ANIMALS

FRIGID FUN Brrr! Children can find out what it would be like to live at the North or South Pole at the New York Aquarium’s “Polar Pals” program. Attendees investigate the lives of animals that live at the ends of the world with games, crafts, and other handson activities. The program is intended for children ages 6 to 8. Tuesday, December 28, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., New York Aquarium, West 8th Street and Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-265-3448, $26 general, $21 members, registration required.

ART

LET IT SNOW Children can work with their parents to create a homemade snow-globe at the Dahesh Museum’s “Holiday Art Academy.” The activity is recommended for children ages 6 to 12, and adult companions must attend, too. Tuesday, December 28 through Thursday, December 30, 1-3 p.m., Dahesh Museum of Art, 580 Madison Ave., between 56th and 57th streets, 212-759-0606 ext. 249, free with museum admission, $9 general, $4 seniors and students, free for children under 12, reservations suggested.

COLLECTING

STAMP START Tom Riley talks about stamps and the postal service. He shows children’s ages 5 to 12 how to collect, store, and organize stamps. Attendees receive an album and starter stamps. Today, 3:30 p.m., New York Public Library, Spuyten Duyvil Branch, 650 855 1527 1032 1537W. 235th St. at Independence Avenue, Bronx, 718-796-1202, free, registration required.

FILM

BABY LANGUAGE The Reel Moms film series, which invites parents to bring their babies to the theater, screens James L. Brooks’s “Spanglish.” Tomorrow, 11 a.m., Loews 34th Street, 316 W. 34th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-244-8850. Also” Loews Orpheum 7, 1538 Third Ave., between 86th and 87th streets, 212-876-2111. Both screenings: $8.99 general, free for children under 2. See www.enjoytheshow.com/reelmoms for more information.

HOLIDAYS

SONGS AND STORIES More than 80 children participate in the family musical “Song in the Night.” The play tells the traditional Christmas story of Jesus’s birth in Bethlehem, as seen by the farm and desert animals who were in the stable. Audience members will meet an innkeeper’s angry cat, a depressed donkey, and the royal camels. Thursday and Friday, 7 p.m., doors open one hour early, Mark Hellinger Theatre, Times Square Church, 51st Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, 212-541-6300 ext. 270, free.

LAST-MINUTE CHEER Children can use metallic papers, ribbons, and glitter to make a handmade holiday card. Friday, 11 a.m., noon, 2, 3, and 4 p.m., Children’s Museum of Manhattan, 212 W. 83rd St., between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 212-721-1223, free with admission, $8 general, $5 seniors.

GOTTA HAVE IMANIA family Kwanzaa festival focuses on the holiday’s Nguzo Saba, or Seven Principles: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), ujima (collective work and responsibility), ujamaa (cooperative economics), nia (purpose), kuumba (creativity), and imani (faith). Sunday, noon-6 p.m., American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street and Central Park West, 212-769-5200, free with museum admission, $13 general, $10 seniors and students, $7.50 children.

MUSEUMS

JAZZY HOLIDAY Children under 17 are admitted free at a post-holiday family celebration at the Jewish Museum. Radio Disney’s “Jazzy Jen” will play some tunes and lead games (11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.) and the Metropolitan Klezmer Ensemble performs (1:30-3 p.m.). Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., the Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-423-3200, $10 general, free for children under 17.

MUSIC

SPECIAL SONGS Students at the Kaufman Center’s Special Music School, which serves musically gifted youngsters, perform in a holiday choral concert. Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., Kaufman Center, 129 W.67th St. at Broadway, 212-501-3330, $7 general, $4 students.

PUPPETS

IN THE SHADOWS Children can watch a shadow puppet performance at a workshop tomorrow. Then they make their own puppets and learn how to put on a production. The event is intended for children ages 8 to 12. Tomorrow, 4 p.m., Kips Bay Branch Library, 446 Third Ave. at 31st Street, 212-683-2520, free.

BILINGUAL BILLY-CLUBS Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Los Titeres de Cachiporra” (The Billy-Club Puppets) is performed in Spanish and English. The Punch-and-Judy-style spectacle is a love triangle between an old man, a young man, and the beautiful Rosita. The show is presented by the children’s puppet theater Los Kabayitos. Saturday, 3 p.m., Teatro Sea, 107 Suffolk St., between Delancey and Rivington streets, 212-260-4080 ext. 14, $12 general, $10 children.

SPORTS

ICE, ICE, BABY The Ice Theatre of New York celebrates its 20th anniversary with a winter festival featuring several premieres by both dance and ice choreographers. Highlights include “Twist,” the first work on ice by New York dance choreographer David Parsons, performed by French/Israeli pairs champions Line Haddad and David Tankersley. Modern dance choreographer Heather Harrington’s new work “The Lottery” features a 12-skater ensemble and “Cracked Ice” is ballerina Katherine Healy’s ode to classical ballet. Monday, December 27, and Tuesday, December 28, 7 p.m., Wednesday, December 29, 3 and 7 p.m., Thursday, December 30, 3 p.m., Chelsea Piers Sky Rink, Pier 61, 23rd Street and the Hudson River, 212-336-6100, $20 general, $15 seniors and students, $25 includes performance and one skate at Sky Rink.

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