Unique & Fun Ways to Spend a Day in NYC with Your Grandchild

Coming up with fun and eventful activities that both you and your grandchild can engage in together can be difficult. Here is a list of fresh and fun child and grandparent friendly activities!

1. Free Music Recording Workshop

New York City currently has a number of workshops perfect for a grandparent and grandchild duo. My personal favorite is the Music Recording Workshop. In Brooklyn on 20 Jay Street Suite 306 you can take this music recording workshop together entirely free. Available in full and half day workshops from 10 am until 3 pm. When the day is over you can leave with a CD of you and your grandchild making sweet music together and a lasting memory you can cherish forever. To learn more call 718.624.6300 or visit Triple Z music online by clicking here.

2. Hudson Highlands Riverboat Tour

Take your grandchild on a once in a lifetime riverboat tour along the Hudson River. Ride on the historic M/V Commander and take in the gorgeous scenery. Riverboat tours are available from May to October. Prices range from $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $20 per child. Make sure to call 845.534.SAIL (7245) to book your reservation for this popular New York activity. Visit the official Hudson Highlands Riverboat Tour website here now.

3. John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean

This is an interactive musical show intended for toddlers, pre-schoolers and Elementary school students that your grandchild is certain to love. The show features an undersea musical adventure known to be magical. The main characters include Bubbles, Tank and Dorsel who are fish on a treasure hunt. The best part is the ever engaging audience involvement with specially designed clues and songs. Catch this show on Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday at New World Stages on 340 West 50th Street in New York City. Call 646.871.1730 for ticket information or visit the official website here now.

4. Baseball Center

Batting practice is a great activity for both grandparents and grandchild alike. The best part of hitting the batting cages is the memory you will be making together. Start a tradition in your family to encourage healthy living through activity and sports while developing your grandchild's hand and motor skills and eye hand coordination. Visit the Upper West Side and go to the Baseball Center at 202 West 74th Street or hit the cages at the Astoria Sports Complex in Manhattan. Prices start at $35 for an hour of batting time with equipment included. Now go get 'em sluggers! For more information call the following telephone number at 212.362.0344 or go to the Baseball Center's website here now.

5. Kensington Stables Horse Drawn Carriage Ride

This is fun for the whole family and your grandchild will love getting to ride a horse or pony. Enjoy classes while everyone rides on a separate horse or enjoy a horse-drawn carriage through Brooklyn's Prospect Park. This is one day that your grandchild will never forget and a day you will treasure forever. Don't forget the camera! Visit their website here now or call Kensington Stables at 718.972.4588.

Have fun creating precious memories with your grandchild doing all these fun and inventive NYC family activities.