Our Bubble Babies class helps our newest little swimmers become comfortable in and around the water. Songs and games introduce beginner swim skills (such as kicking, splashing, and blowing bubbles) and create a fun, positive experience for young children in the pool. For children 6mo-2yrs with their grownup.

Bubble Babies classes are FREE for Center Family Members. 

Not a member yet? visit here to learn more and join the Downtown Community Center

Family Swim hours are offered everyday for our members. Sign up through the Acuity Client Scheduling app.

Click here to see our full current member swim .

With toys, climbing structures,  books, art supplies and a helpful staff, the clubhouse is a wonderful cozy place to spend time moving, learning and making friends in an open setting.

9:30AM -2:30PM  Monday -Friday

9:30AM -4:30PM  Saturday and Sunday

Imagination Playground soft and sturdy building blocks can take your child wherever their imagination leads them. Available in the Great Hall daily, and Fridays in our Dance Studio.

Our talented teaching artists sing, dance and play with your little one in this cozy class that helps kiddos get their wiggles out!

Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Lounge

Our Science Room has a secret; it's the home to Manhattan Youth's Animals! In Animal Hour, kids can see, hold, feed and learn about our resident turtle, fish and bearded dragons with our staff.  We'll do art projects, sensory play, and other fun activities designed to teach all about our friends in the animal world.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10:00am - 12:00pm

Saturdays and Sundays 10:00am- 1pm

Our littlest members in their very own class! A little movement, exercise and bonding for 4 - 12 months and their grownups.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the Activity Room

Tuesday and Thursday in the Lounge

Practice coordination and gross motor skills through gymnastics-focused open play with your favorite MY tumbling teachers. These sessions are designed to complement our structured Tumbling Academy classes for a fun opportunity to explore and practice skills!

Thursdays

9:30am 12 -18 mos

10:15am 18 mos -2.5 years

11:00am 2- 3 years

Join us at the Center after lunch and naps for art projects, rainy day movies, sensory play and more!

Every weekday afternoon, 2:30 - 4:30pm

When naptime is finished and dinnertime is still a few hours away, spend some of that special and energetic time with us in our largest meeting space, the Great Hall! We’ll feature one of our favorite kids music acts so kids can sing, run, jump and play, and the whole family can enjoy music, laughter and fun, together. 

Schedule beginning Fall 2026

• Mondays and Thursdays at 3:30PM: Music with Corey
• Tuesdays  2:30PM: Musical Notes with Nate and Miles
• Wednesdays 2:30PM: Music with Gloria
• Fridays at 3:30PM: Musical Singalongs with Iliana

NEW! Sunday Family Concerts : Every Sunday at 10:30AM

Music acts like Music with Corey, Rolie Polie Guacamole and Musical Notes with Nate and Miles vist the Great Hall every Sunday for a silly, fun and free musical experience for our members and their grown ups.

Miss Ashley will lead your little one through sensory activities using projects, games and explorations for learning and delight

Thursdays 10:00am - 12:00pm in the Great Hall

Join our staff for a fun drop -in experience where children and their grown ups can make something fun, useful, or beautiful all their own.

Tuesdays

10am -12pm

Join our expert coaches in our large, airy Dance Studio to explore basic skills required for your budding basketball star.

Introduce your little one to the fundamentals of soccer through fun, age-appropriate games, movement, and skill-building activities in a playful indoor setting.

Music and Me with Gloria B is a fun, engaging class where kids explore the building blocks of music through singing, movement, rhythm, and playful activities. They’ll develop musical awareness and confidence while discovering how music works—and having lots of fun along the way!

Come dance, play instruments, and explore through music with Ms. Gloria! This new 30 minute experimental music class is a space for your little one to listen, sing, dance, and learn with both live and recorded music in a free-play style space.

Sit with your friends for an engaging bilingual Storytime in Spanish, featuring beloved books, music and songs that inspire imagination, language development, and a love of reading.

Science becomes fun in this class that helps children develop their scientific mind. Let your child explore their curiosity by engaging the senses. They’ll learn about colors, shapes, textures, and more through a different project each class.

