Critter Encounters!

August 1 – 7

No Time to Waste
Monday, August 1
10:30 AM – 1:15 PM
Kids and adults learn what’s so funny about trash during an interactive family comedy that gives a lighthearted look at the three Rs of protecting the environment – reducing, reusing and recycling.  Four 20-minute shows at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 12:15 PM and 1:15 PM; recommended for ages 5 – 11.
Sponsored by Dominion Foundation.

Get Out! – Meet a Worm
Tuesday, August 2
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Get out and play in the Museum’s Children’s Garden each Tuesday afternoon in August!  Kids make friends with red wriggler composting worms and hold a giant night crawler.   
   

Wheels at Work – Mobile Command Center
Wednesday, August 3
10:00 AM – Noon
Kids check out the Mobile Command Center the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency uses to help in natural disasters.  Explore a different vehicle each Wednesday in August!

Animal Adventures – Meet a Tortoise!
Thursday, August 4
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Children create critters, craft wild habitats and encounter live animals in Discovery Studio, the Museum’s new open-ended art and science exploration space.  Meet tortoises large and small and learn about the differences between turtles and tortoises.

Animal Adventures
Friday, August 5
10:00 AM – Noon
Children create critters and craft wild habitats in Discovery Studio, the Museum’s new open-ended art and science exploration space.

         
MetLife Family Friday at Providence Children’s Museum
ALSO Friday, August 5
5:00 – 8:00 PM
The Museum is open free of charge from 5:00 – 8:00 PM for MetLife Family Friday – Free at Five! every Friday evening through Labor Day, sponsored by MetLife Foundation.  Stay out late and splash, play, explore and discover!  From 5:30 – 7:30 PM, drop in to Discovery Studio, the Museum’s new art and science exploration space, to craft critters and wild habitats.

Bubble Blast
Saturday, August 6  •  Sunday, August 7
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Kids experiment with ways to blow bubbles big and small with an array of wacky tools in the Museum’s Children’s Garden.   

 Visit www.childrenmuseum.org for a full calendar of events