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Best People To Follow on Twitter for NYC Kids Activities

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Best People To Follow on Twitter for NYC Kids Activities

Twitter has become a great resource for finding cool things to do with kids in New York City. Pretty much all of the institutions are on there, letting us know about their events, plus there's lots of parents and bloggers sharing tips too. I've been scouring the NYC Kid event tweets for great tips to share and "re-tweeting" them, so if you are following me [@mommypoppins] you can always find out the latest.

But if you want to get all the tweets right from the souce, here's my list of the Top Ten people to follow on twitter for NYC kids Events, Activities and News:

@NewYorkology - Not kid-focused, but great tips on NYC cultural news

@CityRoom - NY Times City Room Blog news

@NYCityMama - Shares her adventures and activity ideas.

@nycdailydeals - name says it all

@atAMNH - what's happening at the museum. plus some cool facts

@offManhattan - Not Kid-Focused, but great tips on lesser-known events

@nycschoolhelp - Public School news

@TimeOutKids - Daily activity pick and blog updates

@achildgrows - insider tips for kids in Brooklyn

@mymomshops - Shopping tips

@KidBuzzNY - Our NYC kid twitter community

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Submitted by @MindSmack (not verified) on June 8, 2009 - 9:01pm.

I have been a big fan of @JasonSnell - Editorial Director of Macworld and @Padmasree Warrior CTO at Cisco Systems.

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Fabulous list, thank you! I

Submitted by Elisa (not verified) on March 21, 2009 - 6:15pm.

Fabulous list, thank you!

I also like @nyc_mom from KidCity!

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Thanks for the mention

Submitted by Joyce Szuflita (not verified) on March 21, 2009 - 10:42am.

Thanks for the mention mommypoppins! Read my tweets for up to date tours and deadlines and subscribe to my newsletter for Brooklyn parents for information on new programs, procedures and school related resources. write to joyce@nycschoolhelp.com with newsletter in the subject.

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