Nursery: Little Scientists
Join us in the Nursery to investigate the world around us! This week, we will explore out all the different tools we can use to look closely and learn about magnification. What can you find around the museum that looks different under a magnifying glass?
This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all visitors are welcome to join.
Nursery: Little Scientists
Join us in the Nursery to investigate the world around us! This week, we will explore the various textures of our world and inspect them up close–waaaay up close. Can you tell a zoomed-in image of a cantaloupe from a cockatoo? Put your lab coat on and check it out!
This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all visitors are welcome to join.
Nursery: Little Scientists
Join us in the Nursery to investigate the world around us! This week, we will explore Friends Underfoot. Examine jars collected from various environments in our neighborhood! Look for specimens from the pond or compost and meet your underfoot tiny neighbors. Put your lab coat on and examine why!
This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all visitors are welcome to join.
Nursery: Fine Motor Mondays
Join us in the Nursery to develop muscle strength and hand eye coordination. This week, we will practice stretching rubber bands around pegboards and try making different geometric shapes, small and large.
This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support brain growth and give them an opportunity to develop muscles in our hands and eyes, but all visitors are welcome to join.
Nursery: Fine Motor Mondays
Join us in the Nursery to develop muscle strength and hand eye coordination. This week, we will practice stretching rubber bands around mini pumpkins to attempt to make rubber band balls that bounce.
This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support brain growth and give them an opportunity to develop muscles in our hands and eyes, but all visitors are welcome to join.
Nursery Storytime: Still This Love Goes On
Join us in the Nursery to celebrate Native American Heritage Month through storytelling. This week, we will read Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte Marie and explore braiding sweetgrass.
Nursery Storytime: Heart Berry Bling
Join us in the Nursery to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. This week, we will read Heart Berry Bling by Jenny Kay Dupuis, and try out beading our own creations.
Nursery Storytime: Berry Song
Join us in the Nursery to celebrate Native American Heritage Month through storytelling. This week, we will read Berry Song by Michaela Goade and learn about harvesting and showing gratitude to the earth. We will try painting with harvested berries.
Studio: Little Scientists
Join us in the Studio to investigate the world around us! This week, we will dissect owl pellets and search for bones. Put your lab coat on and examine why bones end up in these compact pellets!
This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all visitors are welcome to join.
Nursery: Little Scientists
Join us in the Nursery to investigate the world around us! This week, we will explore oobleck. Oobleck acts like a liquid when being poured, but acts like a solid when still. Put your lab coat on and examine why!
This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all visitors are welcome to join.
Nursery Sensory Play: Scent Sachets
Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to create your own scent sachet with autumnal scents! Children will notice how different smells make us feel and experiment with scent combinations.
We’ll ask questions like, is this sweet? is this stinky?
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.
Join us in the Nursery as we read Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis, and learn about water in all of its forms. We will also make our own watercolor prints.
EQT Water Week is made possible by the generous support of:
Nursery Storytime: The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt
Join us in the Nursery to explore the change in season through storytime. This week, we will read The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt by Riel Nason, and make our own felt and recycled fabric ghosts in preparation for Halloween.
Nursery Storytime: Acorn Was a Little Wild
Join us in the Nursery to explore the change in season through storytime. This week, we will read Acorn Was a Little Wild by Jen Arena, and examine different parts of acorns. Afterwards, we will have the opportunity to craft with the tops and bottoms of the acorn shells.
Nursery Storytime: A Very Big Fall
Join us in the Nursery to explore the change in season through storytime. This week, we will read A Very Big Fall by Emmy Kastner, followed by a leaf exploration and decoration session.
Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to explore water! This week, we will test if items sink or float.
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.
EQT Water Week is made possible by the generous support of:
Nursery Sensory Play: Autumn Sensory Bottles
Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to explore the change in the season! This week, we will explore natural materials, sound, and texture by filling our own Autumnal Sensory Bottles. Tricks and treats will be provided to seek for within the Sensory Bottle.
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: natural paint brushes
Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to explore the season change with paint! We will use items such as wheat, corn husks, and pine cones to make marks with our paint and test out creating natural paint brushes.
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.
