The Best Kids (5–8) Activities in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Thursday Feb. 19, 2026

4:30 – 5:15 pm

Kid’s Yoga

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
Health & Fitness

Bayville Free LibraryBayville

Ringling

7 – 9 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey® The Greatest Show On Earth

Ages: 3 – 8
Music

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Friday Feb. 20

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11 am – noon

Children’s Access Workshops

Ages: 5 – 12
Dance
Special Needs

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose BuildingUpper West Side

Sea Survival Challenge – Navigator’s Necklace

11 am – 4 pm

Museum Adventure Activity: Sea Survival Challenge

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Craft & DIY

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

Ringling

2 – 4 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey® The Greatest Show On Earth

Ages: 3 – 8
Music

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

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2 – 3 pm

Lunar New Year Craft & Book Reading with the Author of “It’s Chinese New Year, Curious George”

Ages: 3 – 8
Books & Readings
Free

Huntington Public Library – Station BranchHuntington Station

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2 – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

Ringling

6 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey® The Greatest Show On Earth

Ages: 3 – 8
Music

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Saturday Feb. 21

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

9:30 am – noon

Hot Cocoa Crush 5K Long Island

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park FIELD 2East Meadow

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

10 am – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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11 am – noon

The Paper Bag Players Present HEY THERE, HOWDY, EVERYBODY!

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

BMCC Tribeca PACTribeca

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 8
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten IslandStaten Island

Ringling

11 am – 1 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey® The Greatest Show On Earth

Ages: 3 – 8
Music

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

childrens access pic

11 am – noon

Children’s Access Workshops

Ages: 5 – 12
Dance
Special Needs

New York City Ballet Rehearsal Studios Samuel B. & David Rose BuildingUpper West Side

Sea Survival Challenge – Navigator’s Necklace

11 am – 4 pm

Museum Adventure Activity: Sea Survival Challenge

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Craft & DIY

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am

Pinkalicious The Musical

Ages: 5 – 8
Theater

Cm Performing Arts CenterOakdale

11 am

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

12:30 pm

Aladdin & the Wonderful Lamp

Ages: 3 – 12
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

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2 – 3 pm

“Show Up, Kids!” Interactive Family Comedy in Park Slope

Ages: 3 – 8
Comedy
Theater

ShapeShifter PlusBrooklyn

2:30 pm

Aladdin & the Wonderful Lamp

Ages: 3 – 12
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

3 – 4:30 pm

The Little Mermaid The Musical

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

The Players TheatreNew York City

3 pm

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: The Musical

Ages: 3 – 8
Theater

The New Victory TheaterMidtown

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

Ringling

3 – 5 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey® The Greatest Show On Earth

Ages: 3 – 8
Music

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Ringling

7 – 9 pm

Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey® The Greatest Show On Earth

Ages: 3 – 8
Music

Barclays CenterProspect Heights

Sunday Feb. 22

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

9:30 am – noon

Girl’s Winter Softball Clinics

Ages: 5 and up
Free
Sports

Al Oerter Recreation CenterFlushing

Little girl wearing a neon green helmet, black dress, and yellow tights, holding on to a skate assist on a roller rink

10 am – 5 pm

Empire Skate of Mind

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Community

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 5:30 pm

Purim Discovery Room

Ages: 8 and under
Attractions
Community

Jewish Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 – 10:45 am

Sunday Morning Family Jams with Musiquita

Ages: 8 and under
En Español
Music

Learning LabForest Hills

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