Courses
Regularly scheduled indoor activities will take place in one of our three studios on the premises.
Our current fall semester runs from September 8, 2008 through December 19, 2008.
Click here for our Fall 2008-09 schedule.
Our upcoming winter semester will run from January 12, 2009 through April 7, 2009
Click here for our Winter 2009 schedule.
Click here to view the Wild Blue Holiday calendar
Click here to view our policies on trial classes, refunds, and cancellations
ages 3 and 4
ages 5, 6, 7
ages 8, 9, 10
For Families
Wild Blue offers unique, custom made Birthday Parties for your child. Contact us for more details or to book.
**NEW!!** Starting in January 2009, Wild Blue will be offering programming for 2 year olds! Learn more about these great nature classes for your child, or give us a call with questions.
Wild Blue is proud to offer a Parent-Toddler Class for parents and their toddlers, aged 15-20 months. See the description here, or scroll to the bottom of the page, for more information.
We also offer special events throughout the year - visit the news page for announcements, or contact us to be added to our email list!
Piccadilly Circus
Outdoor
We offer skateboarding and field trips to local parks, museums and areas of interest as part of our regularly scheduled classes. Additionally, Wild Blue offers many outdoor weekend events and several major educational expeditions for families every year.
Check out our Trips page for more information on expeditions.
ages 3 and 4
Journey Around the World 3-4 - 11 (M) or 12 (W and F) Sessions
In this interactive, multi-sensory series, our young explorers are invited to board an imaginary hot air balloon and take a ride, with wind in their hair, as we travel around the world to meet new people and experience new cultures. One week, children may find themselves in an “Indian market”, shopping for the spices they’ll use to cook a local dish. The next week, children may step off the balloon into an “African village” where they will learn about drums and dance and have a chance to participate in a special musical celebration. Through these lively sessions, Journey Around The World cultivates a healthy understanding of and appreciation for people and places around the globe.
This course was previously named Around the World in 8 Weeks.
Classes Available:
Wednesdays from 11:00 am to 11:50 am
Fridays from 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm
Mondays from 4:30 pm to 5:20 pm
Cost: Mondays: $495.00; Wednesdays and Fridays: $540.00
Fairy Tales from Far Away Places - 13 (T) or 12 (F) Sessions
Do they tell the Cinderella story in every country and is her slipper really made of glass? Children will find out in these fun and informative storytelling sessions. Each week children use costumes and props to transport themselves across time and space as they listen to and learn about fairy tales and mythology from around the world.
Classes Available:
Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 11:50 am
Fridays from 11:00 am to 11:50 am
Cost: Tuesdays: $585.00; Fridays: $540.00
Exploring the Wonders of Earth 3-4 - 13 (T) or 12 (W) Sessions
Designed specifically with our youngest explorers in mind, this semester long program will expose your child to a wide variety of exciting scientific events that occur on our planet, from chocolate melting, to volcanoes erupting, to seeds sprouting. Through this course children will begin to develop an awareness of the science that makes the Earth the marvelous place that it is.
Classes Available:
Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 11:50 am
Wednesdays from 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm
Cost: Tuesdays: $585.00; Wednesdays: $540.00
A World of Arts and Crafts - 1-13 Sessions
Whether you are seeking to simply extend your child's time at Wild Blue or looking for an international twist to a favorite pastime, we offer our own unique version of arts and crafts. Focusing on using found objects, this course encourages children to draw creative inspiration from cultures around the world.
This course is available, upon request, as an additional class in your child's schedule.
Classes Available:
Cost: $45 per session
Global Kitchen - 12 Sessions
All over the world, people gather together to share meals. In this class, children will learn about the cuisine of a foreign country or region while they create a delicious snack. Recipes will be kid-friendly, and use authentic ingredients from the country of origin. Your child will learn healthy, easy-to-create recipes they can bring home to share!
Classes Available:
Wednesdays from 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm
Cost: $540.00 plus $30.00 materials fee
ages 5, 6, 7
A World of Arts and Crafts - 1-13 Sessions
Whether you are seeking to simply extend your child's time at Wild Blue or looking for an international twist to a favorite pastime, we offer our own unique version of arts and crafts. Focusing on using found objects, this course encourages children to draw creative inspiration from cultures around the world.
This course is available, upon request, as an additional class in your child's schedule.
Classes Available:
Cost: $45 per session
Photography 6-7 - 12 Sessions
Observation and recording is part of every expeditionary mission, and photography often serves as an important tool to help explorers share their discoveries with a wider audience. In this semester-long series, our young explorers will participate in local field trips as they learn to use digital cameras and an informed eye to carefully choose and compose shots with people, nature, and landscapes as subjects. Back in the classroom, they will use simple photo editing software to edit and print their work. Each course concludes with a photo exhibit for friends and family.
Wild Blue will provide digital cameras, but children are encouraged to bring their own if they have.
