Let???s Play a Tet Game!
Weekly Activities at Providence Children???s Museum
July 9 – 16
NOW OPEN! Voyage to Vietnam: Celebrating the Tet Festival showcases traditions, customs and values exemplified by the annual celebration of Tet. Through interactive exhibits, families will immerse themselves in Vietnamese culture, gain appreciation for traditions, values and daily experiences of people who live in Vietnam, and discover similarities and differences between their lives in the U.S. and the lives of children in Vietnam.?? Funded through a highly competitive national initiative by the Freeman Foundation Asian Culture Exhibit Series, and developed by Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, the Voyage to Vietnam exhibition is traveling to nine children’s museums as part of a national tour.
Let’s Play a Tet Game!
Sunday July 9?? ????? 10:00 AM ??? 3:00 PM
Celebrate the Tet Festival with Vietnamese games such as Choi Chuyen and Bau Cua Ca Cop! Learn how to play traditional games and why they???re important to families during the Tet holiday.
Underwritten by the Levy Foundation.
No Time to Waste
Monday, July 10?? ????? 11:30 AM ??? 2:30 PM
Kids and adults learn what’s so funny about trash during an interactive family comedy that gives a lighthearted look at the three R???s of protecting the environment ??? reducing, reusing and recycling. Three 20-minute shows at 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM; recommended for ages 5 and up.
Underwritten by the Dominion Foundation.??
Let’s Play a Tet Game!
Tuesday, July 11?? ??? Friday, July 14?? ????? 10:00 AM ??? 3:00 PM
Celebrate the Tet Festival with Vietnamese games such as Choi Chuyen and Bau Cua Ca Cop! Learn how to play traditional games and why they???re important to families during the Tet holiday.
Underwritten by the Levy Foundation.
Get Out! Nature Mandalas
Tuesday, July 11 ????? 1:00 PM- 3:00 PM
Kids can explore symmetry, balance and self-expression using items from nature to design inspired circles. Use twigs, rocks, shells, and pinecones to create one of a kind works of art. Get out and play in the Museum???s Children’s Garden each Tuesday afternoon in July!
Underwritten by National Grid.
Wheels at Work! Firetruck
Wednesday, July 12?? ????? 10:00 AM ??? Noon
Explore vehicles you see out in your community up close, and talk with the people operate them. This week, check out a Providence Fire Department- Fire Truck.
Underwritten by Amgen.
Voyage to Vietnam: Story Time
Thursday, July 13?? ????? 10:30 AM & 11:15 AM
Embark on imaginative journeys while listening to Vietnamese tales, myths, stories and legends read by Museum Staff and South Providence Library???s Tien Tran.
Underwritten by the Levy Foundation.
MetLife Family Friday ?????Free at Five!????????????????????
Friday, July 14?? ????? 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!
Meet MaxMan! From 5:30 PM ??? 7:30 PM,?? RI Resource Recovery Corporation’s (RIRRC) friendly hero and educational recycling advocate. He helps all Rhode Islanders learn how to better manage their waste and recyclables.
Underwritten by RI Resource Recovery Corporation’s.
Imagination Playground
Saturday, July 15 & Sunday, July 16?? ????? 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 the Dominion Foundation.
Visit www.ChildrenMuseum.org for a full calendar of events.