Summer Guide 2008 - What Kids Want to Do When School's Out -- New York Magazine

Not Just Chillaxin’

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For Mercedes
Saturdays in July and August, Urban Park Rangers lead family-camping nights complete with cookouts and hiking.
Free, reservations required; 718-217-6034
Aram
Start working on your jackknife with a springboard diving class at Asphalt Green.
$349 for nonmembers; 555 E. 90th St., at York Ave.; 212-369-8890

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For Tialiyah
Brooklyn Aikikai’s Aikido summer camp offers beginners martial-arts training that’s similar to jujitsu.
$350 per week; 408 Third Ave., nr. 29th St.; 718-643-6044
For Karina
Get a mani-pedi at Cozy’s Cuts for Kids’ Second Avenue location on Fridays and Saturdays only.
$7 mani, $15 pedi; 1416 Second Ave., nr. 74th St.; 212-585-2699

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