Play is an important part of a child’s developmental growth; its value for babies and toddlers includes language development, literacy development and sensory exploration of the world around them. What better place to play than here at the museum! Perhaps it’s your child’s first interactions with other children. Maybe it’s a special time for you and your child now that big brother/sister is in school. Do you work part time and are looking for something special for you and your youngster to do together? Look no further! Our museum provides a rich environment in which parents and their very young children can learn and play together. Our courses are guaranteed to become part of your favorite memories of childhood. Contact us at 773-8661 ext. 202 for more information on any of our courses.
FREE PROGRAMS
Story Time - Every Tuesday at 11 am
Join us in Books and Beyond for Story Time and enjoy guest readers each week as we go on a reading adventure. Stay to do a story related activity and bring a snack or lunch to enjoy in our Somersaults Café. Hope to see you there!
Healthy Beginnings -Tuesdays at 1pm
Come and join us for a fun hands on new program that will
teach young children and their families about life long healthy
habits. Learn how to make fun healthy snacks and meals to fuel
your body right, play games, and get your body grooving. Join
us each week as we explore nutrition for life with our young
friends and families.
Fall season of Explore and More
Every Saturday at 11am and 2pm and Sundays at 2pm
Each month we will feature one of our exhibits through exciting
hands on activities. Create an art project, conduct an experiment,
learn something new, and see demonstrations too! Pack
a lunch to enjoy in our café and make it a day of learning and
play! Hope to see you there!
In September The Eyes Have it! Join us in our optical exhibit
and learn how our eyes work and do some fun optical illusions
and see if you can put a puzzle together blind folded.
September 4th - Learn how the eye works and try to put a puzzle
together blindfolded.
September 11&12 - Closed for our annual shut down.
September 18&19 - Eye Spy-Make a periscope to secretly peek
over and around things.
September 25&26 - Motion Picture-Create a thaumatrope - an
optical illusion toy that makes two pictures look like one.
In October join us in Eco Kids one of our newest exhibits at The
Discovery Center. Come in each weekend in October as we feature
a new and exciting activities focused on our environment!
October 2&3 - It’s for the Birds- Come and learn about birds
and their migration patterns.
October 9&10 - Become a leaf explorer through hands on observationsand create leaf rubbings.
October 16&17 –Hibernation Station-What do local animals do
to get ready for a winters sleep?
October 23&24 - Go Batty with our fun filled bat activities.
October 30&31 - Learn about owls and dissect an owl pellet to
see if you can find a skeleton.
In November join us to explore our newest exhibit, The Susquehanna
meets the Chesapeake.
November 6&7 - What types of fish live in the Susquehanna
River?
November 13&14 - Track the Susquehanna River to the Chesapeake.
See what animals you can find in the Chesapeake Bay in
our life like touch tank.
November 20&21 - Book Fest on Saturday! On Sunday join us
for Thanksgiving Tales and activities.
November 27&28 - Water, Water Everywhere! Fun facts and
hands on activities about water.
Little Hands Science for our 3, 4 & 5 year old scientists….
Wednesdays at 1pm
There’s nothing young fingers like to do better than to explore
the world around them! This science exploration program will
have your child delving into science concepts about the world
around us. Hands on activities and exciting demonstrations will
challenge your youngster and get them excited about science!
September 22 - What does it take to be a scientist? Join us for
fun filled science experiments.
September 29 - Explore the natural world around us. Go on a
fall scavenger hunt and record your findings in your fall journal.
October 6 - Become a leaf explorer through hands on observations
and create leaf rubbings.
October 13 - Learn about owls and dissect an owl pellet to see if
you can find a skeleton.
October 20 - Go Batty, with our fun filled bat activities.
October 27 - Halloween Science!
November 3 -Acorn explorers-Help us sort through our acorns
by shape size color and weight. Also learn some cool facts
about acorns!
November 10 - Animal Tracks- Can you match the animal to
their tracks?
November 17 - Hibernation Station-What do animals do to get
ready for a winters sleep?
November 24 - Off for Thanksgiving.
Phone: 607-773-8661 email: help@thediscoverycenter.org
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