IDEAL AGE: All

Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride: Art and Stories

Celebrate Pride today by making a rainbow flag and enjoy a reading of one of CMOM’s favorites— Worm Loves Worm by J. J. Austrian.

Gay Pride helps us remember to express ourselves, and learn about others! The rainbow pride flag represents the LGBTQ+ community, and reminds us that everyone matters, no matter who you are, what you look like, or how you feel!

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Neighborhood Portraits and Storytelling

Explore different styles of illustrations in the book Cherries and Cherry Pits read by Sankofa Read Aloud. Then be inspired to create portraits of people in your neighborhood.

Sharing multicultural stories helps children develop self–esteem and empathy for others and highlights the fact that all children feel the same emotions no matter where they live in the world, what language they speak, or how they look.

IDEAL AGE: All

Special Storytime with US Senator Cory Booker

Senator Booker reads a favorite wintery story for a summer day!

Listening to stories helps your child develop language and vocabulary skills. Ezra Jack Keats broke the color barrier in children’s literature with the success of The Snowy Day, and he believed all children should be able to see themselves in books they love.

IDEAL AGE: 5+

Strength and Power through Dance with KaNU Dance Theater

In celebration of Juneteenth, join the Children’s Museum of Manhattan’s partner KaNU Dance Theater from the exhibition Lets Dance! to learn the dance and history of Ibo -- a dance from Haiti.

Observing dance helps children understand dance as a form of expression in every culture. Children need adults to help them construct a positive sense of self and a respectful understanding of others in order to navigate and resist the harmful impact of prejudice and discrimination.

IDEAL AGE: 4+

Patchworks for Change

The women of Gee’s Bend created visual conversations and artistically bold quilts out of resourced materials during times of turmoil. Learn the history of Gee’s Bend Quilts and create a patchwork-inspired patterned collage.

Children who are exposed to art and history learn to respect their community and feel a responsibility to help take care of it.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Celebrate Puerto Rico: Art and Stories

Celebrate National Puerto Rican Day with a reading of 'The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico' by Nina Jaffe, and create a golden flower based on this legend of how Puerto Rico came to be.

Cultural awareness and tradition play important roles in helping young children develop a positive sense of identity and build self-esteem.

IDEAL AGE: 5+

Puzzle Design with Artist Damien Davis

Explore the work of CMOM Inside Art Artist Damien Davis and learn how to make a homemade puzzle featuring your own original artwork!

Puzzle making practices problem solving, spatial awareness, and shape recognition while exercising fine motor skills.

IDEAL AGE: 3+

Ways to Say Hello with Mumu Fresh and Callaloo Kids

Sing along with Mumu Fresh in this How to with Callaloo video and learn some new ways to say hello.

Children are ready to learn in multiple languages from birth. What better place is there to start then with “Hello”?

IDEAL AGE: 5+

Sharing Stories: This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson

Learn the story of a family’s journey north during the Great Migration and a little girl’s rope that becomes part of her family’s history in a reading by our partners at Sankofa Read Aloud.

Cultural awareness and tradition play important roles in helping young children develop a positive sense of identity and build self-esteem.