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May 2008
CALENDAR / PSA RELEASE |
DUPAGE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
Release date:
February 28, 2008
For
additional information, please contact:
Phone: 630-637-8000 ext. 2600
ljele@dupagechildrensmuseum.org
2008 Ongoing
Exhibits
DuPage Children’s MUSEUM
Wheel Works of Art
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Photo courtesy of
Randall Studio Photo courtesy of Randall
Studio
Creative thinking is on a roll this season, in the new DCM Interact
With Art Gallery exhibit on the upper level!
Come join the fun and get your wheels turning! Children love wheels. Bikes,
cars and favorite toys have wheels.
Wheels give us the power to go fast, move big heavy things and ride to
places far, far away. In Wheel
Works of Art children can connect with the creative side of familiar
wheels. Then, ready to build on that knowledge, discover fantastic moving
machines created by some of today’s cutting edge kinetic artists. Wheels make
machines work, but it takes a lot of creativity to know how to make a gear turn
enough other parts to make a clock run or a CD player play. Come explore the use of wheels and how they
can be used in art. Appropriate for ages
up to 10 years. Free to DCM members and
free with general admission, presented locally by Continental Acura - Audi of
Naperville. Ask about our Creativity Programs© for different ages each
month—for a complete listing, please visit our web site.
DuPage Children’s MUSEUM
NEW! Math Connections Exhibit Neighborhood
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DuPage
Children's Museum is the place to discover the fun in Math, and offers you a
new Math Connections neighborhood on the upper level! Children from 6
months to 8 years old will enjoy playing with the new hands-on exhibits, from a
full-body crawl-through kaleidoscope to a big jumping mat and a huge
balance. Math Connections invites
children to explore math fun as they estimate, balance, classify, measure,
sort, graph, explore geometry, and more! Come experience activities specially
created to help children understand math fundamentals in new ways. It all adds up to fun! Free to Museum members or free with general
admission. Learning Labs
enhance skills in math, science or the arts—for group visit information, please
call ext. 6150.
May Programs
Fridays, May 2, 9 &
16, either 9:45-10:15 a.m. or
10:45–11:15 a.m.
Inside Garden Science--Wet n’ Messy© Science Series
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Mix, pour, slather, pound
and knead! You can’t get more hands on, or hands in, than Wet ‘n’ Messy©! Young preschoolers 2-3 years old and their
adult partners will explore the basic inside garden science and create
something amazing. Take home sheets will
be available so you can continue exploring together. 3-part advance
registration and payment required. Fee:
DCM Member / Child Partner $35; Nonmember / Child Partner $40.
Saturday, May 3, 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Tiny Great Performances™
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage
Children’s Museum,
Discover
the magic of live performance! Sergeant
Major Virgil Wilk with the Highland & Uillean Bagpipes will enchant you and
your family, in these interactive family performances in DCM Creativity
Connections on the main level. No reservations needed. Free with admission.
Thursday,
May 8, 10:00-10:30 a.m.
Jumpin’ and Jivin’—a Hop ‘n’ Bop© Series
Class
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage
Children’s Museum,
Step
right up to the next level in dancing and rhythm! Children 2-3 years old learn simple dance
moves and use visual choreography patterns to plan and perform their very own
dance. Each child will make a choreography strip to take home and show
off. Please call to register--advance
registration and payment required. Fee: DCM Member / Child Partner $12;
Nonmember / Child Partner $14.
Thursday, May 8, 6:30-7:15 p.m.
Math
in Bloom—Spring into Math!
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Take a fun look at math in
the garden this spring with an exploration of nature’s beautiful and sometimes
surprising mathematical secrets.
Participants 4-5 years old will use printmaking, collage and
sculpture. Please call to
register--advance registration and payment required. Fee: DCM Member / Child
Partner $16; Nonmember / Child Partner $20.
Thursday, May 15, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Third
Thursday
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Third
Thursday is a special time each month for families with children who have
autism spectrum disorders to enjoy play at DuPage Children's Museum. The Museum
is an ideal location for learning, with exhibits and facilitation that offer
ways to work on language development, social skills, and purposeful play. Photo
Books are available to help visitors structure a visit. Complete an art project
in our Studio (visual systems available).
Visit the resource table to gather information...and much more! Experience an outing the entire family can
enjoy while you take advantage of the Museum during a typically quieter time.
Please call
our CAN Coordinator for more information!
Saturday, May 17, 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Tiny
Great Performances™
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Discover
the magic of live performance! Have fun
with Chicago Opera Theater, doing interactive family performances, in DCM
Creativity Connections on the main level. No reservations needed. Free to DCM members or free with general
admission.
Tuesday, May
20, 9:45-10:15 a.m. or 10:45–11:15 a.m.
Magnets--Start
in Science© Series
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Explore big differences with
little experiments! It’s Magnets for children ages 2-3 to learn and apply the
process of science using special portable museum exhibits and other hands-on
materials. Take-away materials are provided so you and your toddler scientist
can continue exploring science with magnets at home. Advance registration and payment required. Fee: DCM Member / Child Partner $12;
Nonmember / Child Partner $14.
