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Here are hundreds of great family and child oriented day trips and outings in Rockland County and nearby in Orange County, Bergen and New York area. Our editors have visited farms, amusement parks, beaches, museums and more to get you all the information you need to decide to go and find the best choice for your family.

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The Nature of Giving

She may be your wife, but she’s mother to your children. Herewith, wife-friendly and earth-friendly ...

Re-Living Prom!

Some well-known New Yorkers tell us why, for better or worse, prom was a night to remember. ...

'eebee' Talks to Toddlers

'eebee’s adventures', created by New Yorkers, is a new DVD series that is based on the concept “ever...

Shame & Neglect

What has become of the sanctity of the library? Am I just a blind devotee to the magic of these plac...

Behind the Curtain

You may have been to these places, but they have special behind the scenes tours. ...

Big Brother Ed

Former mayor Ed Koch recently collaborated with his sister, Pat, on their second children’s book....

Inventors at Play

Imagine a place where your children can learn how to assemble an interactive robot and make it move,...

Bourne Identified

British choreographer and director Matthew Bourne has adapted Tim Burton’s movie, 'Edward Scissorhan...

Nice Ice!

Last year, Manhattan had a new free place to skate, The Pond at Bryant Park. This year, this midtow...

Behind the Bat

Yankee games make for great family outings, but their hour-long behind-the-scenes tour adds an ex...

The King Has Returned

The renowned 'Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs' exhibition has reached its only Northe...

Jolly Holiday

For those parents who bemoan the loss of childhood, the Broadway 'Mary Poppins' is the perfect antid...

Paradise Found

The mega Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas, satisfies so many needs (except those of t...

Sugarland Express

While some kids dream of becoming astronauts or ballerinas, mine fantasize about being appointed Wil...

Tiffany Tells All

Thirteen-year-old Tiffany Giardina, from Waccabuc, Westchester, just signed with 785 Records....

Save on Broadway

One argument against going to a Broadway show is the cost, but Kids’ Night on Broadway cuts that ...

A New Little Lamb

“Believe in yourself and dreams come true” is the positive message of 'Growing Up with Loukoumi', a ...

All Aboard in Danbury

If there’s a train-lover in your family, head to the Danbury Railway Museum — a well-kept secret th...

Puppet Magic

Julie Taymor has brought her skills to 'The Magic Flute', in a holiday family opera at The Metropoli...

Young Talent on View

Ten-year-old Alice Burla of Hastings-on-Hudson sits straight and confident on the piano bench, weari...

Pennsylvania Lights

Plan your visit to Longwood Gardens for after nightfall, when you can walk among the outdoor gardens...

Tyler, on his own

Westchester’s own Tyler James Williams, 14, star of ‘Everybody Hates Chris’, is in a new movie, ‘Una...

The Next Course

Ronni Soled’s New Mothers Luncheons has merged with Laura Deutsch’s Baby Bites NYC, to cover the wat...

City Sports

City kids have a new place to play and learn a variety of team sports...

Music Man

What delights Wynton Marsalis? A group of 4-year-olds, jamming. ...

One-Ring Madness

Summer may be over, but you can still visit the boardwalk: the Big Apple Circus has a new show, S...

Slaves of New York

New-York Historical Society concludes its groundbreaking series on slavery in New York with New Y...

Where The Cows Come Home

New Yorkers may get our water from upstate reservoirs, but did you know that the milk that most of u...

All Aboard — To Thomas

Get on track to Strasburg, PA., where kids can climb aboard a life-size Thomas, complete with blinki...

Extreme Play at CMOM!

Learning through play is one of the basic tenets of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM), a...

Through the Glass Ceiling

The Top of the Rock Observation Deck, at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, re-opened in November, 2005, beckons ...

When Clowns Create

The book of Genesis gets a radical make-over in Creation: A Clown Show — a limited engagement, pl...

PlayWorks Opens at CMOM

The largest public play and learning center for early childhood in Manhattan debuts this month with ...

In & Out : An Art Exhibit

An exhibit titled 'Into Me/Out of Me' and encompassing artistic views of the concepts of passing int...

Baby Shower Redux

Can you stand another baby shower? Cliques of women nattering among themselves until the present...

Soaring Visions

Where can you take the kids to see boats bobbing on water, filled to the brim with vegetables made o...

Surrounded by Squamates

Squeamish about snakes? You may be interested to learn that you are actually afraid of squamates, a...

Climb Every Mountain

Though few children would beg to wile away an afternoon studying Tibetan painting, the new exhibit a...

Arctic in August

Bring the family to Central Park the weekend of August 5 and 6 for the annual "Chill Out!" celebrati...

Where The Kids Are

Once your child starts school, you are not even close to being done with making decisions. Aftersch...

CROSS THAT BRIDGE

Most of us think of the Triborough Bridge as a necessary evil, but there was a time when it was t...

A GOOD BOOK

I’ll never forget the day my oldest daughter, Hallie, learned to read. We had planned to go to t...

Pow-Wow!

The Queens County Farm Museum goes Native American again this year as it hosts the Thunderbird Ameri...

WELCOME NEIGHBOR

Sesame Street starts its 37th season August 14, focusing on getting preschoolers ready for a clas...

New Kids

The New York Public Library's 115th Street Library just reopened after a $4 million renovation. The ...

Smile for the Birdy!

Eighteen- and 19th-century Americans of the upper classes mimicked their British and European cou...

Outings: Museum 101

Museum visits are a great way to have fun with your child, as long as you don’t think of them as Int...

Earthplace Expansion

The woods of Westport, Connecticut boast a natural paradise and wildlife refuge known as Earthplace....

Sarah. Short and Sweet

When some shows are called formulaic, that’s usually an insult. But in children’s theater, adher...

Glimpse into a Golden Era

The Dahesh Museum of Art’s current exhibit — Stories to Tell: Masterworks from the Kelly Collecti...