Class Directory
Below is a directory of local businesses with classes open to 0-5 year olds.
Please use this list as a starting point and know that it is for informational purposes only and is not an endorsement of any business.
Some programs are seasonal but will appear on this list year-round in case you want to plan ahead!
Listings are in alphabetical order.
Dance, Gymnastics, and Movement
Broadway Performing Arts Center
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Broadway Babies Ballet/ Intro to Dance (2-3 years)
Broadway Babies Ballet/Tap (4-5 years)
Hip Hop (5+ years)
Gymnastics (5-8 years)
Cultural Arts Center (email newrican6@aol.com)
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Creative Dance Ballet and Tap (2-3 years)
Ballet (4-5 years)
Hip Hop (4-5 years)
Dance Project of Washington Heights
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Infant/Baby Movement (5-18 months)
Toddler Creative Movement (18 months- 3 years)
Pre Ballet (2-3 years)
Ballet (4-17 years)
Hip Hop (4-17 years)
Latin Dance - Bilingual (4-17 years)
Tap (4-17 years)
Musical Theatre (4-11 years)
Dance Theatre of Harlem
HARLEM
Pre-Dance (3-7 years)
Pre-Ballet (3-7 years)
FunFit Kids
HARLEM
Open Play (3 months-7 years)
Gymnastics and Tumbling (2-4 years)
GoFit Baby (7-14 months)
After School Open Play (1-6 years)
Dance for Littles (2.5-5 years)
Greenhouse Arts Center
HARLEM
Baby Ballet (3-5 years)
Movers and Shakers (3-5 years)
Broadway Babies (3-5 years)
Harlem YMCA
HARLEM
Ballet (4-12 years)
Hip Hop/ Afro Dance (4-12 years)
Tap Dance
The Harlem Dancer's Warehouse
HARLEM
Creative Dance through Exploration (2-3 years)
Beginning Ballet/Tap (4-5 years)
Harlem School of the Arts
HARLEM
Ballet Pre-Primary (3+ years)
Early Childhood Hip Hop (4-6 years)
Harlem Yoga Studio
HARLEM
Postnatal Baby and Me Yoga (0+ years)
Kids Yoga
Family and Me Yoga
Jewish Community Center of Harlem
HARLEM
Blooming Bebé Movement and Music (8 months- 4 years)
Yoga (18 months - 3 years)
Ballet (3-5 years)
Contemporary Dance (5-12 years)
Kids in Motion
INWOOD
Kids in Motion - Inwood Community Toddler/Little Kid Dance Class (2-5 years)
MyGym Harlem
HARLEM
Waddlers (3-20 months)
Tiny Tykes (3-12 months)
Gymsters (21 months - 2.5 years)
Terrific Tots (2.5 - 3.5 years)
Ninja Jr. (3.5-6 years)
Preschool Gymnastics (3.5-6 years)
Ninja Training (5-10 years)
Gymnastics (5-10 years)
Baby Ninjastics (18 months - 3 years)
Mini Ninjastics (3-5 years)
One Yoga for All
BRONX
Yoga for Kids (4-7 years)
Pixie Pods
MANHATTAN LOCATION OF YOUR CHOICE
Dance with Me (2-3 years)
Tumble with Me (2-3 years)
Pixie Acro (3-7 years)
Pixie Dance (3-5 years)
Lil Beatz (4-7 years)
Pixie Ballet (4-7 years)
Project In Motion
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Move. Explore. Play. (2-5 years)
Let's Cheer! (5-14 years)
Riverbank State Park
HARLEM
Ballet (4 years)
Ballet (5-6 years)
Rhythm (4-6 years)
Riverdale Neighborhood House
BRONX
Pre-Ballet (3-4 years)
Ballet (5-7 years)
Modern Movement (4-7 years)
Terrific Twos (18 months-2.5 years)
Riverdale Y
BRONX
Acro (5-11 years)
Pre-Ballet A (3-5 years)
Pre-Ballet B (5-7 years)
Move and Groove (5-7 years)
Sammy J Dance
HARLEM
Music and Movement in the Park (age not specified)
Social Skills in Motion
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Move. Explore. Play. (2-5 years)
Let's Cheer! (5-8 years)
Therapeutic Movement for Individuals, Groups, and Families (all ages)
Uptown Ballet Academy
INWOOD
Pre-Ballet/ Creative Movement (3-4 years)
Ballet I (5-6 years)
Contemporary Dance (5-7 years)
Dance Foundations (4-6 years)
Tap (5+ years)
Tiny Starz (18-36 months)
Twinkle Starz Boys and Girls (3-5 years)
