Activities
to do with Children
Museums to Visit
Fun
activities to do with children
Make homemade blocks out of cans, tissue boxes, cardboard
boxes, cereal boxes, milk cartons, and scraps of wood.
Create
play scenes such as towns, skyscrapers, or houses. Add
animals, toys, cars, or decorations as needed. You could
use big cardboard boxes to make a fort, space ship, castle,
the sky is the limit! You could call a local appliance
store and see if they have any empty boxes.
Encourage
a child to stack blocks and knock them down and do it
all over again.
Visit
Enchanted
Learning or FamilyFun
for building ideas.
Architecture,
Building & Construction Links for Kids visit B4UBuild.
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Below
are a few Museums that encourage children to create by building:
New
Haven County:
Connecticut
Children’s Museum,
22 Wall St., New Haven, (203) 562-5437 Build
a building out of blocks, a science room with a bee hive,
visit the Goodnight Moon room (the room looks just like
the pictures in the book), a music room with interactive
instruments, a post office and more.
Hours: Friday and
Saturday 12:00p.m. to 5:00p.m.
Visit their website for Admission
Eli
Whitney Museum, 915 Whitney Ave., Hamden, (203) 777-1833A
Museum dedicated to building and inventions. Build a project
by designing your own or do one from a model aided by staff.
The museum also offers an outdoor Water Learning Lab, and
exhibits inside the restored armory and gun factory. Such
as the cotton gin, a model train exhibit around the winter
holidays, and more. Weekend workshops and an extensive summer
camp program.
Hours: Wednesday
– Friday 12:00p.m. to 5:00p.m., Saturday 10:00a.m.
to 3:00p.m., Sunday 12:00p.m. to 5:00p.m.
No Admission to museum but if you build a project the
fee is approximate. $5.00-$7.00.
Fairfield
County:
Stepping
Stones Museum for Children, Mathews Park, 303 West Ave.,
Norwalk (203) 899-0606 The museum offers a great building
exhibit where children can build a car out of lego's and
race it. The museum also allows children to explore the
water cycle, experiment with music, operate a helicopter,
submarine, train and provides a toddler terrain for age
3 & under. There is a small dining area with vending
machines.
Hours: Tuesday-
Sunday 10:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. Mondays 10:00 to 5:00 p.m.
from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
Visit their website
for Admission. Get Into It -- Free! Please join us for
an evening of free admission and educational fun on the
last Thursday of every month from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.
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