Under Fives 

While your parents attend YWCA weekend reunions, you guys get to be at Tiger Camp for the whole weekend, or any part of it! There are games, a storyteller and a magician, and you can experiment with arts and crafts. You'll be with friendly people who love working with kids your age!
Tiger Camp for Toddlers 

Give mom and dad a chance to work out at the gym while you play and learn. If you can walk and are at least one year old, head for the Teddy Bear classroom and a fun time with toddler-loving people to take care of you and play with!
Fun with Cool Babysitters (Princeton) 

If you're 21/2 -3, be a tiger in a class with other tods, playing and exploring three mornings a week at the YWCA Nursery School, three mornings a week! Or if you're 3-4, be a zebra and do fun things like sharing with other kids and learning about dinosaurs!
Nursery School (Princeton) 

Experiment with paint, make things, sing songs and listen to stories with your parents and other families at the Messy Play class!
Messy Art Play 

Stick your hands in! If you're 21/2-4, the Potpourri class is for you. You and your mom or dad get to experiment with regular paints, finger paints, playdough glue and glitter, make collages and listen to songs and stories. Wear clothes that you can get dirty!
Hands-on Art 

If you're under 4, come with your family and have a great time learning as you play in a Music Together class. You get to sing, chant, do fingerplays, play instruments, dance and develop your rhythm skills together!
Exploring Music (Princeton) 

If you're between 18 months and 3 years, have fun moving to the music with your mom or day in the Tiny Tots class!
Tots Moving to the Music (Plainsboro) 

Do you like to dance? If you're four, you can take a class from the great team of teachers here at the famous Princeton Ballet School, and dance to live music!
Dance (Princeton) 

Move that little body to the music! If you're a pre-schooler and live in Plainsboro or West Windsor, there's a cool dance class just for you in the Plainsboro Pre-school Dance Program.
Pre-School Dance Program (Plainsboro) 

Make a splash with your mom or dad! Have fun with them in the water at a YWCA swimming class! There are classes for babies on up at Plainsboro and Princeton!
Swimming (Plainsboro and Princeton)  

If you're 2-3, you'll have fun with your mom or dad at Tumble Tots! You get to explore, use equipment, have circle time and improve your body movement skills while you play.
Toddler Tumbling (Plainsboro) 

Do you like to move your body all around in different shapes? Grab your leotard or t-shirt and shorts and put on your sneakers. It's gymnastics time!
Preschooler Gymnastics (Princeton) 

Move that little body! If you are 12-24 months, get your parents to bring you to the Fun for Ones class. With your mom or dad and your instructor, you get to climb, jump and use gym equipment!
Toddler Gymnastics (Princeton) 

Join the Second Annual Tiny Tot World Series of Birding! When you attend with your mom or dad, you'll learn some basic facts about birds and then go out to do some tod-style birding. You’ll get lunch and a gift, too. Lots of tods want to do this, so ask your parents to reserve your spot!
Bird Watching (Plainsboro) 

For a fun day out, ask your parents to take you to Terhune Orchards! It's a cool farm where you can pick all kinds of fruit in summer, go on a hayride and pet the animals at the Petting Zoo! And if your parents sign up for the newsletter, Terhune Orchards will them know what fun things are happening when.
Petting Zoo (Princeton) 

Ask your parents to take you over to Lewis B. Chamberlin Park, so you can play on the climbing frames and other fun play equipment!
Playground (West Windsor) 

If you're two or older, you're ready to enjoy a fun birthday party with some of your friends. Your instructor/helpers will design a party around what you like, and they'll help you decorate the room, too. You and your friends get to use the water table and painting easels!
Explore-a-theme Birthday Party (Princeton) 

Watch cool birds! Visit the Sandy Hook Bird Observatory platform, with awesome views of dunes and the Atlantic Ocean. From March to May, observe birds as they migrate north. See northern gannets, bald eagles, common loons, double-crested cormorants, and more!
Birdwatching (West Windsor) 

If you're an early bird, head out to the wild and wonderful Princeton Headlands! Early morning is the best time to watch the beautiful sight of flocks of migrating birds, as they pass over the headlands.
Migration Watch (Princeton) 

Learn how to conduct field surveys on open space areas and then make a difference in your community by helping to track wildlife! Once you learn the various techniques, you get to work on your own, helping the Audubon Society catalog wildlife species at their sanctuaries.
Wildlife Biology (Plainsboro) 

For a special treat, ask your parents to take you over to Cape May, and breathe some salt sea air! There are daily boat trips in the whaling season, where you can watch awesome whales, dolphins and migrating seabirds!
Whale-watching (Cape May) 

Do you like acting? Check out the Kelsey Kids Play shops (not "workshops", because it's more like playing!). There are 10-week sessions for K-2nd grade and 3rd-5th grade. Play and experiment, and get more self-confident!
Theater Arts (West Windsor) 

