Join us on the museum floor where we’ll make crafts and perform experiments that help us learn about our Wilma the Whale exhibit. We’ll have special stories with each activity that will help us visualize what we’re learning about that week.
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On the day that Stanley’s mom takes a work trip overnight, Stanley decides to leave planet Earth. But when his spaceship touches down again in the backyard, a young martian crawls out, proclaiming to Stanley’s dad that residents of Mars don’t wash before dinner, eat their vegetables, or brush their teeth. It just so happens […]
Mars is our closest neighbor, and a little robot named Curiosity is investigating the planet for us. Join for a tour of the place this rover calls home in “Birthday On Mars” by Sara Schonfeld then join us for a Birthday PARTY on Mars at 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
Join us for Discovery STEM Scientists this Saturday on the museum floor! We’ll be making Sugar Cube Castles at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. After building your castle, join us in the Makerspace to create a parachute for Santa at 2:30 p.m.
Join us this Sunday for Holiday Gift Making in the Makerspace then at 2:30 p.m. we’ll be doing our special craft, Egg Carton Christmas Tree!
Meet the Jolley-Rogers — a pirate family who is moving to Dull-on-Sea, a quiet seaside town, while they fix up their ship. This unusual family soon has the whole neighborhood gossiping in “The Pirates Next Door” by Johnny Duddle. After storytime, we’ll play with pirate puppets at 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
Princess Bea isn’t like other princesses—she prefers pirate ships above tea parties, the salty sea over silly dolls. But what’s a landlocked princess to do? Find out in “Pirate Princess” by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. When we finish storytime, join us as we go on a treasure hunt at 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot . . . but the Grinch, who lived just north of Who-ville, did NOT! We’re reading “How The Grinch Stole Christmas!” by Dr. Suess at 11 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.
On this ship of mischievous brigands you wouldn’t expect a visit from nice St. Nick. Instead, here comes Sir Peggedy, with his peg leg and hook arm, cracking his whip and driving eight giant seahorses: Salty, Scurvy, Sinbad, Mollie, Cutthroat, Cross-Eyes, Roger, and Jolly in “A Pirate’s Night Before Christmas” by Philip Yates. We’ll be […]
