History Detectives

By Tamisha Anthony Hello Little New-Yorkers! Follow along with this post to create your very own Valentine’s Day card, and don’t forget to join us live every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm when we sing a special Little New-Yorkers hello song, do silly stretches and exercises, and read a storybook — all from the…

By Tamisha Anthony Hello Little New-Yorkers! Follow along with this post to create your very own astronaut helmet, and don’t forget to join us live every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm at Little New-Yorkers @ Home where we sing a special hello song, do silly stretches and exercises, and read a storybook—all from the…

By Tamisha Anthony Hello Little New-Yorkers! Follow along with this post to create your very own train and train station at home, and don’t forget to join us live every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm when we sing a special Little New-Yorkers hello song, do silly stretches and exercises, and read a storybook —…

Show us what a feminist looks like! New-York Historical’s exhibition Women March (now closed) explored the role women played in protest and change, and through these @ Home activities you’ll dig into this history. You will: Learn about the power of collective action both before and after the historic 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment,…

By Tamisha Anthony Hello Little New-Yorkers! Follow along with this post to create your very own shark puppet at home, and don’t forget to join us live every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm when we sing a special Little New-Yorkers hello song, do silly stretches and exercises, and read a storybook — all from…

By Tamisha Anthony Hello Little New-Yorkers! Follow along with this post to create your very own dove paper airplane at home, and don’t forget to join us live every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm ET when we sing a special Little New-Yorkers hello song, do silly stretches and exercises, and read a storybook —…

For our January Reading into History Family Book Club, we are honoring the civil rights movement and the late John Lewis by discussing the graphic novel March: Book One. We chatted with co-author Andrew Aydin about how he convinced Congressman Lewis to tackle this project, what comic books meant to Andrew (and to the civil…

By Tamisha Anthony Hello Little New-Yorkers! Follow along with this post to create your very own subway car at home, and don’t forget to join us live every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm when we sing a special Little New-Yorkers hello song, do silly stretches and exercises, and read a storybook — all from…

We’re celebrating our special exhibition Holiday Express and December School Vacation Week this year with Train Tales and Crafts!  Come join us each day at 3:30 pm for a train-themed story time (complete with songs and silly dances!) led by one of our very own Family Programs high school interns, and then craft a train…