Classes Available:
Thursdays from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm
Cost: $720.00 plus $40 materials fee
Nature Walks - Please check back in 2009 for Spring Sessions
There is nature all around us, even in a city such as New York. Join us as we take a wild adventure in your own backyard. Rain or shine, we will explore our local environment in Central Park, from turtle ponds, to leaf analyses, to underground explorations. Nature Walks will meet each week at a specified location in the park.
Classes Available:
Cost: Please check back in 2009
Documentary Film Making 6-7 - 11 Sessions
This 50 minute video documentary film class is specially designed for our 6 and 7 year old explorers. Classes will concentrate on the fundamentals of visual story telling and include subject discovery, story development, storyboarding, filming, editing and presenting. Participants will work as a team to produce their own documentary, which will then be screened for friends and family at the course's conclusion.
Classes Available:
Mondays from 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm
Cost: $495.00 plus $40.00 materials fee
All the World's A Stage - 12 Sessions
Each week, this storytelling and drama class covers a story and a particular storytelling tradition from a different part of the world. With guidance from a professional actor and singer, young participants form their own acting troupe and bring each story to life through its own culturally relevant form of drama.
The class explores different forms of dramatic communication, acting techniques, body language and use of music. On top of all the fun they have, children benefit by strengthening their command of communication skills and raising their awareness of the cultures these stories come from.
Classes Available:
Fridays from 4:30 pm to 5:20 pm
Cost: $540.00
Global Kitchen - 12 Sessions
All over the world, people gather together to share meals. In this class, children will learn about the cuisine of a foreign country or region while they create a delicious snack. Recipes will be kid-friendly, and use authentic ingredients from the country of origin. Your child will learn healthy, easy-to-create recipes they can bring home to share!
Classes Available:
Wednesdays from 4:30 pm to 5:20 pm
Cost: $540.00 plus $30.00 materials fee
Skateboarding 6-10 - Please check back in 2009 for Spring Sessions
For beginner and intermediate level skateboarders to learn to ride, prepare for skate parks, and learn about NYC’s rich skateboarding culture.
Classes Available:
Cost: $60 per session
Journey Around the World 5-7 - 13 Sessions
In this interactive, multi-sensory series, our young explorers are invited to board an imaginary hot air balloon and take a ride, with wind in their hair, as we travel around the world to meet new people and experience new cultures. One week, children may find themselves in an “Indian market”, shopping for the spices they’ll use to cook a local dish. The next week, children may step off the balloon into an “African village” where they will learn about drums and dance and have a chance to participate in a special musical celebration. Through these lively sessions, Journey Around The World cultivates a healthy understanding of and appreciation for people and places around the globe.
This course was previously named Around the World in 8 Weeks.
Classes Available:
Tuesdays from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm
Cost: $780.00
Exploring the Wonders of Earth 5-7 - 13 Sessions
In this hands-on program we will strive to uncover some of the wonders and mysteries of our wonderful planet by exploring, experimenting and creating with its scientific phenomena and principles. We will play with concepts like why sleds work better on ice than wheels do, exploring the formation of stalactites and understanding why white clothes keep you cooler in the sun.
Each week throughout the semester, we will engage in exciting projects through which kids can express their own sense of inquiry and discovery while figuring out the science that makes Earth the marvelous place that it is.
Classes Available:
Tuesdays from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm
Cost: $780.00
ages 8, 9, 10
Documentary Film Making 8-10 - 13 Sessions
This 75 minute video documentary film class is intended for our oldest explorers. Classes will concentrate on the fundamentals of visual story telling and include subject discovery, story development, storyboarding, filming, editing and presenting. Participants will work as a team to produce their own documentary, which will then be screened for friends and family at the course's conclusion.
Classes Available:
Tuesdays from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm
Cost: $780.00 plus $40 materials fee
Adventure School - 12 Sessions
Calling all adventurers! Before setting off on any expedition, there are basic skills an explorer needs to ensure a successful and safe adventure. Participants in this active outdoor adventure course will learn essential field skills like how to choose appropriate gear; build a shelter; navigate with a map and compass; perform basic first aid and emergency procedures; document experiences with photographs and journals; and much more. The course is designed to fit in perfectly with any of Wild Blue’s regular field trips, nature walks, family camping events or major expeditions. The Adventure School meets at Wild Blue and will include short local field trips.
Classes Available:
Thursdays from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm
Cost: $720.00 plus a $30.00 materials fee
Nature Walks - Please check back in 2009 for Spring Sessions
There is nature all around us, even in a city such as New York. Join us as we take a wild adventure in your own backyard. Rain or shine, we will explore our local environment in Central Park, from turtle ponds, to leaf analyses, to underground explorations. Nature Walks will meet each week at a specified location in the park.
Classes Available:
Cost: Please check back in 2009
Afro-Cuban Percussion - 11 Sessions
A traditional Cuban Rumba is a communal drumming, singing, and dance party. In this unique series, Gus Costales, our own in house professional drum maker and Afro-Cuban percussionist will teach children to play a number of percussive instruments such as the cajon, the clave and the wa-wa. As they progress, students will discover and begin to feel the true spirit of the authentic Rumba. At the course's end, they will share their music with friends and family by putting on a a final in-class Rumba.
