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Little Gardeners

Join Hannah and Burdock in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden.

Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor skills. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all are welcome to attend!

Activities are weather permitting, but don’t be afraid to get wet.

This program does not require museum admission and is free and open to the public.  

Little Gardeners

Join Hannah and Burdock in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden.

Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor skills. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all are welcome to attend!

Activities are weather permitting, but don’t be afraid to get wet.

This program does not require museum admission and is free and open to the public.  

Nursery Sensory Play: Color Lab

Nursery Sensory Play: Color Lab

Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery for a color mixing lab! We will explore liquid and color to create our own “ideal” rainbow out of water. 

This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support cognitive growth and give them an opportunity to develop motor skills, but all visitors are welcome to join. Sensory play can also be calming and soothing.

Nursery Sensory Play: spray bottle painting

Nursery Sensory Play: spray bottle painting

Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to explore water as paint! This week, we will use liquid water colors in spray bottles to try painting, making marks, and mixing colors. 

This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support cognitive growth and give them an opportunity to develop motor skills, but all visitors are welcome to join. Sensory play can also be calming and soothing.

Nursery Sensory Play: water painting

Nursery Sensory Play: water painting

Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to explore water as paint! This week, we will use reusable painting mats and water as our paint. Mess free sensory play! 

This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support cognitive growth and give them an opportunity to develop motor skills, but all visitors are welcome to join. Sensory play can also be calming and soothing.

nursery storytime

Nursery Storytime: The Day You Begin

Join us in the Nursery to learn about back 2 school season through story telling. This week, we will read The Day You Begin  by Jacqueline Woodson, and make our own popsicle stick puppets. 

nursery storytime

Nursery Storytime: Our Class is a Family 

Join us in the Nursery to learn about back 2 school season through story telling. This week, we will read School’s First Day of School  by Adam Rex, and make our own About Me Dice. 

nursery storytime

Nursery Storytime: Our Class is a Family 

Join us in the Nursery to learn about back 2 school season through story telling. This week, we will read Our Class is a Family  by Shannon Olsen, and try threading pom poms to make a community garland. 

Backyard Sensory Play: Sandbox Derby

Backyard Sensory Play: Sandbox Derby

Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Backyard to explore cars and trucks in the sandbox! Build hills, holes and more for your vehicles to travel through.

This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support cognitive growth and give them an opportunity to develop motor skills, but all visitors are welcome to join. Sensory play can also be calming and soothing.

Nursery Sensory Play: Community Train Tracks

Nursery Sensory Play: Community Train Tracks

Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to build a community of train tracks! Link trains together using magnets or send them on solo journeys!

This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support cognitive growth and give them an opportunity to develop motor skills, but all visitors are welcome to join. Sensory play can also be calming and soothing.