14 language classes for kids in Manhattan. Immersion and classes for kids. Includes Japan Society Japanese for Teens & Family Festivals and Baby Fingers Sign & Song – 14th Street Y.
Teens can join term-long Japanese courses focused on speaking, listening and beginning kanji, along with manga drawing workshops, offered online through Japan Society's Language Center. Younger children and families visit in person for seasonal celebrations like New Year's, Children's Day and the 7-5-3 ceremony, with performances and crafts.
Baby Fingers' Sign & Song classes blend American Sign Language with songs and play, giving babies and toddlers a way to communicate before they can talk. Classes welcome both Deaf and hearing families.
Baby Fingers' Sign & Song classes blend American Sign Language with songs and play, giving babies and toddlers a way to communicate before they can talk. Classes welcome both Deaf and hearing families.
Baby Fingers' Sign & Song classes blend American Sign Language with songs and play, giving babies and toddlers a way to communicate before they can talk. Classes welcome both Deaf and hearing families.
Baby Fingers' Sign & Song classes blend American Sign Language with songs and play, giving babies and toddlers a way to communicate before they can talk. Classes welcome both Deaf and hearing families.
Baby Fingers' Sign & Song classes blend American Sign Language with songs and play, giving babies and toddlers a way to communicate before they can talk. Classes welcome both Deaf and hearing families.
Caregiver-and-child classes that teach Spanish, French or Mandarin through live music, dance and puppets, led by bilingual musician-teachers. Classes run at partner sites around the city and online, and families get songs and vocabulary materials to keep practicing at home.
Children learn French through an immersive, playful approach: little ones use stories, games and crafts, while older kids role-play everyday situations and teens build reading, writing and speaking skills. Classes serve both beginners and native French speakers.
A nonprofit studio where children learn Russian, either as heritage speakers or as a new language, through classes combined with arts and cultural activities. It runs an early childhood program, after-school classes and camps.
Kids learn Italian in tiny classes of no more than six through games, role-play and group activities that build speaking, listening, reading and writing. The school also runs Italian cooking classes and day camps for children.
A long-running language school (since 1973) teaching French, Spanish, Chinese and other languages to babies, preschoolers and elementary kids through songs, games and conversation. Classes are grouped by age and include parent-and-child options for the youngest.
West Side branch of the long-established children's language school, offering age-grouped French, Spanish, Chinese and other classes built around singing, play and conversation. Programs start with parent-and-baby groups and go through elementary grades.
Run by Chinatown's historic benevolent association, this long-established community school teaches Chinese language and culture to children, with students also performing at community celebrations like the Lunar New Year festivities.
This secular, progressive Sunday-style school teaches Yiddish language alongside Jewish cultural traditions and holiday celebrations, with a strong social-justice focus. Older kids can take part in a B'nei Mitzvah program built around family history research and activism projects.
LittleGotham lists 14 language classes for kids in Manhattan.
No. Every listing here charges a fee; prices are shown on each listing.
14 listings are indoors, such as Japan Society Japanese for Teens & Family Festivals, Baby Fingers Sign & Song – 14th Street Y, Baby Fingers Sign & Song – JCC Harlem.
Upper East Side (3), Upper West Side (3), East Village (2).