Clever Monsters
A Sheepshead Bay kids' shop stocked with educational toys, games, arts and crafts supplies and DIY toy-making kits. It also carries children's books, including multilingual titles.
33 places and programs for kids in and around Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn (5 free): play spaces, sports, dance. Includes Clever Monsters and EAB Talent & Mind Art Studio.
A Sheepshead Bay kids' shop stocked with educational toys, games, arts and crafts supplies and DIY toy-making kits. It also carries children's books, including multilingual titles.
A small-group art school in Sheepshead Bay where kids ages 3-16 learn drawing, sketching and painting in classes of two to six students. It also offers a class for ages 4-6, one-on-one art and craft sessions, and portfolio preparation for specialized arts high schools.
Kings Bay Library is a neighborhood branch where Sheepshead Bay children can sit and read, check out books and media on a free card, and join regularly scheduled kids' programs. Recurring kids' programs lately have included Story and Play Time and Kids Create.
A Sheepshead Bay community center offering preschool (including free 3-K and UPK), after-school academies, group swim classes, and inclusion services for children with diverse needs. Families also come for seasonal events and camps.
This Brooklyn community Y runs Learn to Swim group classes and private lessons in its pool, plus a summer swim camp. Programs cover children, teens and adults.
Sheepshead Bay community Y with youth basketball, volleyball, tennis and pickleball, plus unusual options like archery and Thai boxing. There are also swim classes and a water polo team.
A Sheepshead Bay studio training children 3 to 17 in Vaganova-method classical ballet, pointe, modern and contemporary dance. Younger kids start with rhythmics, and gymnastics is offered too.
Sheepshead Bay Library gives Sheepshead Bay families a free indoor stop with a kids' collection that runs from baby board books to middle-grade novels. Programs for young children and school-age kids have included Baby Playtime Learn Play Grow and Saturday Storycrafts. Heads up for strollers and wheelchairs: the building is not accessible.
A traditional karate and self-defense school in south Brooklyn with a structured boys' program for ages 4 to 11. Kids work on coordination, self-control and foundational techniques, and older boys can move into teen classes.
Kids complete short, leveled math and reading worksheets each day and visit the center on scheduled days to work under instructor guidance and get graded feedback. Because each child progresses by mastery rather than grade, the program works for young beginners and advanced students alike.
A nonprofit that teaches musical theater to Brooklyn kids, with a Russian-language group for younger children and a youth group for older kids. Students rehearse and perform in productions and concerts.
A Sheepshead Bay taekwondo school with a Little Dragons class for young children and regular children's classes. Kids build kicking, forms and self-discipline, and the school also hosts birthday parties and private lessons.
A kids' gym where babies and toddlers attend parent-and-child movement classes and older children progress to gymnastics skills like flips and bar work. Separate dance classes, camps and birthday parties are also offered.
A calm, low-stimulation indoor play space where young children can climb, explore and play pretend during two-hour open play sessions. The space can also be booked for semi-private or fully private birthday parties.
A south Brooklyn youth soccer club with a Baby Steps program for U4-U7, development groups for older kids and about ten travel teams from U8 to U17. In summer it runs a half-day or full-day camp at Bill Brown Playground.
Kids learn street dance styles such as hip-hop, breaking, locking and waacking in an energetic studio setting. Dancers can take classes for fun or join the competition team.
At the Kings Bay Y in Brooklyn, Isadora runs rhythmic gymnastics for ages 4-18 in recreational, intermediate and competitive groups. Newcomers get their first class free.
A kids' party company that stages magic, bubble, science and character shows, plus face painting and balloon twisting. It also runs a kids' cafe with an indoor playground on Coney Island Avenue where parties are hosted, and offers summer camp by appointment.
A nonprofit youth sports organization in south Brooklyn, running since 1956, with over 400 boys and girls enrolled. Kids can play baseball, soccer, basketball, football and volleyball in organized leagues.
Southern Brooklyn families join caregiver-and-child Music Together classes for singing, rhythm games and instrument play. There are also babies-only sections designed for infants up to 8 months.
Kids take hip hop, jazz funk, choreography and gymnastics classes, and can try aerial arts on silks and the hoop. The studio also offers a full lineup of adult dance classes.
Kids attend a weekly after-school math class grouped by grade and level, following a rigorous curriculum that emphasizes logical reasoning and problem solving over rote drills. Homework is assigned between sessions, and older students can join competition-math and test-prep tracks.
A Russian-style ballet school teaching the Vaganova method in a year-round program, with a competition team for serious students. It also runs summer and winter ballet intensives and a Catskills ballet camp.
Kids study acting and perform in full children's theater productions, including fairy-tale stage shows with music and dance. The same studio also stages puppet shows for young audiences.
LittleGotham lists 33 places and programs for kids in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. The largest groups are 6 play spaces, 6 sports programs, 5 dance programs.
Yes. 5 of 33 are free to attend, including Clever Monsters, Kings Bay Library, Sheepshead Bay Library.
29 listings are indoors, such as Clever Monsters, EAB Talent & Mind Art Studio, Frum Karate.