25 Must-Do Christmas Events and Holiday Activities in New Jersey for Kids

25 Must-Do Christmas Events and Holiday Activities in New Jersey for Kids

written by Laurie Rein, posted from Mommy Poppins

Looking for the best holiday activities and Christmas events in New Jersey? Read on for our top picks in the Garden State in 2023. 

Make your list—and check it twice—because we’ve got all the details you need for annual must-do holiday experiences and top Christmas events in New Jersey. These Christmas events and holiday activities in New Jersey are sure to get everyone in the seasonal spirit over the next few weeks.

Bookmark this page—we’ll update it with fun new happenings as we learn about them. You can also stay up to date with all the family-friendly fun in our Family Activity Calendar and find more Christmas events and holiday hoopla in our seasonal Holiday Guide for New Jersey Families, which includes the best Christmas train and Polar Express rides in New Jersey.

As always, if an event piques your interest, click through to our listing for all the details, including addresses and times. And keep in mind: Cool things to do with kids often book up quickly, so register or buy your tickets ASAP.

The Ultimate Marriage & Parenting Summit

The Ultimate Marriage & Parenting Summit

Dates: Thursday and Friday, January 19th and 20th, 2023

Time: 10AM EST / 7AM PST – 2PM EST / 11AM PST

Location: Zoom

I am very honored to be one of 11 experts sharing their very best strategies at the Ultimate Parenting & Marriage Virtual Summit.

If that isn’t reason enough for you to attend this amazing two day summit focused 100% on Parenting & Marriage, here are just a few of the other educational sessions you will be part of:

  • How to have healthy relationships with your partner, children and yourself.
  • Mindful Parenting
  • Resolving Family Conflict
  • Ways to Harmonize Your Marriage
  • Parenting Complex Kids (With ADHD, and beyond).
  • Managing Stress

Join us!

Learn more and get your ticket HERE!

 

 

 



 

 

The Ultimate Marriage & Parenting Summit

The Ultimate Marriage & Parenting Seminar

If you are looking to achieve your happy family for 2023 (and beyond), then this summit is the place to be.

Dates: Thursday and Friday, January 19th and 20th, 2023

Time: 10AM EST / 7AM PST – 2PM EST / 11AM PST

Location: Zoom

There will be 11 incredible experts (including myself) sharing their best ideas.

We will be sharing our best parenting and marriage secrets and strategies.

  • How to have healthy relationships with your partner, children and yourself.
  • ​Mindful Parenting
  • ​Resolving Family Conflict
  • ​Ways to Harmonize Your Marriage
  • ​Parenting Complex Kids (With ADHD, and beyond).
  • ​Managing Stress
  • And more

Join us and achieve your happy family (or even happier family).

To learn more & get your ticket, click HERE!

 

The Ultimate Parenting & Marriage Summit

The Ultimate Parenting & Marriage Summit

We are so excited to share that Dr. Liz will be one of 11 speakers at the Ultimate Parenting & Marriage Virtual Summit!

Date: Thursday and Friday, January 19th and 20th, 2023

Time: 10AM EST / 7AM PST – 2PM EST / 11AM PST

Location: Zoom

Why should you attend?  What will you learn that can help you achieve your happy family?

Join Dr. Liz there and learn things like:

  • How to have healthy relationships with your partner, children and yourself.
  • ​Mindful Parenting
  • ​Resolving Family Conflict
  • ​Ways to Harmonize Your Marriage
  • ​Parenting Complex Kids (With ADHD, and beyond).
  • ​Managing Stress
  • How to overcome the biggest parenting and marriage mistakes
  • And more!

Learn more & grab your ticket HERE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Youth Mental Wellness Fair

Youth Mental Wellness Fair

Shiv’s Third Eye welcomes the community to their Youth Mental Wellness Fair, which will be held on Sunday, September 18, 2022 from 2-5pm at the Livingston Oval (Rain Location: LHS Aux Gym.)

Join us for resources, music, games and activities for kids! There will be more than 30 tables, LHS Clubs, LPS resources and will showcase diverse wellness practices. Dr. Liz Matheis will be hosting one of the tables at the fair, so be sure to come say hello!

