Parents’ Night Out

With no school next week, parents may want to stop, breathe and regain their personal equilibrium — or perhaps prepare a strategy for entertaining the kids while keeping their day jobs — before things really get going. So parents, take tonight off and pack your children (with bathing suits and towels) off to the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard.

It’s Parent’s Night Out, where kids over three get their own night out, with games, crafts, snacks and of course the water slide, between 5 and 8 p.m. The cost is $20 for one child and $15 for siblings for Y members, or $25 a child, $20 siblings for nonmembers. Go online to ymcamv.org for more information and to register.