Wendy Hillard Gymnastics
HARLEM
Gymnastics (3-17 years)
The YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
INWOOD
Parent/Baby Yoga
Move and Groove (3-5 years)
Power Kids Jam (4-5 years)
Gaming and Strategy
Premier Chess
LOCATION OF YOUR CHOICE
Private individual and group lessons (3+ years)
Learning and Language
Growing Minds Therapeutics NYC
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Summer Social Groups (4+ years)
Harlem Children's Zone
HARLEM
Free Three-Year-Old Journey (for children born in 2020)
Jewish Community Center of Harlem
HARLEM
Baby Fingers ASL and Music (0-4 years)
Spanish Immersion (2-4 years)
Science Clubhouse (3-8 years)
The Met Cloisters
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Fantastic Fantasy: Modern-Medieval Mythmaking (5-8 years)
Private French Lessons by Nicola Rose
INWOOD/ WASHINGTON HEIGHTS/ BRONX/ VIRTUAL
French lessons (3+ years)
Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts
Abigail Karr Music Lessons
INWOOD
Piano lessons (3+ years, case-by-case basis)
Violin lessons (3+ years, case-by-case basis)
Alice Hamlet Cello and Piano
INWOOD & ONLINE
Cello (4+ years)
Piano (4+ years)
FunFit Kids
HARLEM
Art for Littles (2.5-5 years)
Harlem School of the Arts
HARLEM
Intro to Keyboard (4-6 years)
Hudson Heights Art Studio
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Afterschool Choice Studio (5-13 years)
Private Lessons (all ages)
Jewish Community Center of Harlem
HARLEM
Open Art (1-4 years)
Art Studio (3-5 years)
WeeJam (8 months - 4 years)
Little Maestros
HARLEM
Little Maestros Infant and Toddler Music (0-5 years)
Music Together - City Kids
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Mixed Ages Music Together (0-5 years)
Art Masters (5-8 years)
Music Together - Heart and Beat
INWOOD & BRONX
Musical Parenting Class for New Parents (0-9 months)
Mixed Ages Music Together (0-5 years)
Rhythm Kids (4-8 years)
Music Together - Muse Arts
HARLEM - BRONX
Music Together Babies (0-7 months)
Mixed Ages Music Together (0-5 years)
Rhythm Kids (5-8 years)
Music Together Master's Class (3-5 years)
Piano Lessons
Orchestrating Dreams
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Foundations: Music Play (2-4 years)
Foundations: Musicianship (5+ years)
Instrumental: Private Lessons (3+ years)
Instrumental: Orchestra (4+ years)
Pixie Pods
MANHATTAN LOCATION OF YOUR CHOICE
Zumbini (0-4 years)
Pixie Music (0-4 years)
Riverbank State Park
HARLEM
Kids Arts & Crafts Workshop (4-6 years)
Riverdale Y
BRONX
Little Rising Stars (5-7 years)
Scribble Art Workshop
INWOOD & BRONX
Summer Art Camp (grade K-5 and preschool)
Mini Scribblers (1.5-3 years)
Preschool Art School (2-4 years)
Sensory Open Play (1.5-4 years)
Nature and Outdoors
Dyckman Farmhouse
INWOOD
Growing Uptown (class for adults; children 3+ welcome)
Second Nature Outdoors
INWOOD
Inwood Roots Child/Caregiver Classes (1-3 years)
Seed Pods Outdoor School (4-7 years)
Play Outside NYC
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Tinkergarten (1.5-5 years)
Upper Manhattan Forest Kids
HARLEM
Nature Exploration (0-6 years)
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
BRONX
Super Seedlings Gardening (Free, Drop-In, Seasonal - 3-7 years)
The Wooden Button
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Mixed Age Forest Preschool (2-4.5 years)
Parent Support Groups &
New Parent Fitness
New Parent Fitness
Erin Knittel Psychotherapy
VIRTUAL
Baby Blues and Beyond postpartum support group
JCC Harlem
HARLEM
New Parents Group (parents with babies under 12 months)
Maya Kaough Coaching and Movement
VIRTUAL
Virtual New Parent Support Group (parents with babies 0-6 months)
NYC Mommies Club
HARLEM
