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 ET when we sing a special Little New-Yorkers hello song, do silly stretches and exercises, and read a storybook — all…
Read MoreBy 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 ET when we sing a special Little New-Yorkers hello song, do silly stretches and exercises, and read a storybook — all…
Read MoreJoin us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Greetings, Little New-Yorkers! This week we’re so pleased to introduce you to our friend Bunnybear, from the picture book named after him by Andrea J. Loney and Carmen Saldaña. Bunnybear was born a bear…
Read MoreJoin us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Hello out there, Little New-Yorkers! Anyone ever had a pet, a furry friend, or an imaginary pal who just won’t do what you want them to? Meet Wilfred and “his” pet Moose, who can’t…
Read MoreJoin us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Welcome back, Little New-Yorkers! This week we’re thinking about names; how we got our names, what they mean to us, and how we can celebrate these important parts of what makes us, us! We’ll…
Read MoreJoin us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Hello again, Little New-Yorkers! This week, we’re reading Frankie’s Favorite Food by Kelsey Garrity-Riley. A book about Frankie, a little boy who has so many favorite foods, he can’t choose just one to be in…
Read MoreJoin us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Greetings, Little New-Yorkers! Especially when we’re spending a lot of time indoors, books can offer us so much: a special treat, a comforting hug, a gateway to new worlds and feelings. This week we…
Read MoreJoin us online every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 pm for Little New-Yorkers @ Home. Check our calendar for registration links. Greetings, Little New-Yorkers! This week’s book and craft show us the power of perspective. In Esmé Shapiro’s charming and thoughtful Alma and the Beast, a furry creature named Alma meets a person she…
Read MoreWhat are you making, singing about, and dreaming up on this July 4th holiday? Throughout today’s programming, we will be offering July 4th related activities and prompts for the entire family. We would love to see what you’re making and share it here on our History Detectives Blog. We encourage you to submit images of…
Read MoreFor July 4th this year, we have a full schedule of programs for you and your family to explore the history of this holiday and celebrate together with songs, activities and more! Follow along with this post to create three July 4th themed craft projects: a Statue of Liberty birthday hat, an American landscape, and…
Read MoreIf you’ve ever visited the New-York Historical Society, you’ve probably seen the bronze statue of abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass welcoming visitors to the 77th St. entrance. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York, Frederick Douglass delivered a speech that came to be known as, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” …
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