March 28, 2024

December 2015 Activities at Providence Children’s Museum

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Play and Learn: In the Kitchen
Tuesday, December 1 • 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 cook up some fun as they pretend in a woodland “kitchen.”

Light and Color
Wednesday, December 2 & Thursday, December 3 • 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.
Underwritten by Amgen Foundation.

Toddler Try-It: Color Play
Friday, December 4 • 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 use clear contact paper and colored cellophane to make new color combinations.

Light and Color
Saturday, December 5 & Sunday, December 6 • 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.
Underwritten by Amgen Foundation.


Museum Closed - Monday, December 7


Play and Learn: Fishing Fun
Tuesday, December 8 • 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 hand-eye coordination and explore the power of magnets as they catch colorful paper fish.

Light and Color
Wednesday, December 9 & Thursday, December 10 • 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.
Underwritten by Amgen Foundation.

Toddler Try-It: Color Play
Friday, December 11 • 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 use clear contact paper and colored cellophane to make new color combinations.

After the Beanstalk: Jack, Jill and the Giant
Saturday, December 12 & Sunday, December 13 • 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Help Jack and his sister Jill solve the giant's puzzling spatial challenges in an interactive performance that expands on the classic tale. Shows at 10:30 & 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM & 1:30 PM; recommended for ages 3 and up.
Underwritten by Dominion Foundation.


Museum Closed - Monday, December 14


Play and Learn: Bounty of Beads
Tuesday, December 15 • 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.

Holiday Collages
Wedensday, December 16 & Thursday, December 17 • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Children create festive holiday cards and collages from an array of colorful fabrics, shiny papers and a variety of other art materials.

Toddler Try-It: Rainbow Collage
Friday, December 18 • 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.

MetLife Family Friday – Free at Five!
ALSO Friday, December 18 • 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!,” sponsored by MetLife Foundation. Stay out late and splash, play, explore and discover.

Imagination Playground
Saturday, December 19 & Sunday, December 20 • 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, construct castles and forts, invent interesting sculptures and more!
Underwritten by Dominion Foundation.


Museum Closed - Monday, December 21


Play and Learn: Ramps and Balls
Tuesday, December 22 • 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.

Holiday Collages
Wednesday, December 23 • 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Children create festive holiday cards and collages from an array of colorful fabrics, shiny papers and a variety of other art materials.


Museum Closed - Thursday, December 24 & Friday, December 25


Rigamajig
Saturday, December 26 & Sunday, December 27 • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Invent creative constructions with a large-scale building kit featuring wooden planks, wheels, pulleys, rope, and nuts and bolts.
Underwritten by National Grid.

Sparkys’s Puppets
Monday, December 28 • 1:00 & 2:00 PM
Sparky's Puppets present “The Kingdom of Riddles,” a tale of a knight on a curious quest to capture a unicorn for the queen. The knight needs help from the audience to solve riddles posed by a jester, a witch, a dragon and others he meets along the way. Put on your thinking cap and prepare for some puzzling fun, playful humor and plenty of audience participation! Shows at 1:00 & 2:00 PM; recommended for ages 4 and up.
Underwritten by Providence Tourism Council.

Rhythm Room
Tuesday, December 29 • 1:00 & 2:00 PM
Kids feel the beat as they join the band to explore rhythms and try out different percussion instruments. Shows at 1:00 & 2:00 PM; recommended for ages 4 and up.
Underwritten by Providence Tourism Council.

Circus Dynamics
Wednesday, December 30 • 1:00 & 2:00 PM
This high-energy vaudevillian-style show includes hat tricks, juggling, hoop dancing, comedy, audience participation and more! Shows at 1:00 & 2:00 PM; recommended for ages 4 and up.
Underwritten by Providence Tourism Council.

Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 31 • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Families create noisemakers and other musical instruments and join a parade a ball drop to ring in 2016 at 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM!


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.

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