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Kids’ Space

By The TimesLedger

This is KIDS' SPACE, a guide to things for children to do and see.

We always like to hear from the kids themselves – what's going on in their school or neighborhood, and what they think. We also welcome original writing, play and movie reviews, reports from schools, poetry, drawings, and photos.

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KIDS' SPACE

Att.: David Glenn

Times-Ledger Newspapers

41-02 Bell Blvd.

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More than 2,000 students from 19 city public schools – including PS 43 in Far Rockaway and Martin dePorres in Springfield Gardens – will showcase their dancing skills in a three-day “Event of the Year” starting Friday, April 27. The event, produced by the National Dance Institute, is at the concert hall at LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts at Amsterdam Avenue and 65th Street in Manhattan at 6:30 p.m. April 27; 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28; and 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 30.

The Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning offers a free workshop for parents and children without computer access at home. The workshops meet on the third Sunday of each month through Aug. 19. Call 658-7400, Ext. 11.

Children 3 to 8 years old can “Have Fun with Books” – reading aloud and crafts – on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon at MS 172 in Floral Park. 718-347-3279.

Help with homework is offered weekdays from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Community United Methodist Church, 81-10 35th Ave., Jackson Heights. 718-446-0690.

The Astro Club, with projects and activities for all ages, meets from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. 718-699-0005, ext. 349. The Hall currently is exhibiting “Psychology: It's More Than You Think.”

Many performances are scheduled in the 2000-2001 season of Queens Theatre in the Park. They are all a great way for kids to tear away from their video and computer monitors and experience the magic of live theater.

A variety of workshops and craft classes is offered at the Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, 718-347-3276.

High Five, a non-profit group, makes it possible for middle school and high school students (with I.D.) in all five boroughs to see some of the top performances and other cultural events around the city for just $5 a ticket. call 212-445-8587 or go online: www.high5tix.org.