Volume 244 | December 27th, 2023 | |
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Your Weekly Guide to Family-Friendly Fun
There's good stuff all the way to the bottom!
⛅ Check weather and websites before you head out! 🌧️
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Winter Wonders in the Park | |
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Winter Recess in Prospect Park
Tuesday, December 26th - Sunday, December 31st
Prospect Park Audubon Center
Make the most of winter break! Join Prospect Park Alliance for family friendly programming every day during winter recess.
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Join us at Ume Ume Music + Arts this Winter, for Park Slope’s favorite Music + Arts Programs for children ages 6 months and older. Offering:
- Semester-based Enrichment Programs
- Drop-in Music and Art Classes
- Afternoon Group Piano and Violin Classes
- Seasonal Day Camps
- Jump Start Preschool Alternative Program
Visit us at www.umeumearts.com
Contact us at info@umeumearts.com – (718)768-0800
Located at 319 4 th Avenue
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Celebrate Kwanzaa @ BCM
Tuesday, December 26th - Saturday, December 30th
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Celebrate Kwanzaa returns to Brooklyn Children’s Museum this December! Celebrate the traditions of Kwanzaa at New York City’s largest family Kwanzaa event, presented in partnership with Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation.
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Fireworks in Prospect Park
Saturday, December 31st
10:00pm - 12:30am
Fireworks @ 12:00am
Grand Army Plaza
Join Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Prospect Park Alliance for Brooklyn’s most spectacular New Year’s Eve fireworks celebration at Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Park. The event will include live entertainment by Quintessential Playlist who will perform live music at 10:00pm before the fireworks begin.
Staying home? Here are some New Year's Eve Ideas (and more):
- 🎉Have a NYE party kid-style! Have a kid-friendly party with a reasonable ball drop time (e.g. 6pm or 8pm "Happy New Year" time). That way kids feel like they got an experience of New Year's without having to deal with the fallout of too little sleep. Party hats and poppers are a must.
- 👋🏼 Say goodbye to 2023. Light candles for all the people you want to remember from your past. Write a list of all the things you want to forget from last year and burn it. Write down your wishes for the coming year.
- 🎶 Create a playlist of the year's favorite songs and play it on the drive home from vacation, at your New Year's Eve party, or anytime.
- ✨ Make some resolutions (even if one is to have no resolutions). It takes 21 days to establish a new habit. Find an accountability buddy, set goals, and stick to them.
- 🙏 Start a Gratitude Jar. Write down the things you're grateful for. Add things every day or week and go through them next NYE.
- 🌟Review the year. Look at photos from the last year, talk about the highlights and plan more fun for the next year. If you have a gratitude jar, read last year's entries.
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Navigating Family Dynamics... Part 2 | |
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If you're in the middle of visits with family and it's stressful, check out the Surviving The Holidays article (we riffed on this last week). This week is about saving memories with friends and families.
Ask folks some of the following questions when you have a quiet moment. Consider recording (audio or video) for kids to have later, along with family traditions (cooking together, playing together) and other happy memories you'd like to keep. You can also record your stories on Storycorps.
Questions as simple as:
- What’s your favorite color?
- What are some of your favorite foods?
- What’s your favorite movie?
- What’s a favorite song of yours?
Deeper questions:
- What was your first thought when you found out you were going to be a parent?
- How did becoming a parent change you (your outlook on life, your direction, your dreams)?
- What advice would you give to yourself as a parent starting out? To me?
- What a favorite memory you have of me?
- What is the most valuable lesson you learned from your own parents that you tried to pass on to me?
Reminder: The Conversation Project gives you prompts about having end-of-life discussions. Having "the talk" far in advance means that it doesn't feel so pressing.
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There are lots of fun things to do along with some not-so-fun viruses afoot. It also seem If it seems like everyone is fighting off some virus or another. We’re a fair bit into the holiday season and traveling, but here are a few reminders during this last week of school/preschool break.
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It’s okay to “just say no” to social events. And if you’re sick, stay home. If your kids are sick, stay home.
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Going to an indoor event? Mask.
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If you’re hosting, remind people “If you’re sick, say home.” It’s also okay to require masks if you’re hosting events. Open windows and run air filters if you can. Bundle up the party and take a walk around the neighborhood.
- Flying? Mask and wash your hands.
There is lots of fun still to be had out there even if you don’t make it out socially. Build a fort in the living room, read your favorite books by candlelight under the covers, have hot chocolate with mini-marshmallows, play charades, or watch your favorite holiday movie. We have a few lists of movies: Classic Tween Movies and Movies so your kids better understand you.
A reminder that while your kids may be fine, and you might be fine, other people may not have such strong immune systems. My 86 year old mother-in-law just tested positive for covid and she’s got asthma, so it’s on my mind.
A message from PSP and the Medical Liaison
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PSP IS GRATEFUL
Check out our PSP Gratitude Jar to learn about all the ways we are thankful for our members, partners and for 2023! WIth over 300 events this year, there are a LOT Of people to thank. See you in 2024!
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Mulchfest 2023 in Prospect Park
Saturday, January 6th
Sunday, January 7th
10:00am - 2:00pm
Say fir-well to your holiday tree at NYC Parks! Bring your tree to a chipping site (click on map) on Chipping Weekend to take home a tree-mento! They'll chip your tree and give you your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree.
You can also put your tree out with your other composting. Remove all lights, ornaments, and netting before bringing the tree to a Mulchfest site.
Blast from the Past: Check out the classic Shit Park Slope Parents (2012) say for a reference to tree mulching. Thanks Katie and Soren!
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Check out the PSP Calendar for expectant, baby, and kid group meet-ups and for details about all of these events. Email events@parkslopeparents.com for help setting up a meet-up, managing RSVPs, and more!
👋 Social Events 👋
🌟 Weekly Events 🌟
♣️⚽ Dads Events 🏀♣️
💸❄️🎪🏀Special Member Ticket Pricing 🏀🎪❄️ 💸
PSP members get special ticket pricing at these upcoming events. You'll also sit with other PSPers so you can make a new friend! (You'll need to login as a member to).
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Happy Holidays from Park Slope Parents! | |
With the new year on the horizon, Park Slope Parents wishes that you charge ahead with hope, courage, and the company of wonderful friends. PSP will be there to help! | |
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The Park Slope Parents Team
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