Yesterday we took the kids to one of the discovery-type museums here. We went with some friends of ours who have a daughter about the same age as KJ and a 1 year old girl. Let me just say, it was SOOOO COOL!!!! Husby even mentioned that he wished that he could have gone to something like it when he was 5 years old! All of the exhibits were hands-on and encouraged imagination. The exhibits included a bubble room, a toy inventors shop, a rain forest theater, a river room, a grocery store, a room based on China, etc. My favorite exhibits were the dinosaurs (b/c the kids were able to make connections b/c we just finished up learning about dinos not too long ago) and the room based on the body. This room was really cool b/c it was based on The Magic Schoolbus characters and you got to see how the basic parts of the body function! Now, that was just inside of the museum. On the outside there is a huge playground with towers, slides, a sandpit to dig fossils, a life-sized game board for chess or checkers, a music-making ensemble and much more. DC's favorite part was the train set and the dinosaur slide. KJ's favorite part was "the outside part." JJ's favorite part was "the whole part!" Needless to say, we will be back! Check out some of the pics:
Below is a pic of JJ using his brush to check out a dinosaur fossil.
Below is a pic of DC using water and a paint brush to do a bit of Chinese character writing!
Below is a pic of one of the babies (I don't know which one) going down the kiddie dino slide.
It was so much fun and educational! I can't wait until the babies are a bit older to really enjoy everything. We made the mistake of letting them get out of their stroller early on to check out the toddler room. They did NOT want to get back into their stroller and everyone in the place knew it! But we did let them get back out once we got outside. Now, that was a job itself...trying to keep up with two little ones who have a knack for running off in opposite directions! But, overall, it was an awesome day!
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Sounds like a fun place. My 13yo nephew even enjoyed the Children's Museum here and I thought he would be bored! I have taken my Girl Scout troop on 2 sleepovers there.
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It sounds like you may have had more fun than the kids.
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