Admission all activities at this event are free!

 

Stress, PTSD and Parents of Kids with Disabilities

Stress, PTSD and Parents of Kids with Disabilities

by Dr. Liz Matheis – from PCWSN 2021: Volume 11, Issue 2 by Parenting Children With Special Needs

As a Psychologist, I am in the business of receiving phone calls from parents worried about their kids with disabilities. During that initial phone call, parents give me a quick run-down of their child’s symptoms, the struggles the family at large is facing, and the specific goals they would like to work towards. During that initial phone call, I’m often left thinking, “How are you, as the parent, doing?” Parents are often surprised when I ask that question during the intake. Several parents have responded with silence, a confused, “Fine,” or “No one has ever asked me how I’m doing.” As a parent of a child with disabilities, the process of gaining a diagnosis and then figuring out life and supports and medical conditions can be overwhelming and often traumatizing. In my experience, many parents of children with disabilities and other medical needs are experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

 

Free Webinar – Conscious Parenting: Staying Sane Through the Summer

Free Webinar – Conscious Parenting: Staying Sane Through the Summer

Parenting is an ongoing learning process, and many parents are reporting intensified challenges that are arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please join Samantha Curiale-Feinman, Director, New Frontiers Executive Function Coaching, and Dr. Liz Matheis, Clinical Psychologist, Psychological & Educational Consulting, Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 1pm for a discussion on what conscious parenting is, how the pandemic has affected parenting, tips on how we can structure the rest of the summer to parent proactively, and much more.

Samantha Curiale-Feinman and Dr. Liz Matheis

Navigating Special Education & Partnering with your Home District

NAVIGATING SPECIAL EDUCATION AND PARTNERING WITH YOUR HOME DISTRICT

Presented by: Dr. Elizabeth Matheis and Dr. Harold Tarriff

Thursday, June 4, 2020 7-8:30pm FREE!

This session will provide parents with information on the requirements for the provision of special education from both legal and professional perspectives; beginning with a brief overview of legal requirements, followed by prerequisite procedures and, most importantly, the most effective ways for parents to participate meaningfully in this process. As a result of this session, parents will be better prepared to be co-equal partners with the professionals charged with meeting the unique special needs of their children.

Dr. Tarriff has an extensive background as a Special Education Administrator, in both public and private schools. He holds a doctorate in Special Education and is a  Director of Special Services. Dr. Matheis is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified School Psychologist who specializes in treating the whole child, adolescent and young adult, which includes home and school, emotionally, socially and behaviorally.

Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Silver Lining of Quarantine Life: NJ Moms Share the Bright Side

We asked our New Jersey mom friends about the moments they treasure most about staying home.

#NJstrong has taken on a whole new meaning since we started staying home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Finding the silver lining of quarantine life matters more than ever. Never before have we been more united in our gratitude for healthcare heroes on the front line of this pandemic as well as every essential worker making sure we are safe and have access to food, medicine, and other necessities.

Meaghan Murphy chalk art

These past few weeks have been an emotional roller coaster. We’ve felt anxious, scared and hopeless. But we’ve also felt peaceful at home with our loved ones, grateful for all that we have through this tough time and more united than ever before knowing we are in this together. And we feel hopeful, knowing we will get through this and be stronger for it. We feel thankful knowing that the simple act of staying home is making a big difference and that we can pull together to help those who need it most by donating supplies, food and more.

