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Top 10 Long Island beaches for kids

Originally published: June 26, 2009 10:55 AM
Updated: July 30, 2011 7:24 AM
By BETH WHITEHOUSE  beth.whitehouse@newsday.com

Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile, Newsday | Students in the third grade classes from Commack Road Elementary School in Islip fill up their buckets for water fights at a class outing at Sunken Meadow State Park Monday.

Frederick Drew of Bethpage was just 1 week old when his parents brought him for his first visit to the ocean. Denise and Danny Drew tucked their newborn in his stroller and wheeled him along the boardwalk. Sister Meghan, 22 months, got to romp on the playground next to the boards. Spending time at Jones Beach is like you're on vacation, Denise Drew says.

Kids like to feel like they're on vacation,...