Kids Korner: June 11 to 18, 2026

PROGRAMS First Steps Into Nature Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown presents First Steps Into Nature for children ages 2 to 5 on June 12, June 19 and June 26 at 9:30 a.m. Little ones will learn about nature through hands on interaction, music, crafts, stories, play and more. $20 per child per class. To register, visit www.sweetbriarnc.org. 631-979-6344 Bicycle Rodeo Town of Brookhaven will host a Bicycle Rodeo at Safety Town, 249 Buckley Road, Holtsville on June 13 from 8 a.m. to noon. This event encourages children to learn how to safely ride their bikes in a mock-roadway, kid-sized setting. Participants of all ages will be evaluated and given feedback on their own bicycle-handling abilities, after proper bicycle safety skills are demonstrated. Bring your own helmets and bicycles; both will be inspected for safety. Free but reservations required by calling 631-451-5335. Storytime at Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble at the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove and the Barnes & Noble, 301 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station invite children to their weekend storytime on June 13 and weekday storytime on June 16 at 11 a.m. Free. No reservations required. 631-724-0341 (LG), 631-350-5503 (HS). Stars & Stripes Signal Flags Join the Whaling Museum, 301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor for a Stars & Stripes Signal Flags craft on June 14 and June 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Flags tell stories! Explore how mariners used flags to communicate at sea, and how a young nation designed a flag to represent freedom. Study real signal flags and design your own signal flag as a vexillologist (a flag expert!) for the day. Admission fee +$12 participant. No registration required. 631-367-3418 Kids Art and Nature Class Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown offers a Kids Art and Nature Class...