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Ongoing Events: FREE with museum admission

Art Activities
Every Day

In the Ronald McDonald House Charities Art Activity Area.

July 2010: Starting Tuesday

July 6 - Create a Puppet
July 13 - Art with Recycled Objects
July 20 - Texture Time
July 27 - Fantastic Foam

August 2010: Starting Tuesday

Aug 3 - Straw Constructions
Aug 10 - Fun with Fabric
Aug 17 - Super Stencils
Aug 24 - Paper Dolls

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Wednesdays Activity Table Time
11:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

For ages 0 - 3 years old. Experience a different activity each week including materials for stacking, sensory exploration and more to satisfy a child's natural curiosity while enhancing hand/eye coordination, encouraging language development and building motor skills.

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Thursdays Early Explorers
9:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
The Children's Museum's hands-on exhibits are designed to spark an interest in learning, critical to a child's success at school. During Early Explorers Time , you and your preschooler can explore the key indicators of success at school - literacy, scientific reasoning, primary thinking about math, the arts, and the humanities - found throughout our museum. Special activities and a museum staff assistance offer an enhanced learning experience. For children 0 - 5 years old

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Fridays My Grandparent & Me
1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Grandparents are admitted FREE from 1- 5 p.m. Discover the museum's over 50 hands-on exhibits with your grandchild.

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Every Weekend
Science Cart
Enjoy fun, quick science demonstrations and activities all weekend.

Saturday and Sunday

July 2010:

July 3 & 4 - Plant a Seed
July 10 & 11- Eel Mobile
July 17 & 18 - Fish Out of Water
July 24 & 25 - Barking Dogs
July 31 - Wind Catchers

August 2010:

Aug 1 - Wind Catchers
Aug 7 & 8 - Mastodon or Mammoth?
Aug 14 & 15 - Fish Rubbings
Aug 21 & 22 - Slime
Aug 28 & 29 - Gravity in Action

RiverTown Rover
Saturdays and Sundays
12:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M.
Facilitated games, crafts and interactive stories highlighting different cultural groups of the Mid-Hudson Valley. Activities rotate on a monthly basis.
July Pakistan! Learn how to play "Carrom," apopular South Asian game of strategy enjoyed by both children and adults.
August Zimbabwe! Discover how children of Zimbabwe use their imaginations to invent toys from found objects. Create your own toy using colorful wire and other materials.

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Daily Activities
Tuesday New art activity for the week!  
Wednesday Activity Table Time 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday Early Explorers until 1:00 PM
Friday My Grandparent & Me Grandparents are free, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday Science Cart Demonstrations  
Saturday and Sunday RiverTown Rover Activities  

 

 

Special events, programs and workshops click here.

 

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