Hands-on exploration

Sensory Play

This program can include any activity that stimulates a child’s senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing. Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage children to use scientific processes while they play, create, investigate, and explore which can lead to longer attention spans and focus in addition to improving their coordination and motor skills.

Experiments take place each Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. and is included in general museum admission.

We’re leveling up our sensory play!

July 15 and 17: Fantasy Lands

• Scoop, squish and shape your very own magical world.

July 19: DIY Magic 8 Ball

• Create a fun decision-maker toy to reveal playful answers to yes-or-no questions.

July 22 and 24: Fantasy Lands

• Scoop, squish and shape your very own magical world.

July 26: DIY Magic 8 Ball

• Create a fun decision-maker toy to reveal playful answers to yes-or-no questions.

Brazil Week activities

July 29:

• Watershed and Leaf Painting: Celebrating Brazil all week, we’re focusing in on its topography. / 11:30am
• Feijoada is Brazil’s national dish. We’re making a dough and exploring the cuisine and music of this honored country. / 3pm

July 30:

• X-Ray and Music: Discover the connection between the x-ray machine and Brazil. / 11:30am
• Quadriha: Learn about Brazil’s vibrant festivals and dances / 3pm

July 31:

• Coffee Syphon and Dyeing: Celebrating the coffee contribution of Brazil / 11:30am
• Feijoada is Brazil’s national dish. We’re making a dough and exploring the cuisine and music of this honored country. / 3pm

August 1:

• Bottled Sand Art: This craft is prevalent in the Northeastern part of Brazil / 11:30am
• Parangoles and Bat Macumba: We’re focusing on Helio Oitcica, one of Brazil’s leading artists of the 20th century / 3pm

August 2:

• Float Making: It’s all about the festival! / 11:30am
• Futebol: Score a goal! / 3pm

August 3:

• Black Bean Story Time: “Lia and Luis: Who Has More” / 11:30am
• Hot Air Balloon: Do you know who made the first ascent in a hot air balloon? / 3pm