10+ kid-friendly spots in Plainview
Plainview · Music · Indoor
All Music Inc in Plainview offers 1-on-1 music lessons for all instruments, available 7 days a week with teachers covering rock, classical, and many other styles; the shop also stocks over 700 guitars and rents school band instruments.
Lessons are 30 minutes long in private practice studios equipped with stands, pianos, amplifiers, and drums.
Plainview · Dance & Theater
Dancenter Inc is a kid-friendly fitness & sports spot in Plainview.
Plainview · Sports & Swim · Indoor · Hosts birthdays
Hotshots Gymnastics in Plainview offers classes for preschoolers through older kids, with separate beginner, intermediate, and parent-child programs; the facility recently relocated to a larger space with air conditioning and new equipment.
Entrance is around the back of the building, not the front.
Plainview · Sports & Swim · Indoor · Hosts birthdays
Island Xtreme Cheerleading in Plainview offers tumbling, cheer, and stunting classes for ages 3 and up, plus open gym drop-in sessions and private lessons in a full facility gym.
Open gym on Fridays has coaches available for tumbling and stunting; bring your stunt group if you want to work on partner skills.
Plainview · Music · Indoor
Paul Effman Music operates retail locations in Plainview and Lagrangeville where families can rent quality band and orchestra instruments, purchase accessories, and arrange private music lessons; the company also partners with parochial and private schools nationwide to deliver instrumental music programs in woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, and ukulele.
Both retail locations offer private music lessons in addition to instrument rentals and sales.
Free · Plainview · Parks & Playgrounds · Outdoor
Peter C. Collins Soccer Park in Plainview features well-maintained grass fields with excellent drainage and lighting for evening games, accommodating multiple matches at once.
Fields are lit for evening play, making after-school and weekend games possible.
Plainview · Parks & Playgrounds
Plainview Old Bethpage community park is a kid-friendly nature & outdoors spot in Plainview.
Free · Plainview · Libraries
Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library in Plainview offers collections, digital services, and programs for children, teens, and adults, including museum pass borrowing, databases, and streaming access.
Borrow museum passes with your library card to visit Long Island and NYC museums.
Plainview · Dance & Theater · Indoor
Strut Your Stuff offers year-round dance classes in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary, hip-hop, acrobatics, musical theater, and ballroom in Plainview. The studio runs recreational programs and a competition team, with classes for kids ranging from introductory combination classes through advanced levels.
The studio can form new classes if you have a group of friends interested in the same style and time slot.
Plainview · Dance & Theater · Indoor
Take A Bow Playhouse in Plainview offers musical theatre classes for ages 3 and up, with kids learning singing, dancing, and acting in semester-long programs that culminate in performances. The studio runs fall and spring semesters plus a summer camp, with class formats ranging from 60-minute preschool sessions to 2-hour middle and high school productions.
Preschoolers must be toilet trained to enroll in the 3-4 age group.
Plainview · Tutoring & STEM · Indoor
The Happy Bookworm offers parent-child literature classes for toddlers 15 to 40 months in Plainview, with locations also in Syosset. Each weekly class centers on a different picture book, combining storytelling, art projects, music, and movement to build early literacy and social skills.
Classes follow the same structure each week, which helps toddlers understand what to expect and transition between activities more easily.