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Introduce your young child to the Children’s Museum and all the exciting explore and discover activities designed especially for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers.

Play Dates!

The Children’s Museum is the place to be for early learners! Join our early years specialist every month for a fun-filled play date with your friends! Play Dates are designed for parents and caregivers to network and socialize with each other while children experience social growth of their own. Through music, dance, special guests and lots of hands-on fun, Children’s Museum Play Dates will be a memorable experience for all!

2010-2011 Play Dates:

Tuesday, September 14: Hooray for Planet Earth!
Explore our amazing planet by land, sea and air in this green-themed exhibit geared towards early learners! Learn about changes in the weather and the seasons through hands-on activity stations. Help make a giant collage of our Earth!

Tuesday, October 5: Autumn's Here!
Celebrate autumn’s special moments with lots of fun activities! Create an apple and leaf stamp collage, design a thanksgiving turkey and dress up to celebrate Halloween…just to name a few!

Tuesday, November 9: Hands-On-Fun!
Bubbles, finger painting, play dough, parachute games, colouring and more!

Tuesday, December 14: Music & Movement!
Dance, sing, play & create your very own musical instrument!

Tuesday, January 11: Winter Fun!
Learn about what things we should wear to keep us warm in the winter time! Build a snowman, create your own unique snowflakes and take an imaginary journey on a sled!

Tuesday, February 8: Salsa Tots!
Sing! Dance! Play!  Tropical songs and steps to lively Latin rhythms that parents and kids can both enjoy! Featuring music by renowned Latin artist, Ricky Franco, Salsa Tots serves a spiced-up version of kids' classics along with original songs sure to get you moving and grooving!

Tuesday, March 8: Stars & Planets!
Blast-off to space! Watch an Early Years friendly star show in our planetarium, make a play dough planet and take part in other space-related crafts!

Tuesday, April 12: Planting!
Learn how plants grow, design a planting pot and plant a flower or a vegetable!

Tuesday, May 10: Hands-On-Fun!
Bubbles, finger painting, play dough, parachute games, colouring and more!

Tuesday, June 14: Music & Movement!
Dance, sing, play & create your very own musical instrument!

Each session is free with admission.

Explordinary!

Fun-filled workshops specially designed for two to four year olds.

You and your toddler are about to embark on an extraordinary adventure – a Children’s Museum journey of exploration and discovery! Designed and led by an early years instructor, each five-week session is themed around and held in a different Children’s Museum gallery and focuses on major areas of child development. Each week includes songs, crafts and games to enhance self-awareness and mental and physical ability. This program promotes growth in fine motor skills, cognition, literacy, body awareness, spatial concepts and social skills.

2010-2011 Workshop Dates:

Session 1: Hooray for Planet Earth
September 15 - October 13, 2010

Session 2: My Place in Space
October 20 - November 17, 2010

Session 3: Street Where You Live
November 24, 2010 - January 5, 2011
(No Classes on Dec. 22 or 29)

Session 4: Science In Your World
January 12 - February 9, 2011

Session 5: Much More Munsch
February 16 - March 23, 2011
(No class on March 16)

Session 6: Arctic
March 30 - April 27, 2011

 

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