Engineer It! Challenge: Paper Building
Weekly Activities at Providence Children???s Museum
June 11 – 18
Engineer It! Challenge: Paper Building
Sunday, June 11 ??? 11:00 AM ??? 2:00 PM
Create Geodomes, forts, clothes and more using newspaper and simple household materials. Underwritten by Amgen Foundation.
??Imagination Playground
Monday, June 12 ??? 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Kids stack and build with big blue foam blocks, wheels, spools, tubes and a variety of loose parts to construct castles and forts, invent interesting sculptures and more!
Underwritten by Dominion Foundation.
Doodlers
Tuesday, June 13 ??? Friday, June 16 ??? 10:00 AM ??? 3:00 PM
It’s a draw! In Discovery Studio, the Museum???s hands-on art and science exploration space, investigate a variety of materials and drawing tools, examine and draw interesting objects, create a doodle with a partner, and add to a large collaborative mural!
Play & Learn: Animal Tales
Tuesday, June 13 ??? 10:00 AM – Noon
Play and Learn is the Museum???s open-ended story-based program especially for 2- to 4-year-olds and heir parents, designed to help preschoolers build their skills in a variety of areas and to help parents
continue the learning at home. This week, preschoolers practice simple story-making skills as they help animals move ???round the farm.
Toddler Try It: Chalk Art
Friday, June 16 ??? 10:00 AM & Noon
Young children, ages 18 months to 3 years, use real tools and explore the creative process as they delve into different hands-on art and science activities each Friday morning. This week, toddlers use chalk to create their masterpieces on a board or dark paper.
??MetLife Family Friday ??? Free at Five!
ALSO Friday, June 16 ??? 5:00 – 8:00 PM
The Museum is open free from 5:00 – 8:00 PM for ???MetLife Family Friday ??? Free at Five!,??? sponsored by MetLife Foundation. Stay out late and splash, play, explore and discover!???
Exhibit Grand Opening!
Voyage to Vietnam:
Celebrating the Tet Festival.
Come explore the exhibit and celebrate the Vietnamese Traditional Tet Festival with activities and a dynamic presentation by the Imperial Lion Dance Troupe from Worcester, MA.
Rigamajig
Saturday, June 17 & Sunday, June 18 ???
11:00 AM ??? 2:00 PM
Invent creative constructions with a large-scale building kit featuring wooden planks, wheels, pulleys, rope, and nuts and bolts, designed by RISD professor Cas Holman.
Underwritten by Dominion Foundation.
Visit www.ChildrenMuseum.org for a full calendar of events.