Things to do with kids in Long Island

Things to do with kids in Long Island

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Monday Jan. 19, 2026

8:30am

42nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemoration

Ages: All
Community
Free

First Baptist Church of Glen CoveGlen Cove

9am–noon

Hofstra University & Village of Hempstead MLK Day Parade & Ceremony

Ages: All
Community
Free

Hempstead Village HallHempstead

10am–noon

Ninja Née and the Secret of the Signal Tower

Ages: All
Classes

Sands Point PreserveSands Point

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10–11am

Slime Workshop at Children’s Museum of the East End

Ages: 3 – 8

Children’s Museum of the East EndBridgehampton,

10:30am–12:30pm

Rise Against Hunger

Ages: All
Community
Free

Sid Jacobson JCCEast Hills

Build Your Nation

11am–1pm

Build Your Nation: Game Edition

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11am

AdvoKids: Let Freedom Ring with MLK

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

Imagination Play Project

11am–2pm

Imagination Play Project Pop-Up

Ages: All
Art
Classes

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

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Noon

Disney On Ice presents Mickey’s Search Party

Ages: All
Theater

UBS ArenaElmont

Noon–2:30pm

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

Ages: All
Community
Free

Elmont Memorial High SchoolLong Island

1–2pm

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration

Ages: 5 – 12
Free
History & Culture

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

long island advokids MLK

1pm

AdvoKids: Let Freedom Ring with MLK

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

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