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Smart Moves with Food and Fitness
Opens June 2, 2007
Small changes in eating and physical activity habits can have a big impact on children's lives. Through dramatic and explorative play, adults and children discover healthy options in selecting foods and beverages, from the tot-sized kitchen to matching games, and choose when and what physical activities to participate in, like the kids' yoga workout studio or fitness challenges.
Join us for Smart Moves and Grooves each week for even more fun!
Download the Smart Moves with Food and Fitness Parent Play Guide or the Educator Guide.
Smart Moves with Food and Fitness is presented by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. The exhibit is generously supported by the William Kilworth Foundation, Ben B. Cheney Foundation, Baker Foundation, Pierce County Gets Fit (MultiCare Center for Healthy Living, Tacoma-Pierce County YMCA, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department), The Fund for Healthy Youth of the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation: contributions provided by Class XI American Leadership Forum Tacoma/Pierce County Chapter, Regence BlueShield, Union Bank of California and Mary Bridge Children's Hospital. Special thanks to Lizzy Rockwell for generously providing images from her books Good Enough to Eat, HarperCollins, and The Busy Body Book, Crown Publishers. In-kind supporters include Modern Builders, Inc.; Gray Lumber Company; and Joni Joachims.
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Learning Lounge: Emotions Matter
Opens June 2, 2007 Spinning wheels, mazes, drawing boards, and block games provide opportunities for children and adults to talk about emotions. Children gain the tools to recognize their emotions and adults have the opportunity to understand their children's emotions in new ways -- all through play! Download the Learning Lounge: Emotions Matter Parent Play Guide or the Educator Guide.
This exhibit is supported by a grant from the Child Care Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and support from The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Boeing Company and Talaris Research Institute.
New Digs
Opens June 2, 2007 Urban gardening at its smallest, New Digs features a neighborhood brimming with container gardens and interactive window boxes. A produce stand and delivery truck offer abundant opportunities to sort, count, weigh, buy and sell a vibrant bounty of fruits and vegetables. Garden to table connections are made as children role-play in the sidewalk cafe, whipping up tasty treats or ordering a fresh lunch. Download the New Digs Parent Play Guide or Educator Guide.
New Digs is sponsored by KeyBank.
Becka's Clubhouse
Featuring Cool Concoctions May 16-August 31, 2008.
Help create a new concoction during our daily mixing sessions or explore the doughs and paints on your own. While manipulating and experimenting with a variety of wacky, wonderfully fun-filled art materials, children will enhance skills such as problem solving, eye-hand coordination, small muscle development, and decision making. Don't forget to visit our store and pick up your very own Cool Concoctions recipe book to continue the fun at home!
Featured Concoctions:
- May 16-June 2: Scratch-n-Sniff Watercolors & Splendidly Scented Dough
- June 3-June 16: Puffy Glimmer Paint & Paper Clay
- June 17-June 30: Funky finger Paint & Oatmeal Play Clay
- July 1-July 14: Bubble Paint Prints & 3-D Puffy Sand
- July 15-July 28: Wacky Watercolors & Plastic Dough
- July 29-August 11: Glossy Glitz Paint & Soapy Sculpting Dough
- August 12-August 25: Scratch-n-Sniff Watercolors & Splendidly Scented Dough
- August 26-August 31: Visitor favorites. Tell Museum staffers which concoction you liked most and you may see it again this week!
Download the Becka's Clubhouse Parent Guide or Educator Guide.
Read a schedule and description of each concoction.
Becka's Clubhouse also hosts several programs, such as Artist's Studio, staff-lead art activities each Tuesday at 3:45 pm. Please call to find out what's happening in Becka's today!
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