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Awesome Classes to Try Now for NYC Tots to Teens

Claymation classes at Children's Museum of the Arts are just one of their amazing offerings
Claymation classes at Children's Museum of the Arts are just one of their amazing offerings
1/3/19 - By Anna Fader

Produce an indie film, create a graphic novel, perfect your backhand, or code your own video game. NYC offers amazing options when it comes to kids classes. Even babies and preschoolers can take terrific art, music and swimming classes. Our New York City Classes Guide and Directory list so many options, the hardest part might be finding time to try them all. To get you started, we're sharing a few of our favorite partners to consider signing up for now. 

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Terrific NYC Kids Classes

Advantage QuickStart Tennis Classes

Various Locations
Advantage QuickStart's custom teaching method is real tennis customized for kids by age and ability. Girls and boys ages 4-12 learn with appropriately sized racquets and slower bouncing balls to make tennis fun from Day 1. Lessons are offered at seven NYC locations.  READ MORE

Atlantic Acting School Classes for Kids & Teens

Chelsea
Atlantic Acting School has been training actors for more than 30 years. The programs for kids and teens, ages 4 to 18, focuses on storytelling, building characters, and producing shows. Budding artists can take classes in film, acting, musical theater, improv, sketch comedy, and more.  READ MORE

Children's Museum of the Arts - Online Classes

Hudson Square
Children’s Museum of the Arts offers classes led by teaching artists in popular techniques like animation, filmmaking, graphic novel, and more, for young artists ages 5 to 15. Children as young as 10 months are introduced to art making at stART Studio classes and drop-ins.  READ MORE

Daniel's Music Foundation

East Harlem
Operated out of a state-of-the-art studio space in East Harlem, Daniel's Music Foundation provides music classes to individuals with developmental and physical disabilities. Special needs group classes are provided FREE of charge up to five days a week and 30 weeks per year. Children of all abilities can register for a variety of paid classes and one-time special events, in addition to private lessons.  READ MORE

Robofun - STEM Classes, Camps, and Parties for Kids (In-Person & Online)

Upper West Side
Children in grades pre-K through sixth grade learn robotics, coding, stop-motion animation, and circuitry at Robofun's after-school classes, weekend mini-series, and one-day workshops. The programs are designed for maximum fun coupled with hands-on learning. READ MORE

SwimJim NYC

Greenpoint
SwimJim offers swimming lessons and water safety programs for ages 2 months through adult with low student-teacher ratios. Options include parent-child classes, learn-to-swim programs, and advanced skill development. READ MORE

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About the Author

Anna Fader

Founder of Mommy Poppins

A fourth-generation Brooklynite, Anna started Mommy Poppins in 2007 to help families find the best things to do with kids in NYC, with a particular emphasis on sharing activities that are free, affordable, and enriching. The site, used by millions of families, has grown to become the ultimate resource for parents in the major US cities, plus travel guides for 100s of destinations.

Anna is a believer in the magic of summer camps, traveling with kids, and that you can raise kids on a budget and still have a rich life full of amazing memories. Anna's first Mommy Poppins book, The Young Traveler's Journal and Activity Book, published in 2025 and co-written with her daughter, Amelia Eigerman, brings that ethos to life, in addition to this website.

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