Instead of Watching TV 101 Activities to Do
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Rex & Roxy say “Give your television a rest!” 101 Activities To Do and a guide to places to go and things to see in South Central New York Instead of Watching TV 101 Activities To Do Year Round Activities • Reading • Blow bubbles • Do a puzzle • Writing • Go bowling using old water • Build a house out of cardboard • Visiting local museums bottles and a foam ball • Make a fort (both art and historical) • Charades • Make-believe (like playing in a fort) • Bird watching • Put on a show (for the family) • Have a family talent show • Board games • Create your own book • Play/learn how to play a musical • Arts and crafts (write the story, draw/cut out pictures) instrument • Knitting, crocheting or quilting • Go exploring with an adult • Play dress up • Jacks • Make your own puppets and • Check out free or inexpensive • Treasure hunts put on a puppet show classes at local arts & crafts stores • Obstacle courses Instead• Make jewelry of Watching• Take dance or singingTV lessons • Choreograph your own dance • Make a building out of old materials • Take Karate Lessons • Scrapbook (like popsicle sticks or shoeboxes) • Do yoga or meditate • Dancing • Simon says • Go to a concert • Draw/paint • Create your own song • Check out local shows in the area • Hula hoop • Race cars • Chores (make them a game) • Yo-yo • Play with dolls • Jogging (indoors and outdoors) • Cook with mom or dad • Start a collection (leaves, stamps, shells, • Invent a game you can collect just about anything) Spring/Summer Fall Winter • Berry picking • Apple picking • Snow shoeing • Hiking • Pumpkin picking • Sledding • Biking • Hiking • Shovel snow • Swimming • Biking • Make a snow angel • Sports (football, basketball, • Sports (football, basketball, • Build a snowman soccer, kickball, lacrosse, catch, soccer, kickball, lacrosse, catch, • Plant pansies anything with a ball) anything with a ball) • Build an igloo • Gardening • Relay races • Look at holiday decorations • Relay races • Raking the leaves • Ice skate • Fishing • Play hopscotch • Watch the sunset • Fly a kite • Jump rope • Go ice fishing • Visit the local zoo • Play tag • Collect pine cones • Play hopscotch • Roller skating/blading • Look for animal tracks • Jump rope • Have a picnic • Go bird watching • Play tag • Make a scarecrow • Snow tubing • Cloud watch • Make a leaf book • Skiing (downhill or cross-country) • Roller skating/blading • Canoeing • Kayaking • Picnic • Barbecue • Mowing the lawn • Washing the cars • Watering the garden Chenango Ice Rink The Broome Center for the Broome County 614 River Road, Binghamton Performing Arts, The Forum Enjoy public skating sessions! Please check 236 Washington St., Binghamton Kopernik Observatory the website for the schedule or call for more Home to the Binghamton Philharmonic & Science Center information. (607) 648-9202 Orchestra’s Pops Series, Tri-Cities Opera, 698 Underwood Road, Vestal www.chenangoicerink.com Broadway Theater League, and various dance Come to Kopernik Observatory & Science groups, the forum is a restored vaudeville Center where the learning and discovery Dorchester Park house. The Forum enables our community never ends! (607) 748-3685 5469 NY Rt. 26, Whitney Point performing arts groups to present various www.kopernik.org The easy access of the launching area to a programs in an elegant theatrical setting. The 1,200 acre reservoir has made Dorchester theatre organ at the Forum is one of the few The Cider Mill the small boat haven of Broome County. of its kind in existence. For information on 2 South Nanticoke Ave., Endicott Rental boats are available. Boating, fishing, upcoming Forum events, call the Box Office Check out the Cider Mill in Endicott. You can camping plus the many other outstanding or check out the website. (607) 778-1369 watch Cider Mill cider being pressed and you facilities of this beautiful waterside park www.broomeforum.com can see what’s coming fresh from the Cider truly offer something for the entire family. Mill kitchen, too. Also attend shows at the For more information check out the Hawkins Pond Nature Area Cider Mill Playhouse. Their season breaks for website or call the park. (607) 692-4612 224 Scouten Hill Road, Windsor July and August, but other months the Cider www.gobroomecounty.com/parks/dorchester Hawkins Pond Nature Area offers a secluded Mill Playhouse Box Office is open Monday – “nature experience” with its plentiful Friday: 12 – 5 pm, and Day of Performance: Greenwood Park wildlife and wide variety of habitat-types. 12 pm – Curtain. (607) 754-0962 153 Greenwood Road, Lisle Approximately 4 miles of nature trails lead www.cidermillendicott.com Greenwood is the county’s first and most visitors through woods and fields and around complete park. The campground is well the scenic pond. For more information please Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park maintained and offers a wide range of facilities call the park or check out the website. 