International Talk Like A Pirate Day

Ahoy there, mateys! Did you know that Thursday, September 19th is International Talk Like A Pirate Day? Arr, that’s right—there is indeed an entire day devoted to speaking like the scallywags of the sea. Little landlubbers are sure to be excited about this eccentric celebration, so you might want to prepare accordingly. We’ve rounded up some pirate-themed booty that will have the whole family saying “yo-ho-ho” in no time.

Modern Moose Pirate Clock
This 3-D wooden wall and shelf clock will certainly keep the pirate party going. You can’t help but smile when you check the time and see this peg-legged little guy staring back at you. Plus, you’ve got to admit that the bird is a pretty cute touch. $36, modmoose.com

LEGO Duplo Jake’s Pirate Ship Bucky
Young pirates can get into the seafaring spirit while trying to prevent Captain Hook from sneaking onto a pirate ship to steal treasure. Protect Jake’s pirate ship, Bucky, by keeping watch from the turning lookout tower, firing the cannon, and hoisting the sail to keep Captain Hook at bay with this toy from Disney’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates animated series. $39.97, amazon.com

Playmobil Carrying Case Pirates
Carry your pirates wherever you go with this My Take Along: Carrying Case Pirates toy. The transportable assortment of pirate-themed pieces is fun for kids and can be put away quickly and easily, making it the perfect on-the-go way to celebrate a whole day devoted to talking like pirates. $10.99, playmobil.us

Land of Nod Yo Ho Pirate Throw Pillow
A subtle way to bring some pirate-inspired style into your home, this pillow is the perfect decorative accent. The skull-and-crossbones printed design is sure to give the kids’ rooms a bit of edge for this year’s Talk Like A Pirate Day. $19, landofnod.com

SuperMe Pirate Patch
If you have a SuperMe backpack, check out this shield-shaped inter-changeable pirate patch. With one design available for girls and another for boys, these velcro patches are a great way to add a bit of excitement to your kids’ bags before heading off to school on Thursday. $5, supermehero.com

Brooklyn Robot Foundry - Virtual Classes

Brooklyn Robot Foundry offers super fun online robot-building classes for children 2-13 years old!&nbsp;&nbsp;Each week, students are introduced to new engineering concepts and components while building that day&rsquo;s robot in their own &ldquo;workshop&rdquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp;All classes maintain a very low student-to-teacher ratio, allowing for plenty of individualized instruction and socializing. The supplies are shipped in advance and classes are led by amazing instructors, taking all the pressure off parents.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Foundry&rsquo;s main focus however, is that kids have fun, get creative, and enjoy being part of this STEAM-loving community!&nbsp;

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;

Atlantic Acting School

Looking for a fun and exciting theater program for kids and teens? Join us at the Atlantic. Our programs are intense, exciting and fun!