Tips for making the reading process easy and enjoyable! Read aloud! Hearing sounds are important, especially for infants and young children. Reading aloud gives life to the story and the characters and makes it fun! As your children listen and see what you’re reading, they are in fact, in the early stages of learning to […]
Tag: Activities
NY Transit Museum
Our family’s favorite mode of transportation, hands down, is the subway. Our daughters love the turnstiles, they know they have to always ‘watch the gap’ and enjoy counting the stops that take us to our different destinations. They’re also fascinated by the fact that we happen to live in (sometimes deafening) earshot of the 2nd […]
Great Expectations
I am just going to come out and say it: I didn’t expect much from this film. I am not a “chick flick” kind of person. There are only a few films in that genre that I have really, really enjoyed, and most were in the 1990s (Hope Floats, people. Hope. Floats.) What to Expect […]
This Is Where to Take Your Kids to See Off-Broadway Theater in NYC
One of the things I love about raising kids in New York City is the accessibility and variety of theater aimed at children. It is an activity that is enjoyable for the entire family in any weather. Though aimed at children most of the shows we have seen are well produced and performed by incredibly […]
Hershey’s Times Square: A Sweet Life
When I was turning 13, I had a huge party to celebrate my Bat Mitzvah. If you live in New York City or the surrounding suburbs, there is no need for me to explain what this is. The theme of that party was Harlequin clowns, and the color scheme was silver, black and red. I […]
Alice in Wonderland -The Player’s Theater
This past weekend we tumbled down the rabbit hole at the Player’s Theater in Greenwich Village to see the Literally Alive musical, Alice in Wonderland, by Michael Sgouros and Brenda Bell. The adventure started off with a wonderful pre-show interactive workshop where we met the playwright, a star, the composer and director. They discussed the […]
Ruth Rea Family Garden – NY Botanical Garden
Like many city dwellers, we lack access to outdoor space in terms of a backyard, balcony or even a windowsill! So when my daughter expressed an interest in gardening, I was stumped. Luckily, I came across the Ruth Rea Family Garden at the NY Botanical Garden and we were blown away by the wide variety […]
Staying You with Toddler in Tow
Our first born recently turned two years old, and it is such fun listening to her pronounce new words, and each day discover something amazing about this world we live in. She is becoming her own little person before our eyes, and it’s a joy to behold. Well… most of the time. Her insatiable curiosity, […]
MamaDramaNY Review: NO PLACE TO GO
Last Thursday, I had a date night!!! An incredibly long overdue date night with my husband to go see NO PLACE TO GO at Joe’s Pub. I hadn’t been to Joe’s Pub before and the last time my husband was there was to see Astrud Gilberto almost 10 years ago. So we were excited for this treat and the much anticipated show lauded in the New York Times just that day.
“RATED P: for Parenthood”- A Musical Comedy about Parenthood
By Elise Jones, Mommybites blog editor This past May I had the ultimate pleasure of watching a musical comedy, Rated P for Parenthood, that opened at South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange, NJ. Due to its overwhelming success, it now has a stage in NYC at the Westside Theater and is a fantastic […]