Wild Blue Kids

Wild Blue Kids

Wild Blue is a New York City-based exploration, adventure, and education center for children, ages 3-11. The company opened it's New York City space--located at 401 East 76th St in Manhattan--in October of 2007. Offering day and after school programs, as well as summer programs and birthday parties, Wild Blue focuses all of its activities on exploring the geography, wildlife, people, and cultures of the world. ["Blue's Travelers," UrbanBaby Daily NYC, February 4, 2008. http://archive.urbanbaby.com/ub_daily/newyork/ub_daily/020408daily.html] Another major component of Wild Blue is the expeditions they offer for kids and their parents. Wild Blue has already taken trips to the Bahamas [Wild Blue Bahamas Expedition, http://wbkbahamas.blogspot.com/] and the Arctic Circle [Wild Blue Kids High Arctic Expedition, http://wbkarctic2007.blogspot.com/] . Wild Blue is also the only children's education institutions in New York City to offer skateboarding lessons for kids.

Wild Blue was founded by Kourosh Mahboubian, a seasoned explorer and adventurer ["Pesare Darya" (Aqua Boy)," Iranian.com, September 30, 1996. http://www.iranian.com/Sep96/Features/MadDog/MadDog.html] who previously founded Mad Dog Expeditions. Mr. Mahboubian, a member of the prestigious Explorer's Club [http://explorers.org/] has extensive experience scuba diving in places as varied as the Arctic Circle, the Amazon River Basin, and under the ice of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. ["Cold Dunk," New York Times, February 16, 1997. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E2DD173FF935A25751C0A961958260 ]

According to its website, wildbluekids.com, Wild Blue is "a one-of-a-kind, geography-oriented exploration and adventure center for children ages 3 through 11. Our mission is to immerse children and their families in experiences that relate to the people, places and natural elements of the wonderful planet we live on. Our programs include classes, field trips, family events and expeditions. All our programs are developed and led by our own world-class team of explorers and educators. Wild Blue's driving passion is to deliver the real-world experiences that children naturally crave and through which they have the greatest ability to absorb knowledge and demonstrate their capabilities.

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