Section: Kids
Summer Options!
Summer is officially here. The pool is open, I’m done packing lunch, and my kids are done counting down the final days of the school year. As much as I look forward to summer (we drove by the pool in February just to see it) even the pool becomes a little redundant. There’s only so [...]
Pool Opens Full Time Today
You may not have been counting down the minutes, but your kids certainly have. As of today at noon, the Verona Pool is open full time through Labor Day. The pool hours are Monday through Thursday, noon to 8 p.m. and Friday, noon to 10 p.m. On Saturday, the pool opens for adult swim from [...]
Build A Pole Bean Teepee
Native Americans built teepees from tree branches and reeds to support the bean crops that were key to their survival. Preschool-age children can learn to build their own version of a pole bean teepee on June 24 at the Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland. The class, which starts at 1 p.m., costs $12 per [...]
Last Call For Summer Bowlers
The summer youth bowling program at the Eagle Rock Lanes in West Orange starts on Tuesday, June 15. The program is open to boys and girls age four and older and costs $8 per week, which covers rental shoes, balls, instruction and a pizza party with trophy at the end. Games are on Tuesdays at [...]
Lady Bug Houses And Rabbit Gardens
There are classes for the pre-school crowd and their older siblings on Thursday. First up is a program called “Garden Hideaway”, which aims to teach children ages 3½ to 5 how to create a habitat for bugs, butterflies and birds using sunflower and morning glory seeds. The kids will also get to take some seeds [...]
Learn To Make Fused Glass
GlassRoots, a Newark studio that teaches kids how to create glass art, is holding a class on fused-glass sun catchers at the Essex County Environmental Center this Saturday, June 12. “Design a Sun-Catcher” is for children ages 10 and up. Participants will cut their own glass and glue their own design to it. GlassRoots will [...]
Green Thumb Garden Club
It’s not too late to help your child learn to garden this summer. The Green Thumb Club, an ongoing program at the Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland, aims to teach children ages 7 to 12 gardening methods that are best for plants and the planet. Each class costs $8 per child including materials, and [...]
C.H.I.L.D. Takes Reading Program To Verona Pool
The Verona-based non-profit that helps children with learning differences and their families is bringing its outdoor summer reading program to the Verona Pool this year. The program, which C.H.I.L.D. runs in concert with the Verona Recreation Department, starts on Monday, June 28, and runs every weekday through Friday, July 30 from noon to 5 p.m. [...]
Little Explorers Summer Program
The Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland is taking its “Little Explorers” program into the summer. “Little Explorers” is a child-caregiver class that uses stories, walks and crafts to help kids develop an awareness of nature. A different subject is covered in each class, and you do not need to attend them all. The classes [...]
Come See Ireland’s Version Of Lacrosse
Some folks in Verona know Eamonn Ryan as a wrestling dad. Some know him as a musician. But he’s also the president of Division #9 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and next weekend he’d like to show you the national field game of Ireland, a sport called hurling. On Sunday, June 13, the Ancient [...]