In the spirit of positivity, we asked our mom friends to share the silver lining of quarantine life… 

Click Here to Continue Reading on NJFamily

 

 

 

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by Dina El Nabli
"The various psycho-educational testing Dr. Liz conducted on our son gave us critical clues about where his learning strengths and weaknesses lie so that his needs could be better addressed at home and school. Moreover, because of their warm, kindhearted personalities, both Dr. Liz and her associate, Stephanie, formed an immediate bond with my son. He eagerly looks forward to his weekly therapy sessions. We are so lucky Dr. Liz came into our family's lives when she did! For stressed-out families trying to help their children as best they can, she is a calming voice of reason!"
- Julie C.
"Dr. Matheis has a remarkable ability to understand the unique needs of her patients and address them constructively. She builds strong, meaningful relationships with patients and their families, encouraging trust and collaboration. When working with my son who struggles with autism-related anxiety, she created an environment in which he was able to calm down and open up to her in ways I had not seen before. She was able to reach him and helped him work through his crisis/problem. Most importantly, she empowered him to move forward."
- N.L.
"Dr. Matheis is amazing. She has tremendous resources and loads of energy. She is not willing to accept anything less than the most effective results for her clients. She made me feel as if my son was her top priority throughout the entire process. I would, without reservation, give her my highest recommendations.  Thank you, Dr. Matheis!"
- Anonymous
"Dr. Matheis has an amazing ability to read kids and connect with them. She has been an invaluable resource for our family over the past several years and has helped us with everything from educational consulting, to uncovering diagnoses as well as family therapy. Working with Dr. Matheis never feels clinical and most importantly, our children love and trust her. We can not thank you enough Dr. Liz!"
- Anonymous
"My teenage son had been seeing Dr. Matheis through his senior year of high school, as he was only diagnosed with ADHD at 16 years old.  Dr. Matheis came highly recommended from our pediatrician and she has done wonders for our son as well as our family, navigating new ways for him to deal with his diagnosis without the use of medication.  She taught him ways to organize himself and even when something did not work for him, she patiently continued teaching him new ways to keep himself on track.  She has also helped us as parents to understand how his mind works so that we did not continue to blame his lack of focus on him, rather on his unique way of thinking.  Thank you Dr. Matheis!!!!"
- LG
"Dr. Liz is the best! Our family was directed to her by our Pediatrician to assist with figuring out severe mood changes, severe anxiety, strange new fears and food aversion that had come onto one of our children literally overnight. After just a couple of visits, she suggested that the issues may actually be rooted in a physical issue and suggested we immediately take our child to be swabbed for strep, because Dr. Liz suspected PANDAS (a pediatric autoimmune disorder brought on by strep). The same Pediatrician that suggested Dr. Liz would not do the swab (they do not believe in PANDAS and we no longer go there) but I took my child to my doctor who did the swab and it was positive for strep. When our child went on antibiotics, within 24 hours all symptoms went away and our child was back :-) Dr. Liz then recommended a PANDAS specialist who helped us and our child is in complete remission and is happy and healthy. We are incredibly grateful to Dr. Liz for her knowledge of all things, even the most remote and unusual and for helping us so much! Thank you!"
- Anonymous
"The various psycho-educational testing Dr. Liz conducted on our son gave us critical clues about where his learning strengths and weaknesses lie so that his needs could be better addressed at home and school. Moreover, because of their warm, kindhearted personalities, both Dr. Liz and her associate, Stephanie, formed an immediate bond with my son. He eagerly looks forward to his weekly therapy sessions. We are so lucky Dr. Liz came into our family's lives when she did! For stressed-out families trying to help their children as best they can, she is a calming voice of reason!"
- Anonymous
"Thank you, Dr. Liz. Although we have told you countless times, it will never feel enough. You have listened when J could barely speak and continued to listen when he was sad, angry and confused. You've challenged him and directed us in our roles as parents. You've helped J face his fears while the list evolved and changed, and yet you've stayed committed to 'the course.' We pray that your children realize that time away from them is spent helping children learn and that vulnerability is a sign of strength and bravery."
- June I
"My son was admitted to an Ivy League school when only 2 years ago, you assessed him and saw his struggles, his Dyslexia. We are grateful that he no longer has to carry that deep feeling of inadequacy or shame that must have kept him so self conscious and from reaching his potential. He has the PERFECT program for him. He has A's in high math and economics. He became a Merit Scholar, a Boys State legislature, the HEAD captain of the football team and help a job ALL while studying and managing his classes and disability. I am PROUD of you, a young doctor, who knows and sees the vulnerability of children and helps them recognize "it's NO big deal" God bless."
- Anonymous

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