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Things to Do for Kids and Families on Long Island January 21 and 22: Dinosaur Petting Zoo and Winter Wildlife Safari
Happy Chinese New Year!
Nature and science activities abound this weekend, with a bird-watching walk, Family Science Saturday at the Long Island Science Center, a Wildlife Safari, and the Dinosaur Petting Zoo at the Tilles Center. There's also a Chinese New Year celebration at the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum and Family Sundays at the Nassau Museum of Art.
Just because it's (literally) freezing outside, doesn't mean you have to keep the family inside this weekend. Get out, explore nature, and have fun! Gung hay fat choy!
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Saturday
Kids' Fun Skate
United Skates of America
Seaford
10am–12pm
$10 admission, skating adults $11; skate rental $4
Kids can make their own ice-cream sundae.
Fun for Kids: Take a Bird to Lunch
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Smithtown
10–11:30am
children 3-17 $3, adults $4, children under 3 free
Each child should bring their own half-gallon milk or juice container, and after short bird-watching walk, children will build their own bird feeder. Reservations are required.
Family Science
Long Island Science Center
Riverhead
11am–4pm
$5 per person
Your family can enjoy science-related crafts and activities and check out the center's ball python and Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
NY Rangers Road Tour
Port Washington Skating Center
1–4pm
$7, skate rental $4
This day of fun includes, a slapshot booth, a bouncy house, video games, and giveaways.
Saturday and Sunday
Dinosaur Petting Zoo
Tilles Center
Greenvale
11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm
$22
Children will have the opportunity to feed, water, and care for the array of "dinosaurs" on hand.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Long Island Children's Museum
Garden City
12pm
$8 with museum admission, members $6; theater only $12
Enjoy this classic tale brought to life, and stay after the show and meet the characters.
Sunday
Family Sundays at the Museum
Nassau County Museum of Art
Roslyn Harbor
1pm
Free with museum admission, $10, $8, $4, members free
Each Sunday the museum offers a 1pm docent-led family walk-through of the exhibition, and supervised art activities for the whole family begin at 1:30 pm. Special family guides of the main exhibition are available in the galleries.
Winter Wildlife Safari
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
2–3:30pm
Children 3-17 $3, adults $4, children under 3 free
Bundle up the fam and enjoy a walk through the preserve as you spy animals in their winter habitat, learning how they adapt to the coldest time of the year.
Chinese New Year Celebration
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
2pm
Free with paid admission, members free
Your kids can learn about the traditions surrounding Chinese New Year and learn some Chinese calligraphy, including how to write whale in the language.