Wednesdays, May
21, 28 & June 4, either 9:30-10:15
or 10:45-11:30 a.m.
Backyard
Art--Start in Art© Series
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Discover basic art
skills and how they connect to the world around us! 2-3 year-olds use a variety of hands-on
techniques to dig into some backyard creativity. Advance registration and payment
required. 3-Part Fee: DCM Member / Child
Partner $35; Nonmember / Child Partner $40.
Thursday, May 22, 9:45-10:30 a.m.
Mini
Mathematicians—Spring into Math!
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Set theory? Graphing? Yes!
This new class for ages 2-3 will explore fun, age-appropriate, hands-on
versions of fundamental math concepts. Includes fun take-away materials to
continue learning math at home. Please
call to register--advance registration and payment required. Fee: DCM Member /
Child Partner $12; Nonmember / Child Partner $14.
Friday, May 23, 9:45-10:30 a.m.
Kaleidoscoping—Spring
into Math!
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Have fun exploring the math
of symmetry while making a simple, creative kaleidoscope! This class for 4-5 year-olds also includes
additional information to extend the experience at home.
Please call to
register--advance registration and payment required. Fee: DCM Member / Child
Partner $12; Nonmember / Child Partner $14.
Saturday, May 24, 9:45-10:30 a.m.
Gigantic Sunflowers--Junior Books and
Beyond Series
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Explore
author Eric Carle’s classic, The Tiny
Seed, in a whole new way! This class includes dramatic reading, creation of
an amazing sunflower mural and even a theme-related snack. This program is a great way to introduce and
support literacy for children 3-4 years old. Advance registration and payment
required. Fee: DCM Member / Child
Partner $16; Nonmember / Child Partner $20.
Friday, May 30, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sign
up for Summer Mini Camps at DuPage Children's Museum today!
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Three specialty camps are available
for campers 7-10 years old this summer:
Cardboard Carpentry, Cool Chemical Concoctions and Electric
Explorers. For more information about
these camps, please visit our web site, pick up a brochure at the Museum or
give us a call. Remember, today is the
last day for the early registration discount!
Friday, May 30, 9:45-10:30 a.m.
Handfuls
and Footlongs—Spring into Math!
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Join in the fun of taking
some measurements of the world around us.
It’s all about measurement using standard units– and not-so-standard
ones, too—perfect for 3-5 year-olds!
Please call to register--advance registration and payment required. Fee:
DCM Member / Child Partner $12; Nonmember / Child Partner $14.
Saturday, May 31, 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Tiny
Great Performances™
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Discover
the magic of live performance and enjoy the last Saturday morning in May with
Jon Warfel and Chuck Woltar, in interactive keyboard and vocal family
performances in DCM Creativity Connections on the main level. No reservations
needed. Free with general admission.
Concerts
and Fine Art Performances
Tiny
Great Performances™
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
DuPage Children’s Museum,
Come
discover the magic of live performance at DuPage Children's Museum!
·
Saturday,
May 3, 10:30 a.m. – Noon: Sergeant
Major Virgil Wilk with the Highland & Uillean Bagpipes will enchant you and
your family, in interactive performances in DCM Creativity Connections on the
main level. No reservations needed.
·
Saturday,
May 17, 10:30 a.m. – Noon: Have
fun with Chicago Opera Theater, doing interactive family performances, in DCM
Creativity Connections on the main level. No reservations needed. Free to DCM members or free with general
admission.
·
Saturday,
May 31, 10:30 a.m. – Noon: Enjoy
the last Saturday morning in May with Jon Warfel and Chuck Woltar, in
interactive keyboard and vocal performances in DCM Creativity Connections on
the main level. No reservations needed.
Come join the fun!
DUPAGE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM:
DuPage
Children's Museum helps kids learn how to succeed. Throughout any given day, hundreds of visitors
come through the Big Red Door of the Museum to engage in three floors of fun, hands-on
activities. It is a playful environment where children 6 months to 10 years old
and the important adults in their lives learn and play together in thoughtfully
planned “neighborhoods”, with exhibits and programs designed to promote skill
development in math, science and the arts.
It helps prepare them for a future where curiosity, creative thinking,
imaginative problem solving and learning skills will be needed to interact with
technology that is yet to be invented, to solve problems we can’t imagine and
work in new kinds of jobs that don’t exist today.
DuPage Children’s Museum, a
top
Location:
Phone: 630-637-8000
Hours* Monday:
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m.
- 5 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday: 12 - 5 p.m.
*Call for special seasonal hours.
General Admission: $7.50 per
person, ages one through 59.
$6.50
per person, ages 60 and over.
Admission
is never charged to shop the Explorer Store.
Free Parking. Wheelchair
Accessible. Quick walk from
Annual Memberships: Several types
of memberships and gift memberships are available. Please visit www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org or call 630-637-8000
for more information.
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