Acorn Open Play
Visit New Amsterdam School for weekly drop-in classes!
Join us for seasonal activities and open play, each session curated to create a unique Waldorf classroom experience.
Monday (Afternoon)
Join Ms. Sabine for a wonderful afternoon of musical immersion, movement, and play!
Dalcroze Music Education is a playful, experiential approach to teaching and learning music. It is a process for awakening, developing, and refining innate musicality through rhythmic movement (often called eurhythmics), ear-training, and improvisation.
Perfect for ages 2 to 5!
Mondays from 3:30 - 4:30pm
Wednesday (Afternoon)
Interactive Puppetsburg Show: New Story Every Week!
Puppetsburg rocks interactive, contemporarypuppet shows. Join their fiery protagonist Clementine for a different story and theme each week, featuring dancing, music, bubbles, handmade puppets, simple language learning, and dress-up costumes and are fresh every time! Adventures range from “The Insect Show” to “The Time Travel Show” the "Mermaid Water Conservation Show" and more. Puppetsburg activates imaginative play, introduces basic story concepts, and plants seeds for love of theater. Their shows are both educational and full of magic. Join them for an unforgettable journey!
Perfect for 1 month- 5yrs; Sibling + semester discounts available!
Check our stories @puppetsburg to see which show is playing this week!
Please note: adults come free; tickets are only required for munchkins. only one adult per child, please.
Puppetsburg is proud to be a female artist owned and operated company that has been around for over a decade totaling over 4,000 shows! We have received a rave review in the NYTimes and Time Out NY Kids, and boast clients like Rockefeller Center, the New York Restoration Project, Bloomingdales, and Etsy to name just a few.
Wednesday (Morning)
Join one of Ramblin’ Dan’s Bandleaders each week for this wonderful musical journey at New Amsterdam!
A longtime New York Family Favorite, Ramblin' Dan’s Freewheelin’ Band classes driven by playful musicality and skillful guitar work. Class priorities are having fun, providing a pressure-free and comforting atmosphere, and helping kids gain confidence!
Perfect for ages 1 month - 5 years old!
Wednesdays from 9:30am - 10:15am
Sibling discounts available!
NEW FALL DISCOUNT!
Use Code EARLYBIRD10 through July 21st (10% off 10 Class Bundles only)
EARLYBIRD5 through August 4th (5% off 10 Class Bundles only)
Gather round one and all, storytime is here for fall! Join us Friday mornings for a unique storytime experience with seasonal read aloud tales, and open play time together.
Perfect for ages 5 months to 3 years!
Fridays 9:30am - 10:30am