Father's Day, Juneteenth, and Summer Solstice: Free Things To Do and Ways To Celebrate this Week

This week's picks for NYC parents from Mommy Poppins. [Family Event Calendar]( Find hundreds of indoor activities, games, and resources in our [Stay at Home Activity Guide](. [Father's Day, Juneteenth, and Summer Solstice: Free Things To Do and Ways To Celebrate this Week]( Let the sun shine! This week is summer solstice, the longest day of the year and a milestone celebrated around the world, from [Stonehenge]( [Sweden]( [Harvard University](. What are you going to do with all that daylight? Lots of people are using the time to make some noise for the internationally celebrated [Make Music Day]( This weekend also brings [Juneteenth]( the longest running holiday commemorating the end of slavery. It is a time for reflection and a time for celebration. With just about every Juneteenth event going virtual, we all get to take a peek at how it's [celebrated]( [across]( [the]( [country](. And rounding out the weekend's festivities: Father's Day, celebrating the fella who's the longest in the tooth. (We kid, Pop, we kid.) Dad is saluted in song (with [Laurie Berkner]( in cinema (with [Bryce Dallas Howard]( in comedy (with [Kids 'N Comedy]( and in craft (with[crayons and markers]( We wouldn't be here without you, big guy. As we close the book on The School Year That Wasn't, we now start the sequel: The Summer (So They Tell Us). Through our [Poppins@Home]( platform, Mommy Poppins is hard at work finding virtual summer camps that are so good you'll just think of them as camp. This week we present you with four upcoming Snapology camps. Kids can learn to master the Force in [Jedi Camp]( save the day in [Superhero Camp]( and develop full fledged STEAM powers at [STEAM Lab Camp]( If you're looking for a party,[Fashion Class]( has this one all sewn up (ya see what I did there?). And finally, if you missed any sessions in our [2020 Camp Fair]( last week, you can still catch them all online! There are "booths" to explore for in-person and virtual camps all over the country, as well as recordings of camp presentations and key note addresses by experts (like the American Camp Association). Check our [event calendar]( for even more family concerts, engaging stories, and star-studded virtual events. Our [Stay-at-Home Guide]( has hundreds more activities and ideas of things to do. Keep reading for some of our favorite picks for this week. Whatever you're celebrating, we hope it's a good one! [Read more.]( [Dwight-Englewood Offers Customizable Online Camp for Preschool to 12th Graders]( At Dwight-Englewood School's virtual summer camp, kids can experience much of the same fun and camaraderie they'd expect out of a traditional day camp, from home. Flexible and highly-customizable, [D-E 360° Summer Connections]( online camp offers a huge selection of live classes and activities for preschoolers to 12th graders, with the option for families to enroll their kids for one week, two weeks, five weeks, or all six weeks the camp runs. Whether you've got a gamer, film buff, ballerina, budding activist, or musical prodigy at home, the virtual camp experience at D-E 360° Summer Connections is tailored to your child's personal interests. Each week, campers create their own curriculum from the seriously extensive course catalog, which includes classes on sewing, origami, coding, broadcast journalism, writing, animation, and dance—just to name a few. [Read more.]( [Drive-in Movie Theaters near NYC]( [New York State Hikes for Families]( [Virtual Classes & Parties for Kids]( [Stay at Home Activity Ideas]( Copyright © 2020 Mommy Poppins, All rights reserved. You are getting this email because you subscribed to our newsletters on MommyPoppins.com Our mailing address is: Mommy Poppins 511 Avenue of the Americas #504New York, New York 10011 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences](