March Activities at Providence Children’s Museum

NEW! Water Ways, an imaginative new water play environment
This dynamic exhibit invites visitors of all ages to splash, discover and playfully explore the swirling, whirling ways of water. Transform billowing mist and water domes, send objects spiraling and twisting through vortexes, investigate and sculpt ice, form fountains that funnel the flow of mist, and much more!

Imagination Playground
Sunday, March 1 • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Kids invent their own ways to play as they stack and build with huge blue foam blocks of all shapes and sizes. Using blocks, wheels, spools, tubes and a variety of loose parts, kids construct castles and forts, invent interesting sculptures and more!
Underwritten by Dominion Foundation

Museum Closed - Monday, March 2

Play and Learn: Bounty of Beads
Tuesday, March 3 • 10:00 AM - Noon
Play and Learn is the Museum’s open-ended story-based program especially for 2- to 4-year-olds and their parents, designed to help preschoolers build their skills in a variety of areas and to help parents continue the learning at home. This week, preschoolers dip into a bounty of big beads to practice patterning and fine motor skills.

Math Works
Wednesday, March 4 & Thursday, March 5 • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Kids count, sort, measure and explore patterns in Discovery Studio, the Museum’s open-ended art and science exploration space. Use tangram blocks to solve picture puzzles, compare the weights of different materials, and sort objects by color.
Underwritten by Amgen Foundation

Toddler Try-It: Shape Makers
Friday, March 6 • 10:00 AM - Noon
Young children, ages 18 months to 3 years, use real tools and explore the creative process as they delve into different hands-on art and science activities each Friday morning. This week, toddlers create designs using sticky shapes.
Underwritten by Amgen Foundation

Seussational!
Saturday, March 7 & Sunday, March 8 • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, join a wonderfully wacky weekend-long celebration full of Seussational activities inspired by favorite Seussian tales! Browse and act out silly Seuss stories and, based on Bartholomew and the Oobleck, explore ooey-gooey oobleck. Also create Seussical musical instruments and join a parade to make joyful noise throughout the Museum.

Museum Closed - Monday, March 9

Play and Learn: Ramps and Balls
Tuesday, March 10 • 10:00 AM - Noon
Play and Learn is the Museum’s open-ended story-based program especially for 2- to 4-year-olds and their parents, designed to help preschoolers build their skills in a variety of areas and to help parents continue the learning at home. This week, preschoolers practice problem solving as they build ramps and towers and experiment with rolling balls.
Underwritten by National Grid

Light and Color
Wednesday, March 11 & Thursday, March 12 • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Kids experiment with light and color in Discovery Studio, the Museum’s open-ended art and science exploration space. Choose from an array of colorful materials to create sun catcher sculptures and explore and build with vibrant blocks and prisms.

Toddler Try-It: Rainbow Collage
Friday, March 13 • 10:00 AM - Noon
Young children, ages 18 months to 3 years, use real tools and explore the creative process as they delve into different hands-on art and science activities each Friday morning. This week, toddlers collage with a colorful array of papers.

Science at Work
Saturday, March 14 • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Meet scientists from Amgen and learn about biology, chemistry and engineering through demonstrations and hands-on activities. Experiment with color mixing, make simple solutions, and learn about the work that scientists do every day. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
Underwritten by Amgen Foundation

Air Play
Sunday, March 15 • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Investigate the awesome power of air! Kids build flyers and discover the playful possibilities of ordinary materials as their inventions soar, float and twist through wind tubes in wacky ways.
Underwritten by Amgen Foundation

Museum Closed - Monday, March 16

Play and Learn: Bugs in Boxes
Tuesday, March 17 • 10:00 AM - Noon
Play and Learn is the Museum’s open-ended story-based program especially for 2- to 4-year-olds and their parents, designed to help preschoolers build their skills in a variety of areas and to help parents continue the learning at home. This week, preschoolers practice sorting and develop spatial awareness as they find just the right size boxes to fit various bugs.

Light and Color
Wednesday, March 18 & Thursday, March 19 • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Kids experiment with light and color in Discovery Studio, the Museum’s open-ended art and science exploration space. Choose from an array of colorful materials to create sun catcher sculptures and explore and build with vibrant blocks and prisms.

Toddler Try-It: Rainbow Collage
Friday, March 20 • 10:00 AM - Noon
Young children, ages 18 months to 3 years, use real tools and explore the creative process as they delve into different hands-on art and science activities each Friday morning. This week, toddlers collage with a colorful array of papers.

Family Film Night
ALSO Friday, March 20 • 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Stay out late for a screening of popular short films plus activities exploring animation presented by the Providence Children’s Film Festival. The Museum is open free of charge from 5:00 - 8:00 PM for “MetLife Family Friday – Free at Five!,” sponsored by MetLife Foundation.

Doctors at Play
Saturday, March 21 • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Kids are the doctors today! Use real hospital supplies like bandages and stethoscopes, assemble a doctor's bag with all the right tools, give a teddy bear a check-up, and find out how it feels to have a cast made on your finger, presented by Hasbro Children's Hospital Child Life Services.

Light and Color
Sunday, March 22 • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Kids experiment with light and color in Discovery Studio, the Museum’s open-ended art and science exploration space. Choose from an array of colorful materials to create sun catcher sculptures and explore and build with vibrant blocks and prisms.

Museum Closed - Monday, March 23

Play and Learn: Around the Town
Tuesday, March 24 • 10:00 AM - Noon
Play and Learn is the Museum’s open-ended story-based program especially for 2- to 4-year-olds and their parents, designed to help preschoolers build their skills in a variety of areas and to help parents continue the learning at home. This week, preschoolers practice spatial skills and learn directional phrases as they steer small cars over bridges and through tunnels.
Underwritten by National Grid

Re-Constructors
Wednesday, March 25 & Thursday, March 26 • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Sculpt, build and artfully arrange an array of recycled materials – caps, tubes and other reclaimed treasures – in Discovery Studio, the Museum’s open-ended art and science exploration space.

Toddler Try-It: Tool Tinkering
Friday, March 27 • 10:00 AM - Noon
Young children, ages 18 months to 3 years, delve into different hands-on art and science activities each Friday morning. This week, toddlers tinker around with nuts and bolts and explore real tools.
Underwritten by Amgen Foundation

No Time to Waste
Saturday, March 28 & Sunday, March 29 • 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Kids and adults learn what's so funny about trash during an interactive family comedy that gives a lighthearted look at the three R’s of protecting the environment – reducing, reusing and recycling. Four 20-minute shows at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM; recommended for ages 5 and up.
Underwritten by Dominion Foundation

Museum Closed - Monday, March 30

Play and Learn: Making Music
Tuesday, March 31 • 10:00 AM - Noon
Play and Learn is the Museum’s open-ended story-based program especially for 2- to 4-year-olds and their parents, designed to help preschoolers build their skills in a variety of areas and to help parents continue the learning at home. This week, preschoolers experiment with loud, soft, high and low sounds as they use simple instruments.

Providence Children’s Museum ¬– Come play, come learn!
The Museum is located at 100 South Street in Providence’s Jewelry District. September through March, open Tuesday through Sunday and Monday school holidays, 9 AM to 6 PM, and selected Fridays until 8 PM. April through August, open 7 days. Activities are free with Museum admission of $9.00 per person; admission is always free for Museum members. Call (401) 273-KIDS or visit www.ChildrenMuseum.org.