If you're in grades 5-12, check out Tomato Patch summer programs at the Kelsey Theater. Professional artists are there to help you explore the visual arts, dance, theater, and vocals. You'll be in good company - a lot of Broadway artists and theater arts teachers got their start and inspiration at Tomato Patch!
Visual and Performing Arts Workshops (West Windsor) 

Whatever kind of dance you like to do, the Plainsboro Dance Company probably has the class for you! Choose from Ballet, Classical Indian Dance, Flamenco, Hip Hop and Funk, Jazz, Tap or Theater Dance!
Dance (Plainsboro) 

School is out, but you want to keep reading all summer long? No problem! Join one of the Princeton Public Library Summer Reading Clubs. There are clubs for preschoolers, elementary school students, and teens. Librarians are there to help you choose books you'll like, and you can see what other kids are reading, too.
Summer Reading Club (Princeton) 

Need some help with your homework? There are people to help you at Springboard in Princeton Public Library. You can get homework help there one time, or as often as you want!
K12 Help with Homework (Princeton) 

Explore this awesome revolutionary fort, bombed by the British and burned by the Revolutionaries when they fled. Check out the zigzag entrance into the munitions vault, built to prevent massive explosions in times of danger. You can even go to Kid Boot Camp there during the summer!
Fort Mifflin (Philadelphia) 

You and your family get to sleep in your own caboose! You kids get bunk beds at one end, and there's a big bed for your parents at the other end. There's a TV, shower and toilet, and you can even invite your friends, because there's room for six people!
Overnight at the Red Caboose Motel (Strasburg) 

You've got to see this huge warehouse, with full-size trains to explore. Check out the replica of the John Bull, the first American train that was tested in New Jersey. On Saturdays, you can operate a model layout, and a train artist will show you how to draw trains. Then visit the Toy Train Museum, with its 8 operating layouts!
Train Museum (Strasburg) 

Eat hot potato chips right off the line and get two free chip bags! See how they make potato chips and pretzels and get rid of brown chips. Watch them dump entire tractor-trailers of potatoes to make into chips!
Herr’s Potato Chip Factory (near Lancaster) 

Go to a place where it's quiet and beautiful and you're surrounded by nature! Walk the trails of the Autumn Hill Reservation through fields of wild flowers, and check out the wildlife. See deer, opossum, skunks, and foxes. In forest areas along the Ridge, see cool turkey vultures and red tailed hawks, and maybe even a great horned owl!
Nature Walks and Hikes (Princeton) 

West Windsor Community Park is 123 acres and has plenty of things for a kid to do outdoors! There’s a playground and lots of paths that you can jog or walk on.
Playgrounds and Jogging Paths (West Windsor) 

Go fishing! In the pond in Community Park North, you'll be fishing alongside the locals for sunfish and catfish. In the stream, check out the crayfish and minnows and watch the water strider bugs!
Fishing (Princeton) 

If you're 5 or older, head over to the YWCA, where there's a swim class for you! They use the American Red Cross Aquatic Program, which has all the latest techniques to get you swimming like a pro. If you're 15 or older, take a Lifeguard class!
Aquatics (Princeton) 

Do you love soccer? If you're a boy or girl age 5-18, there's a soccer program for you. Play in tournaments, learn how to be a referee or go to soccer camp!
West Windsor/ Plainsboro Soccer Association  

Into sports? Take your pick! Head for the ball fields, playing fields, or basketball courts at Community Park South. Do you want even more options? Play bocce or tennis, or make a splash in the swimming pool!
Sports Fields and Courts (Princeton) 

Interested in Martial Arts? Take a class at the Family Martial Arts Center. In the March - May sessions, learn the basics from a former Korean Champion, a Grand Master who is a ninth degree black belt! There's a session for kids age 6-7, and another for kids age 8-13.
Martial Arts (West Windsor) 

West Windsor Recreation Department has an awesome selection of summer camps for kids! Choose from baseball, basketball, cheerleading, dance, field hockey, football, multisports, volleyball, soccer and golf!
Summer Camps (West Windsor) 

I f you're 5-14, celebrate your birthday playing your favorite sport with your buddies! At the YWCA, you get a two-hour party, with one hour spent playing sport and another hour eating birthday food (including your cake, of course!) and opening your presents.
Sports Birthday Party (Princeton) 

Families like this steakhouse! The servers there like kids, the prices are reasonable, the food is great and they serve large portions, so you can come away with left-overs.
KC Prime Steakhouse, Lawrenceville, near Princeton, NJ 

For a special occasion with a bunch of family and friends, ask your parents to take you to the Crystal Garden. Like its name suggests, eating here is like eating in a beautiful garden. From your table, you look down on waterfalls and ponds with koi fish, in the midst of green trees and shrubs. Check out the Sunday brunch, with plenty of choice and lots of desserts!
Crystal Garden, Princeton, NJ 

Do you like pancakes? Ask your parents to take you to breakfast over at PJ's, by the university. They have yummy buttermilk pancakes, the people are friendly and the atmosphere is energetic. You'll want this to be a regular Saturday treat!
PJ's Pancake House, Princeton, NJ