Tuesdays 9:30am, 10:15am  and 11:15 am 

Members can  reserve their space in class up to two days in advance pending availability. 

This class is a premium registration class and requires sign up and a registration fee of $20 / $25 per class. Please visit our registration page.

Join us for messy fun classes in cooking, science and art, and leave the clean up to us! Create a masterpiece in each class! Join our talented teaching artists to create a new art project every week.

Make a Mess Art  meets Thursdays at 9:30am, 10:15 am and 11:15am

Members may reserve space to drop in up to two days in advance, pending availability. 

This class is a premium registration class and requires sign up and a registration fee of $20 / $25 per class. Please visit our registration page.

Make tasty treats, savory snacks, and everything in between! Each child has their own station and supplies, and after the creation is made,, enjoy the taste of their success!

Monday,  Wednesday and Fridays 9:30am, 10:15am and 11:15am

Members may reserve space to drop in up to two days in advance, pending availability.

This class is a premium registration class and requires sign up and a registration fee of $20 / $25 per class. Please visit our registration page.

Spend an hour with your whole family in our ceramics studio. You can be led through a project or simply work on your own handbuilding project with access to our full ceramics studio. All pieces will remain in the studio to be fired and will be ready for pick up within two weeks time. All work is non-toxic and food-safe. All ages!

Saturdays in the Art Room

Now Open to Afterschool Families

Tennis Tikes

MY Tennis classes provide a fun environment that will help 3 and 4 year olds to establish a base for gross motor and athletic skill development.

In the Fall and Spring: Tennis Classes are offered in small groups on Sunday Mornings in our Activity Room.

During this time, classes are by semester based registration and only for members.

Registration opens each October.

To learn more, email Mark@manhattanyouth.org

5  - 8 Years

Tennis Aces

During Tennis Aces, our instructors introduce children to the game of tennis in a fun and supportive way using scaled down courts and equipment. Classes will use a games based approach to tennis instruction while also stressing the continued development of no only tennis skills but also motor and athletic skills.

Registration opens in October for our Fall Tennis Aces classes, and in January for our Spring Tennis Aces classes.

Register here

Dates: Saturdays from September 19th - January 16th

Member Cost: $499 for the semester

Non-member Cost: $599 for the semester

My Little Dancer & Me!

9:30 am | Ages 2-3

The perfect first ballet experience with genuine learning you will both share!  Dance along with your child through our award winning syllabus recorded by Elizabeth Flores and Dr. Alan Turry at the Juilliard School of Music. Learn ballet vocabulary, steps and positions and while making lasting memories together! 

Pre Ballet

10:15am | Ages 3-4

The perfect mix of joy and learning for the young dancer! Taught with our award winning syllabus recorded by Elizabeth Flores and Dr. Alan Turry at the Juilliard School of Music. Students will learn positions and vocabulary and introduction to ballet barre in a playful atmosphere! 

Children’s Ballet Level 1

11am | Ages 5-6

This one hour ballet class combines stretching and conditioning with traditional ballet barre and center floor. Students will learn correct technique, ballet vocabulary, classroom etiquette, musicality, and artistry

Real ballet & Real fun!

Introducing our new Tumbling Academy, featuring small-group, structured classes which help children develop coordination, strength, confidence, and early gymnastics skills. These instructorguided, guardian-assisted classes require reservation and are designed to complement our Tumble Tots open play program, offering a more personal, progressive experience.

This class requires a resveration and a registration fee of $15.

Friday Night Table Tennis at the Downtown Community Center

Looking for a fun activity for Friday nights? Come join us at the Downtown Community Center for our new Friday Night Table Tennis program! Our Table Tennis classes will feature a games-based approach, and focus on learning the basics in a laid back, friendly, non-competitive environment. We'll learn the rules and fundamentals while playing games, building skill, hanging with our friends, and overall having a great time! 

Grades 4th - 8th

Fridays at 6:30PM -8:00PM

Starting October 9th

Register opens soon