Basketball and Golf.
Dates: July 6- August 14
Eligibility- Town of Ramapo Residents- Entering 1st grade- 8th grade
Hours- 8:30am-3:30pm
Fee- $1475
Extended Care 3:30-5:30pm
Fee- $175
http://www.ramapoparks.org/index.php?s=5
