How to Build Constructive Use Of Time

Creative Opportunities

Young person spends three or more hours per week in lessons or practice in music, theater, or other arts.

Bernards Township School Opportunities

1. WAMS - School Musical
2. WAMS - Clubs
3. RHS - Student Handbook with List of Activities

Music

1. Info: Arts Education in Public Schools
2. Info: Online Guide to Museums
3. Activity: Introducing Young Children to Art
4. Activity: New Jersey Performing Arts Center
5. Activity: PNC Arts Center
6. Idea: Organize a musical instrument drive to encourage people to donate used, but working, musical instruments to a school or youth program.

Theaters

1. Activity: Pax Amicus Castle Theatre
2. Activity: Growing State Theater
3. Activity: Morris County Museum - Click on Bickford Theater
4. Activity: All Children's Theatre
5. Activity: Community Theatre - Kid's Club
6. Activity: First Avenue Playhouse
7. Activity: Trilogy Repertory Company
8. Activity: Pushcart Players
9. Activity: Papermill Playhouse - Children's Theatre
10. Activity: Young Audiences New Jersey-Family Events
11. Activity: Raritan Valley Community College Theatre
12. Idea: Attend a theater performance – Broadway Theater, Community Theater, or a local High School production.

Museums/Arts

1. Info: Arts Education in Public Schools
2. Info: On-line Guide to Museums
3. Info: Introducing Young Children To Art
4. Info: Web Museum - Artists
5. Activity: Morris Museum
6. Activity: Metropolitan Museum of Art
7. Activity: Museum of Modern Art
8. Activity: Somerset Art Association
9. Activity: Hunterdon Museum of Art
10. Activity: Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
11. Activity: Celebrating the Arts in Your Family
12. Activity: Learning Origami
13. Activity: Sesame Street Workshop - Art
14. Activity: Craft Ideas for Kids
15. Activity: National Kids Construction Club
16. Activity: Destination Imagination! Develop Your Creativity Skills
17. Idea: Read biographies or view videos or films about musicians and other artists.

Youth Programs

Young person spends three or more hours per week in sports, clubs, or organizations at school and/or in the community.

Local Sports

1. Activity: Basking Ridge Little League
2. Activity: Mavericks Soccer Club
3. Activity: Somerset Hills Soccer Club
4. Activity: Somerset Hills Lacrosse Club
5. Activity: Somerset Hills Bulldogs Football
6. Activity: United Soccer Academy
7. Activity: Ridge Youth Sports
8. Activity: Somerset Hills YMCA Sports

Professional Sports

1. Activity: NY Yankees
2. Activity: NY Mets
3. Activity: Somerset Patriots
4. Activity: NY Giants
5. Activity: NY Jets
6. Activity: Knee Deep Fishing Club

Clubs/Organizations

1. WAMS - Clubs and Activities
2. RHS Student Handbook
3. Activity: Rolling Hills Girl Scout Council
4. Activity: Boy Scouts of America
5. Idea: If a child is looking for an activity beyond what their school has to offer, help him/her start a new club or organization.

Religious Community

Young person spends one or more hours per week in activities in a religious institution.

Information and Ideas

1. Info: Children and Religion
2. Info: Introducing Children To Religion
3. Info: World Religion Homework Links
4. Idea: Find out more about the different types of religious communities within the township by visiting or talking with congregation leaders/members.

Religious Institutions

1. All Saints Episcopal Church
2. Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church
3. Bishop Janes United Methodist Church
4. Chabad of Greater Somerset County
5. Congregation B'nai Israel
6. Covenant Chapel Reformed Episcopal Church
7. Evangelical Fellowship Chapel
8. Grace Fellowship Chapel
9. Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church
10. Millington Baptist Church
11. Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
12. Somerset Hills Baptist Church
13. Somerset Hills Lutheran Church
14. St. James Roman Catholic Church
15. St. Mark's Episcopal Church
16. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Somerset Hills

Time at Home

Young person is out with friends "with nothing special to do" two or fewer nights per week.

1. Info: Time Management Ideas For Kids
2. Info: Time Management For Kids
3. Info: More Time Management For Kids
4. Info: Time Management Skills For Children
5. Info: More Time Management for Kids
6. Info: Five Steps to Beating Procrastination
7. Activity: Family Dinnertime
8. Activity: Family Dinnertime Ideas
9. Activity: It's Summertime - Do You Know What Your Kid Is Doing?
10. Activity: Kid's Information on NJ
11. Activity: Holiday Crafts, Recipes and Coloring Pictures
12. Activity: Somerset Hills YMCA Calendar of Events

Learning Activities

1. Activity: NASA - Space Place
2. Activity: "Yucky" Information for Kids
3. Activity: Links to Various Arts/Crafts/Projects for Tweens
4. Activity: World Flag Database
5. Activity: The Nine Plants - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
6. Activity: NASA's Kids Club
7. Activity: Human Anatomy On-Line
8. Activity: How Stuff Works
9. Activity: Understanding Earthquakes
10. Activity: Volcano World
11. Activity: All About Dinosaurs
12. Activity: CIA World Fact Book on Countries
13. Activity: Information on the 50 States And Their Capitals
14. Activity: Flag Tag Game: Choice the Correct Country Flag
15. Activity: Sounds of the World's Animals
16. Activity: A Super Site For Fun Activities
17. Activity: Fun Brain Activities
18. Activity: Ghosts & Hauntings
19. Activity: Disney Games and Activities
20. Activity: Amusement Park Physics
21. Activity: Discovery Brain Boosters
22. Activity: Learn About Early America
23. Idea: Think of teenagers as adults in training. Teach them something practical, such as how to change a tire on the car, prepare a meal or create a monthly budget.
24. Idea: Limit TV time. Try to watch shows together, as a family, and talk about the content of the show.
25. Idea: Eat meals together whenever possible. Encourage dinner-time conversation.
26. Idea: Start a tradition of “family night” where the family does an activity together, such as watching a movie or playing board games.