Dear Friends,
Spring is finally here and if you feel like doing a cartwheel or somersault to celebrate, CMEE is the place to be! This week, the Hamptons Tumblebus is at the Museum, ready for some tumbling and gymnastics fun. See below for details! While you're here, stop by one of our "drop in" art classes. There's a different project each day at 10am. And join us for our weekly Panini Lunch in the Lobby tomorrow beginning at 11:30am.
Thanks to everyone who celebrated the start of spring at our Mad Hatter Tea Party last weekend - it was an 'egg-cellent' start to the new season! We have more fun in store for April, including a new session of classes and workshops beginning this Monday, April 5.
April marks CMEE's 'half-birthday'! We're celebrating our 5th birthday in just six months. To help get ready for this anniversary, we are delighted to announce the birthdays of our young members in our monthly E-newsletters! If you are a member and want your child's birthday included, please contact CMEE. Scroll down to see our April birthday celebrators!
Summer will be here in a flash and CMEE is excited to announce our line up of classes, special events, amphitheater performances, and "Summer Club." Read on for details.
We hope to see you this Friday night at our Pizza and Pajama Night at 6pm and at two special "Get Creative" Workshops in April. See the sidebar for details on these events.
Sincerely,
 Stephen Long
Executive Director |
Spring Break Fun Continues..... |
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Join the Hamptons Tumblebus here at CMEE on Thursday, April 1 and Friday, April 2 at 10am for exercise fun on their colorful mobile 'gym.' Children ages 3 to 5 can enjoy safe, educational, physical activities on bars, beam, vault, trampoline rings, climbing apparatus and more. Also, HT Gymnastics will offer floor exercises and tumbling for 6 to 8 year olds from 11 - 11:45 am. $20 per student per class. Advance sign up is encouraged. For further information or to register, call (631) 537-8250. |
Spring Classes Start April 5! |
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CMEE is currently taking registrations for a Spring Session of Art, Music and Movement Classes running from April 5 through May 5, including MoonSoup Creative Classes for Babies through age 4. This popular early childhood enrichment program is known for interactive learning through lively, age-specific mixes of art, music, drumming, sensory and active play, story-times, puppets and more. MoonSoup was recently cited as one of the10 best "Mommy & Me" classes by Time Out New York Kids. Families can choose from the following:
MoonSoup Baby Rock: Babies-12 months, Mondays 11:30 am
MoonSoup Tots: 1-3 years. Mondays 10:30, Wednesdays 9:30 am
MoonSoup Kids: 2-4 years. Mondays 9:30, Wednesdays 10:30
The cost is $100 Members / $110 Non-Members. Materials Fee: $12
CMEE's Spring Session will also include gymnastics classes with the Hamptons Tumblebus run on Thursdays at 10am starting on April 8 through May 27. For more information or to register, call (631) 537-8250. $20 per student per class.
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Peconic Family Fun Day at CMEE! |
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Save Saturday, May 8th!
CMEE is partnering with The Peconic Estuary Program, Group for the East End, Peconic Land Trust, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Peconic Baykeeper to host Peconic Family Fun Day. This fun event for families with children ages 5 to 10 will take place at CMEE on Saturday, May 8 from 10am to 12noon, and will feature a carnival of activities, including games, a touch tank, crab races, arts & crafts stations, a seed planting station, a groundwater model and taste testing, and presentations by local students. Your children will have a blast while they learn about water management, agricultural sustainability, recycling, and environmental stewardship. There is no cost and reservations are not necessary. Free admission to CMEE is included during this event. The Peconic Family Fun Day at CMEE will also include a Poster Contest. Children ages 10 and under are invited to submit a drawing or painting that illustrates "what the Peconic Bay means to you." Entries should be delivered to CMEE by April 30. All of the art work will be displayed at the event, and prizes will be awarded to a select number of young artists. For further details on the Poster Contest, please call (631) 537-8250. |
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Extend Summer Fun!
Let CMEE help bridge the gap between the end/beginning of school and the camp season! Keep boredom at bay and fill two weeks with a stimulating mix of creative activities, including: art (a different project and medium each day), hiking and exploring, music and movement, cooking and baking, guided imagining
and free play in the Museum.
It's a great warm-up (or cool down) to summer camp - plus an opportunity to have fun, socialize, and learn to cooperate in an informal yet structured environment.
June 21-June 25 and August 30-September 2
9am - 1 pm
Ages: 4-7
Enrollment is limited so sign up today! The cost is $425 for Members and $450 for Non-Members.
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CMEE is also taking registrations for "CMEE Summer Mornings" - a series of fun and engaging programs for 2-4 year olds in art, music, and cooking, including the Hamptons Tumblebus, MoonSoup, and Sandpiper Music Together.
Classes & Workshops
Session 1: July 5 - July 26
Session 2: August 3 - August 24
Except where noted, sessions are $120 for members and $130 for non-members.
