January 20: Peddlers trunks
Drawing inspiration from peddlers trunks in the exhibition and in the AANM permanent collection, children will transform a common everyday shoebox (provided) into a miniature peddlers trunk. A short presentation with a slide show and a brief visit to the Little Syria, NY gallery are included.

January 27: Storybooks
Following a short visit to the Little Syria, NY exhibition and a session with an interactive video game created by NYC’s Tenement Museum, kids will be inspired to imagine they are immigrants to the Little Syria neighborhood, and document their experiences in a storybook they write and decorate themselves. 

February 3: Musical instruments
After a short presentation that compares/contrasts Arabic musical instruments with Western instruments and a visit to the Music display in the AANM’s Community Courtyard, kids will make their own pie-pan tambourine, set of maracas or a mysterious-yet-fascinating “humming instrument.” 

February 10: Hummus
Yum! Kids will learn how immigrants preserve and share their culture by maintaining food traditions from their homelands, by making and sampling the delicious chickpea-based spread known as hummus. Other foods featured in the Little Syria, NY exhibition will also be available for taste-testing.