Kids Academic Classes in NYC, New York

Fiction is both an escape from reality and way back to ourselves. Words can transport us to other worlds, other times, and other lives while still speaking to those basic human desires - safety, belonging, acceptance. To carve this way out and in, a writer must be skilled, take risks, and be perceptive.  Students in this workshop will learn and...

Girls, it's time. Time to be smart, time to be creative, time to let your voice be heard! Every girl has a story that she needs to shout from the mountain tops - that includes you. Come write, discuss, and revel in what you love, in what inspires you, and discover how you're going to change in the world.  During this girls-only writing intensive,...

If your child has difficulty with division and fractions, or still hasn't mastered regrouping in subtraction, then you've probably sat shoulder to shoulder at the kitchen table and coached him. If that hasn't worked, you might wonder if he lacks a math gene (or whether it's your own grasp of math that's lacking).  The truth is, the fear of math,...

Do you love making people laugh? Do you want to write comedy sketches like the ones you see on Saturday Night Live? This is the class for you! In this workshop, students will use improv and writing exercises to generate hilarious ideas. Then, in a supportive and constructive environment, students will develop those ideas into written scenes that could...

Do you enjoy adventure? Battles? Monsters? Villains? Then this class is for you! In Beasts and Battles, kids will create monstrous, beastly characters that will haunt you at night. Through weekly activities and games, our writers will experiment with choreographing unforgettable battle scenes. This course will include drawing and writing, as we learn...

We read, we write, we look, we listen, we share, we play. We need to play with words to master them. Here you’ll find lots of freedom to explore the most creative and fun form of writing, Poetry. Poetry helps us process and make sense of our experiences. The poetry toolbox contains traditional literary devices to hammer thoughts into shape, as well...

If your child has difficulty with division and fractions, or still hasn't mastered regrouping in subtraction, then you've probably sat shoulder to shoulder at the kitchen table and coached him. If that hasn't worked, you might wonder if he lacks a math gene (or whether it's your own grasp of math that's lacking). The truth is, the fear of math, its...

In this workshop, students will learn how to use cartooning vocabulary to tell their own stories, from ordinary, everyday events to the most fantastic realms of a child’s imagination. Little art experience is needed, just an interest and a passion for making work.  Students will be taught every stage of comics illustration development, including...

Class is for Grades Pre-K to 2nd. The class is based on the belief that most children are potentially gifted if fed the proper intellectual and creative stimulation early-on. Class is designed to stimulate the mental development of potentially gifted 3- 7 year old children. It is a unique experience for children and complements preschool, home school,...

In this workshop, you can write whatever you want: personal memoir, screenplay, TV pilot, political manifesto, rock opera, sports investigation, epic poem, western comedy, horror-romance, spy-sci-fi, or some sort of strange, new thing, you’re not even sure what to call it. Whatever it is, you must write it fiercely and bravely, and that will mean...

For Grades K to 4th. FasTracKids takes advantage of a child’s natural curiosity and investigative nature and inspires their minds to explore the world around them. By using hands-on, interactive, inquiry based approach to teaching, FasTracKids inspires children to discover the wonders of Science. Our goal is to make learning exciting and “Cleverly...

For Grades Pre-School to 1st. FasTracKids takes advantage of a child’s natural curiosity and investigative nature and inspires their minds to explore the world around them. By using hands-on, interactive, inquiry based approach to teaching, FasTracKids inspires children to discover the wonders of Science. Our goal is to make learning exciting and...

Children explore the world around them through observations, experiments, activities, and general science projects.

Summer is an opportunity to continue your child’s learning during a time when they are the most relaxed. It is widely documented that without structured learning, children are likely to lose 1 to 3 months of reading and math skills over summer vacation This is commonly referred to as the “summer slide.” Cure the Summer Slide with our suite of...

Summer is an opportunity to continue your child’s learning during a time when they are the most relaxed. It is widely documented that without structured learning, children are likely to lose 1 to 3 months of reading and math skills over summer vacation This is commonly referred to as the “summer slide.” Cure the Summer Slide with Academic Bo...