Kids in the Kitchen
Ages 2-4
Mondays 9:30 am or 10:30 am
Chef Amy teaches your kitchen helpers everything they need to hone their cooking skills! Enjoy cutting, rolling, spreading, stirring, mashing, kneading, mixing, measuring, sorting, shaping, classifying, and more as you practice being a chef. All recipes are single servings, so every child will make daily recipes from start to finish!
Plus $12 material fee per session.
Art Play!
July:
FUN-damentals of Fine Art with Ranelle
Tuesdays in July: 9:30 am and 10:30 am
Calling all art-loving, mini-Monet's or Matisse's! Come experiment and create with color, lines, ink, paints and other artistic mediums with Ranelle. This fun, learning-filled class teaches children to develop new forms of expression and view the world with vivid detail.
Plus $12 material fee per session.
August:
SENSE-sational Art with Georgette
Thursdays in August: 9:30 am and 10:30 am
Discover the wonders of art, with Georgette's age appropriate art classes designed to encourage your child's creativity and imagination. Have fun experimenting with color, texture and patterns while learning all along the way!
Plus $12 material fee per session.
MoonSoup Creative Classes
Kids and Parents both cheer for these super fun Music, Play and Art classes for Babies to Preschoolers. This popular early childhood enrichment program is known for interactive learning through lively, age specific mixes of art, music, drumming, sensory and active play, story-times, puppets and more.
Come see why MoonSoup was recently listed as one of the "10 Best (children's) programs in NYC" by Time Out New York Kids. MoonSoup @ CMEE is the place to be for Mommy & Me!
Families can choose from the following:
MoonSoup Baby Rock: Babies -12 months, Mondays 11:30 am
MoonSoup Tots: 1-3 years. Mondays 10:30, Wednesdays 9:30 am
MoonSoup Kids: 2-4 years. Mondays 9:30, Wednesdays 10:30 am
Plus $12 Materials Fee.
Toddlers' Tango & Baby Boogie
Toddlers' Tango: Tuesdays 9:30am - 10:15 am / Ages 2-3
Baby Boogie: Tuesdays 10:30 am - 11:15 am / 9 months - 1 1/2 years
Educators, therapists and parents have praised Toddlers' Tango and Baby Boogie for the developmental benefits: cognitive, physical and emotional - and of course, fun! Enjoy singing and dancing with your child to music from around the world, using instruments and props to enhance the lyrics and invite movement. Each class is tailored to specific age groups.
Hamptons Tumblebus
Ages 2-5
Thursdays 9am
Since this colorful mobile gym (on a transformed school bus!) first parked in front of CMEE last summer, it was an instant hit, drawing 'regular riders' for its full range of gymnastic activities: bars, rings, beam, climbing apparatus and more.
Cost: Members & Non-Members: $20 per class.
Sandpiper Music Together
Fridays 9:30am and 10:30 am
Sundays 10:30am
Music Together is an Internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies through kindergartners. Pure Joy! For cost and to register, visit www.sandpipermusictogether.com or call 631-848-7043. |
Save The Date for CMEE "Under The Sea"
Summer Family Fair! |
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Hooray for CMEE Under the Sea!
Saturday, July 24
10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Plan for fun and save the date for CMEE's second annual CMEE "Under the Sea" Family Fair Fundraiser featuring live music, bouncy castles, art activities, face painters, petting zoo, pony rides, games, and gaiety galore! Last year's event drew capacity attendance, so be sure to reserve early!
For more information, please call Barbara at (631) 537-8240.
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"Sunsets at CMEE"
Picnic & Performance Series |
CMEE is busy finalizing an exciting schedule of performances for our "Sunsets at CMEE" 2010 Summer Amphitheater Series. Save your Tuesday nights this summer starting at 6pm and bring a picnic to enjoy while you and your family are entertained by some of the top names in the world of children's entertainment, both locally and across the country - music, dance, puppets, and more!
Here are just two performers you can look forward to seeing live at CMEE:
Nick Jr. and PBS Kids star, Rebecca Frezza and Big Truck will perform their feel-good, high-energy show which is sure to have children on their dancing feet!
Long Island's own and recipient of the Parents' Choice Gold Award, Brady Rymer and the Little Band that Could plays their modern all-American roots rock sound that has generation-spanning appeal.
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Something to Sing About!
New Family Literacy Initiative |
CMEE and the Sandpiper Music Together Program are collaborating on a new Family Literacy Program at the Museum. Recently launched, "Cantemos Juntos" (We Sing Together") is an eight week semester of once a week classes that enhances the parenting, literacy and language skills of Spanish speaking parents and their children up to age four. Using CMEE's exhibits as a platform, the class incorporates classic early childhood literature in translation, well-known childhood songs from Central and South America, and play activities designed around the music and reading to promote parents and children's familiarity with art and literature. The class instructors also coach parents in reading to their children and promote family use of community institutions such as CMEE, the South Fork Natural History Museum and public libraries across the East End. The class is being taught by Barbara Blaisdell, former Sag Harbor Elementary School teacher and Director of the Sandpiper Music Together, Leah Oppenheimer.
