WHEN: Tuesday, February 22 to Friday, February 25
WHERE: Bryant Park, 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018
LINK: https://bryantpark.org/programs/kids-week
Price: Free!
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Looking for places to take your kids with an entire week off from school? Kids Week at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park is back and families are invited to skate, create and participate in FREE, safe outdoor activities daily. Kids Week at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park takes place during the NYC School District’s Midwinter Recess from Tuesday, February 22 to Friday, February 25. Visit Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park for fun activities including Kids Skate Sessions, Drop In Crafts, Winter Olympics Celebration, Squiggles and Giggles, Spark of Science, Feel the Rhythm and more. For more event information, please visit https://bryantpark.org/programs/kids-week.
ALL WEEK LONG ACTIVITIES
Daily Group/Kids Skate Sessions: During Kids Week, we are offering free 30-minute group skate lessons each morning. Instructors review the importance of proper safety measures, from learning how to adequately fall and stand, to safely marching across the ice. Participation is limited to children 12 and under. Lessons will be capped at 10 children, and masks are required. Due to limited capacity, we ask that families sign up for no more than one session for the week. Skate lessons will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
To participate in a skate lesson, book a skate time for the 9:25am session. Once you arrive at the park, check in at the ticketholders podium, get your skates, and meet our coaches by the Bag Check window in the Lace-Up area. Our coaches will assign you to a lesson beginning at 9:40am or 10:15am, depending on your child’s skating experience.
Drop In Crafts: Get the family’s creative juices flowing with a new craft or experiment every day during Kids Week. Check HERE and see below for what exciting projects we’ll have available each day.
Tuesday: Olympic torches
Wednesday: Puppets
Thursday: Science experiments (lava lamps, static electricity, and fake snow)
Friday: Rainsticks
Tuesday: Winter Olympics Celebration
Spend the last day of the Winter Olympics at Bryant Park! Zing! is in the park leading us through a winter-themed obstacle course, and pop-up fitness classes just for kids all morning long. Make your own Olympic Torch to celebrate the end of the winter games too.
Full Tuesday Schedule:
Kids Skate Sessions: 9:25am – 10:50am
Group Skate Lessons: 9:40am and 10:15am
Kids Fitness Classes with Zing!: 10am – 12pm
Winter Obstacle Course: 10am – 12pm
Drop-in Crafts: 10am – 12pm
Wednesday: Squiggles and Giggles
Have fun, laugh, and spot the shapes and colors all over Bryant Park. Twirl ribbons into swirls and waterfalls during a ribbon dancing class, hopscotch through hoops on the rink deck, watch the Bryant Park Jugglers send pins into the air, then color and shape your own puppet friend. The morning opens with a Storytime on Ice performance of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Full Wednesday Schedule:
StoryTime on Ice performs Goldilocks and the Three Bears: 9:30am
Kids Skate Sessions: 9:25am – 10:50am
Group Skate Lessons: 9:40am and 10:15am
Drop-in Crafts: 10am – 12pm
Hop, Juggle, and Hide!: 10am – 12pm
Ribbon Dancing: 11am – 12pm
Thursday: Spark of Science
Put on your thinking cap, and try your hand at some simple science experiments in the park. Then, stick around and watch a live science show experimenting with liquid nitrogen and creating fake snow.
Full Thursday Schedule:
Kids Skate Sessions: 9:25am – 10:50am
Group Skate Lessons: 9:40am and 10:15am
Drop-in Experiments: 10am – 12pm
Science Show: 11am – 12pm
Friday: Feel the Rhythm
To close out the week, get ready to shake, stomp, and move all morning long! Move to live drumming during an African dance class, learn the basics of capoeira, and make your own instrument to take home too.
Full Friday Schedule:
Kids Skate Sessions: 9:25am – 10:50am
Group Skate Lessons: 9:40am and 10:15am
Drop-in Crafts: 10am – 12pm
Capoeira: 10am – 11pm
West African Dance with Cumbe : 11am – 12pm