Weekly support groups with varied topics
Sarah Almodovar
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Yoga for Moms (pre-crawlers welcome)
Sugar Hill Creamery's Moms Group
HARLEM/VIRTUAL
New Mom Support Group (moms with babies 0-3 months)
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
INWOOD
New Moms Group (moms with babies 0-6 months)
Baby and Me Yoga (pre-crawlers welcome)
Play Groups, Preschool Alternatives &
Toddler Classroom Programs
Toddler Classroom Programs
Bilingüitos
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
GrupoPLAY Bilingual Family Playdate Northern Manhattan (all ages)
Fun Fit NYC
HARLEM
Prep for Littles Preschool Alternative
The Children's Storefront
HARLEM
Free, drop-in Brilliant Babies (3-12 months)
Free, drop-in Wonderful Ones (1 year)
Free, drop-in Terrific Twos (2 years)
Free, drop-in Thriving Threes (3 years)
Free, drop-in All Stars (2-3 years)
Jewish Community Center of Harlem
HARLEM
Harlem Sprouts Early Childhood Separation Program (2-4)
Junior Sprouts Parent/Child Class (16-24 months)
Toddler Playgroup (16-24 months)
Riverdale Nursery School and Family Center
BRONX
Twos Program (2 years)
2023/2024 Play Group (0-4 years)
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
INWOOD
Toddler Exploration (2-3 years)
Sports & Martial Arts
1st Team Training
HARLEM
1st Team Reserves Soccer Class (3-6 years)
Aquabilities with Jennifer
BRONX
AquaBabies & AquaTots (8 weeks- 3 years)
AquaKids (2+ years)
Bike New York
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Bike Skills 101 - Learn to Ride (5-14 years)
Born Kickers
HARLEM
Born Kickers Soccer (2-7 years)
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Washington Heights
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
Kids' Jiu Jitsu (4+ years)
Coach Pius
INWOOD
Soccer (3+ years)
Fast Feet NYC
HARLEM, BRONX
Fast Feet Community Running Season (5+ years)
FunFit Kids
HARLEM
Multisport (1-4 years)
Harlem YMCA
HARLEM
Basketball (4-12 years)
Soccer (4-12 years)
Quickstart Tennis (4-6 years)
Karate (4-6 years)
Swim (6 months - 12 years)
Healthy Kids Running Series
BRONX
Spring & Fall Running Series (2+ years)
Hudson Cliffs Baseball
INWOOD
Spring Lil' Sluggers (3-5 years)
Spring T-Ball (5-7 years)
Ice Hockey in Harlem
HARLEM
Ice Hockey (5-10 years)
Inwood Little League
INWOOD
Spring Rookies T-Ball (4 years)
Spring Superstars Coach Pitch (5-6 years)
Summer Superstars (5-7 years)
Winter Softball/Baseball (4-7 years)
Inwood Youth Lacrosse Association
INWOOD
Fall Skills and Drills (5+ years)
Spring Lacrosse (5+ years)
Jewish Community Center of Harlem
HARLEM
Multisports (18-24 months)
Multisports Afterschool (3-5 years)
Stellar Soccer (2.5-4 years)
Kids in the Game
INWOOD
Fall Inwood Sports Hub Football Club (4+ years)
Riverbank State Park
HARLEM
Soccer (5-7 years)
Basketball (5-7 years)
Karate (5-7 years)
Ice Hockey (5-10 years)
T-Ball League (5-7 years)
Tennis (5-7 years)
Roller Hockey Skills (5-6 years)
Riverdale Kenshikai Karate
BRONX
Children's Karate (4+ years)
Riverdale Neighborhood House
BRONX
Taekwondo (please contact for ages)
Riverdale Y
BRONX
Swim (6+ months)
Super Soccer Stars (3-5 years)
SocRoc NYC
HARLEM
Soccer (18 months +)
Super Soccer Stars
INWOOD & BRONX
Parent & Me (12-24 months)
Super Soccer Stars (1+ year)
Uptown Soccer
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS & BRONX
Chiquiticos (4-6 years)
Pee Wee Sluggers (5-7 years)
Warriors Taekwondo
INWOOD
TKD Juniors (4-11 years)
Afterschool Program (4+ years)
YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
INWOOD
Instructional Soccer (3+ years)
Instructional Basketball (5+ years)
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