The classes are free to families with infants and toddlers, and participating families take home a new book every week, receive a CD to play, and receive free membership to CMEE. |
On your Mark, Get Set.....Egg Hunt! |
Saturday, April 3, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Children's Egg Hunt
Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton
CMEE neighbor, the Peconic Land Trust, is celebrating the beginning of spring with an egg hunt this Saturday. Children ages 3-8 years are invited to bring their baskets to the Trust's beautiful 5-acre public garden for a chance to gather treat-filled eggs, hidden throughout the grounds. While there, explore the "secret" bamboo room, play peek-a-boo through the peepholes in the hedge and wander the winding walkway through the woodland shade garden.
Free!
Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, please call the Trust at (631) 283-3195 or email to events@peconiclandtrust.org.
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Polish off your clubs and swing away in a Golf Tournament to benefit CMEE on Monday, May 24, at one of the most prestigious and picturesque golf courses in the country, the Maidstone Club in East Hampton. Starting at 11:30am, enjoy brunch, your round of golf, cocktails AND dinner overlooking the ocean. For more information or to participate, please contact Barbara at (631) 537-8250 x209. Proceeds from the tournament help support CMEE's health and wellness initiatives. |
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CMEE sends Very Happy Birthday Wishes this month to our young members including:
Anabella Adlah, Cameron Andrew, Marni Arons, Catalina Badilla, Joseph Badilla, Adam Berg, Julia Blumberg, Medley Brooks, Max Michael Buzzetti, Aiden Cooper, Tyler DiMarco, Ace Dowling, Alexandra Dudley, Aiden Dunn, Emily Dyner, Malachai Edelbaum, Catherine Evans, Jamie Fairchild, Lindsay Falk, Ryan Falk, Cameron Forbes, Elizabeth Frischling, Talia Helfstein, Dylan Hepburn, Helena Holdsworth, Asher Hurowitz, Lucas Iulo, Jack Iulo, Camille Kelly, Ruby Kessler-Karp, Jaimee Keys, Jasper Klausner, Thomas Lamont, Konstantine Lazarakis, Xanthi Lazarakis, William David Lehr, Zachary Ludwig, Kyra Margolis, Spencer Margolis, Giselle Meskin, Alex Mitchell, Mackenzie Murphy, Alexander Norton, Reece Nugent, Andrew Panza, Kate Pepperman, Mackenzie Pharaoh, Leo Rahn, Charlotte Renna, Abigail Salzhauer, Ben Samuelson, Ava Schreier, Tucker Schwartz, Dahlia Shapiro, Elizabeth Sloan, Ashna Snowden, Colton Soloviev, Gillie Soloviev, Amina Stern, Madeleine Stoller, Michael Surozenski, Sofia Tasolides, Alex Traykovski, Cameron Trotter, Sophie Walters, Kesha Wooton, and Cole Yastrzemski
Stop by CMEE front desk on your birthday and pick up a little gift to help celebrate the big day!
If we missed your birthday, don't have your correct birthday, or misspelled your name, please let us know so CMEE can make sure to recognize YOUR DAY! | |
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Pizza & Pajama Night
Offered on the first Friday of every month, these fun family night-out evenings invite children to come to CMEE in pajamas, eat pizza, hear a story read by a guest reader in CMEE's Library, and participate in a special art activity.
This month our story will be Rose's Garden by Peter H. Reynolds, read by Pierson H.S. 9th Grader and part-time CMEE staff member, Gabrielle Gardiner.
Advance Reservations Required
Free for Members
$7 for Non-Members
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GET CREATIVE!
Saturday
April 17
10am - 11am
Earth - Our Home in the Universe.
10 am - 11 am
Living Green...starts young!
CMEE celebrates Earth Day this month with a visit from special guest, Al Milen, author of Eco Bean Books (www.ecosplace.com) - an environmental series for children ages 3 and up on how to save the Earth. Children will learn what they can do for the planet, and also see a short presentation by the author. An earth-friendly art activity will follow.
Advance Reservations Recommended
$5 for Members
$12 for Non-Members
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GET CREATIVE!
Saturday
April 24
10am - 11am
Celebrate Poetry Month with noted local author
Emma Hamilton
10 am - 11 am
Stay tuned for details
Advance Reservations Recommended
$5 for Members
$12 for Non-Members
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Birthday Parties at CMEE!
A creative
and easy
party location
Ask our front desk, or pick up a flyer, for information on CMEE's Birthday Party Packages. "New York Family Magazine rated CMEE as the East End's best venue for children's birthday parties!"
CMEE is also available for rent for private, corporate or community events. Call 631-537-8250 for information. | |
Sunday: 10am-5:00pm
Monday: 9am-5:00pm
Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday: 9am-5:00pm
Thursday: 9am-5:00pm
Friday: 9am-5:00pm
Saturday: 9am-5:00pm |
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