185 Park Ave., Binghamton and opportunities that help give the entire (607) 693-1389 Check out the animals at the Ross Park family a quality camping experience. The www.gobroomecounty.com/parks/hawkins Zoo! Hours vary by season please check lake is stocked with trout and its spring fed out the website or call the Zoo for more waters maintain refreshing water all summer Nathaniel Cole Park information. (607) 724-5461 long. Groomed cross-country ski trails and 1674 Colesville Road, Harpursville www.rossparkzoo.com equipment rentals complete this year-round Cole Park boasts a beautiful 53-acre lake park. For more information check out the and twin arcs of white sand, the largest Roberson Museum website or call the park. (607) 862-9933 protected beach in the county system. There and Science Center www.gobroomecounty.com/parks/greenwood are two picnicking areas and all the amenities 30 Front Street, Binghamton necessary to make Nathaniel Cole one of Roberson offers unique museum and Finch Hollow Nature Center Broome County’s finest parks. (607) 693-1389 education resources in the Southern Tier 1394 Oakdale Road, Johnson City www.gobroomecounty.com/parks/natcole of New York that are unmatched in the Take a hike! Finch Hollow Nature Center region. (607) 772-0660 has one mile of quiet, scenic trails for the Round Top Picnic Area www.roberson.org whole family to enjoy. Bring a picnic, get 1 Roundtop Park Street, Endicott some fresh air and have fun! Free trail and Our most recently developed area, Roundtop Lighthouse Landing museum admission; trails open daily from Picnic Area, is nestled high above Endicott 3782 Route 11, Marathon sunrise to sunset. There are also family offering spectacular views looking to the Come to the Lighthouse Landing to enjoy friendly events from April 11-13, 2011. east and west through the Susquehanna gentle, scenic and friendly place to relax with Call ahead for building hours and the River Valley. This picnic area became a family and friends away from the hustle and event schedule: (607) 729-4231 reality through the combined efforts of bustle of the city. There are also great RV and www.gobroomecounty.cmo/parks/finchhollow Broome County, the Village of Endicott and rustic campsites by the river. (607) 423-5639 the Endicott Rotary Club. It is a haven for www.lighthouselandings.org Otsiningo Park families and individuals seeking a pleasant and Howell Drive, Binghamton relaxing day away from work. Discovery Center Otsiningo provides a refreshing interlude (607) 778-6541 60 Morgan Road, Binghamton close to the urban core. Bicycle and www.gobroomecounty.com/parks/roundtop (Next to the Binghamton Zoo) pedestrian paths are combined with picnic Come play and learn at the coolest hands areas and athletic fields on a unique area on museum around. (607) 773-8661 of wooded riverbank. The Otsiningo www.thediscoverycenter.org Community Gardener’s association offers a rental garden plot program to the public. For Skate Estate more information, contact John Hrostowski 3401 Old Vestal Road, Vestal at [email protected] (607) 778-6541 Enjoy skating and get some exercise while www.gobroomecounty.com/parks/otsiningo having fun! (607) 797-9000 www.skateestate.com Broome County continued Broome County Public Library Broome County Dance Center 185 Court Street, Binghamton 223 Main St., Binghamton (607) 778-6400 Call the school or check out the website for Recreation Park www.bclibrary.info scheduling and payments. (607) 217-7234 Beethoven Street, Binghamton www.bcdancecenter.org Park is open dawn - 9 pm. Carousel YMCA Binghamton Branch open daily 12 noon - 7:45 pm through 61 Susquehanna St., Binghamton Dance Escapes Labor Day. (607) 772 -7017 (administrative offices, dormitory, and 14-16 Willow Street, Johnson City child care services) Call the school or check out the website for C. Fred Johnson Park Look out for programs and other fun events, scheduling and payments. (607) 729-4783 C.F.J. Boulevard, Johnson City even if you don’t have a membership. www.dancescapes.com Site includes tennis courts, ballfields, (607) 772-0560 playground, and a small-use water spray park ENCORE! Dance Studio for children. Park open 9:00 am - dusk daily YMCA West Family Branch 455 State Street Colonial Plaza, from Memorial Day until Labor Day. The 740 Main Street, Johnson City Binghamton carousel is open weekdays from 3:00 pm- Look out for programs and other fun events, Call the school or check out the website for 8:00 pm and weekends from 12:00 pm-8 pm even if you don’t have a membership. scheduling and payments. (607) 724-1347 through Labor Day. (607) 797-9098 (607) 770-9622 www.encoredanceonline.net West Endicott Park FMK Karate & Fitness Center Fun & Dance Studio Page Avenue, Endicott, 782 Chenango St., Binghamton 233 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal Park has a kiddie pool, tennis courts, Please contact the school for class schedule Call the school or check out the website for playground and a covered picnic shelter.