Classes Available:
Mondays from 5:30 pm to 6:20 pm
Cost: $495.00
Photography 8-10 - 11 Sessions
Telling a story is how explorers share their experiences with the world. In this semester-long series, our young explorers will participate in local field trips as they learn to use digital cameras and an informed eye to carefully choose and compose shots with people, nature, and landscapes as subjects. The class will take simple photography to the next level, as children will learn to tell a story with a series of photos, as well as how to convey meaning and emotion within a single photo. The class will conclude with a photo exhibition for parents and families.
Wild Blue will provide digital cameras, but children are encouraged to bring their own if they have.
Classes Available:
Mondays from 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm
Cost: $660.00 plus $40 materials fee
Pop Culture Planet - 12 Sessions
This dynamic, web-intensive series takes your media-savvy pre-teens on a pop culture tour of the global village as seen through the eyes of their peers from around the world. Kids will use fun and safe research skills as they learn about the topics they love: celebrities, sports, music, movies and more – Japanese Anime, Gaelic Football, Reggaeton, and Nollywood – we might just find the Next Big Thing! At the end, each participant will go home with a portfolio of interesting current event items, downloaded music and videos and things that are cool or just plain kooky in other countries.
Classes Available:
Thursdays from 5:30 pm to 6:20 pm
Cost: $540.00
Exploring Earth and Beyond - 12 (W) Sessions
Build windmills and watermills that generate electricity. Experiment with alternative energy sources. Create your own self-sustaining eco-system. Plant farms that look like skyscrapers. Make rockets that fly, submarines that dive and much more. By the end of the program, you and your team will put it all together to plan an underwater city, a polar research station, a home of the future or even a mission to Mars!
Classes Available:
Wednesdays from 4:30 pm to 5:20 pm
Cost: $540.00
All the World's A Stage - 12 Sessions
Each week, this storytelling and drama class covers a story and a particular storytelling tradition from a different part of the world. With guidance from a professional actor and singer, young participants form their own acting troupe and bring each story to life through its own culturally relevant form of drama.
The class explores different forms of dramatic communication, acting techniques, body language and use of music. On top of all the fun they have, children benefit by strengthening their command of communication skills and raising their awareness of the cultures these stories come from.
Classes Available:
Fridays from 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm
Cost: $540.00
Skateboarding 6-10 - Please check back in 2009 for Spring Sessions
For beginner and intermediate level skateboarders to learn to ride, prepare for skate parks, and learn about NYC’s rich skateboarding culture.
Classes Available:
Cost: $60 per session
Global Kitchen 8-10 - 13 Sessions
All over the world, people gather together to share meals. In this class, children will learn about the cuisine of a foreign country or region while they create a delicious snack. Recipes will be kid-friendly, and use authentic ingredients from the country of origin. Your child will learn healthy, easy-to-create recipes they can bring home to share!
Classes Available:
Tuesdays from 5:30 pm to 6:20 pm
Cost: $585.00 plus $30.00 materials fee
For Families
Piccadilly Circus - Saturday Sessions
Piccadilly Circus is a series of entertaining special events designed to teach children and their families about geography and world cultures. The presentations will always include some form of interactive, hands-on experience for the children and usually feature special guests from around the world. These drop-in sessions are great for families looking for something exciting and different to do on weekends.
Classes Available:
Cost: $30 for children, free for adults
Parent-Toddler Classes - Coming Soon Sessions
Johanna Herwitz, Ph.D.,is a psychologist trained at the famous Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE, www.rie.org), founded by Magda Gerber. A specialist in toddler development, Dr. Herwitz will lead parents through the RIE method, helping parents bring out the independent, self-motivated explorer in their toddler. While the children engage in group play sessions, parents will learn how to read their child’s gestures, sounds, and expressions. Parents will learn to foster deeper, more meaningful communication with their child. Parents will also learn how daily routines such as diapering, feeding, and dressing can be opportunities to enhance child-parent interactions, engendering self-confidence and independence.
Classes Available:
Cost: Coming Soon
Nature for 2's - 8 Sessions
During this 8-week course for two year-olds, your child will explore the ways nature changes as we move through the seasons. Each 8-week course will focus on the present season, and will use all the senses—smell, touch, sight, taste, and sound—to understand how living things change along with the seasons. Using a multi-sensory approach, the class will engage children in a variety of activities including arts & crafts, stories, songs, play, and cooking. From pretending to dig in the snow for food like a squirrel, to exploring sticks and leaves as art, to observing caterpillars as they transform into butterflies, each child will leave with an appreciation for the natural world and a sense of awe for the changes and cycles of the seasons.
*Please note that while this course is not a separation class, and we do require that an adult be available for diaper changing and bathroom assistance, we encourage independence in every child and ask that accompanying adults allow children to take the lead in their activities.
Classes Available:
Tuesdays from 1:30 pm to 2:20 pm
Thursdays from 11:00 am to 11:50 am
Fridays from 10:00 am to 10:50 am
Cost: $360.00