Fri, July 2
11:30 am: Storytime with Emily. Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Ave. between Hicks and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], themoxiespot.com.
3 pm: “Illuscination.” Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s new summer circus. $10-$50. Coney Island Boardwalk [Surf Avenue at West 21st Street in Coney Island, (800) 745-3000], http://www.ringling.com/coneyisland.
4:15 pm: Animal encounter. Brooklyn Children’s Museum [145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 735-4400], http://www.brooklynkids.org.
6:15 pm: Movie night. Moxie Spot (see venue info above).
Sat, July 3
10:30 am: Story time for kids. Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. between South Elliott Place and South Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246-0200], abookstoreinbrooklyn.blogspot.com.
Noon–5 pm: Learn about eagles. An Independence Day celebration. Free. Prospect Park Audubon Center [Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue in Prospect Park, (718) 287-3400], http://www.prospectpark.org/audubon.
12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Jack and the Beanstalk.” The classic children’s story — with marionettes! $7 children, $8 adults. Puppetworks [338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park Slope, (718) 965-3391], puppetworks.org.
1 pm: “Illuscination.” See Friday, July 2.
1–4 pm: Independence celebration. Sign a copy of the Declaration of Independence with a quill pen. Free. Lefferts Historic Homestead [452 Flatbush Ave. between Empire Boulevard and Eastern Parkway in Park Slope, (718) 789-2822], http://www.prospectpark.org.
1:30 pm: Science power hour. Prospect Park Audubon Center [Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue in Prospect Park, (718) 287-3400], http://www.prospectpark.org/audubon.
Sun, July 4
11 am–9 pm: Fourth of July picnic. Live bands, games, prizes, food, kid’s rides, sprinklers, face painting and more. Free. 82nd Street Field [82nd Street at Shore Road in Bay Ridge, (718) 238-6044], http://www.martygolden.com.
11:30 am: Singalong with Nat and Ari. $2.50 per child ($5 family). Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Ave. between Hicks and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], themoxiespot.com.
Noon–5 pm: Learn about eagles. See Saturday, July 3.
12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Jack and the Beanstalk.” See Saturday, July 3.
1–4 pm: Independence celebration. See Saturday, July 3.
1:30 pm: Science power hour. See Saturday, July 3.
2:30 pm: “Illuscination.” See Friday, July 2.
Mon, July 5
1–4 pm: Park parade. Learn about history, make a craft and then parade through the Lefferts Farmyard. Free. Lefferts Historic Homestead [452 Flatbush Ave. between Empire Boulevard and Eastern Parkway in Park Slope, (718) 789-2822], http://www.prospectpark.org.
1 pm: “Illuscination.” See Friday, July 2.
Tues, July 6
11:30 am: Singalong with Lloyd. Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Ave. between Hicks and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], themoxiespot.com.
2:30 pm: Movie Time. Free. Windsor Terrace Library [160 East Fifth Street in Windsor Terrace, (718) 686-9707], http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
7 pm: Stories in the Garden. Cookies, lemonade and fresh hot stories. Free. Hoyt Street Garden (Hoyt Street at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill), http://www.boerumhillassociation.org.
Wed, July 7
10:30 am: Stories and movies. Windsor Terrace Library [160 East Fifth Street in Windsor Terrace, (718) 686-9707], http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
10:30 am and 1 pm: “Illuscination.” See Friday, July 2.
11:30 am: Todder Time. Reading fun ages 18 to 36 months. Free. Clinton Hill Library [380 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 398-8713], http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
11 am: Pre-School Story Time. For ages 3 to 5. Free. Red Hook Library [7 Wolcott Street in Red Hook, (718) 935-0203], http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
1 pm: Storytime with Emily. See Friday, July 2.
Thurs, July 8
2:30 pm: Feeding Frenzy. Children help feed the exhibit animals. Brooklyn Children’s Museum [145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 735-4400], http://www.brooklynkids.org.
3 pm: “Illuscination.” See Friday, July 2.
6–9 pm: Family night. Music and a night movie (“Azur & Asmar”). Free. East River State Park [enter at Kent Avenue and N. Eighth Street in Williamsburg, (347) 559-1410].
Fri, July 9
11:30 am: Storytime with Emily. See Friday, July 2.
2 pm: Movie time. Free. Pacific Library [25 Fourth Avenue in Boerum Hill, (718) 638-1531], http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
3 pm: “Illuscination.” See Friday, July 2.
6:15 pm: Movie night. See Friday, July 2.
Sat, July 10
10:30 am: Story time for kids. See Saturday, July 3.
12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Jack and the Beanstalk.” See Saturday, July 3.
1 pm: “Illuscination.” See Friday, July 2.
1:30 pm: Science power hour.