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Programs for Families/Parents
Bring science to life for your children! We are currently offering family programs at some of our sites around the DC metro area for children as young as 6 months! Registration is required in advance for our Birthday parties, Polliwog Pals and Toddler Treehouse, contact Vicky Winter, 202-488-0627 x242, vwinter@livingclassroomsdc.org to hear more information or to register your child. August 15-16 , 2009 Living Classrooms is hosting its first NanoDays event!
The Nanoscale Information Science Education Network (NISE) is a national community of researchers and informal science educators dedicators to fostering public awareness, engagement, and understanding of nanoscale science and technology. Living Classrooms is hosting our first NanoDays Event! Our open hoursat our Glen Echo site will feature science experiments and activities focusing on nano technology. Measure yourself in nanometers, create your own carbon molecule, learn all about how things pop and fizz, and see your fingerprints glow! When: Saturday, August 15th & Sunday, August 16th Where: 7300 MacArthur Boulevard Glen Echo, MD 20812 Cost: Members: Free
Public Hours Currently, we are offering public hours only at our Glen Echo Park site. Weekday hours: by reservation only Weekend hours: Sat and Sun 10am-3pm Admission Prices Polliwog Pals (for youth 6 months-22 months of age) Three-part sessions Classes take place rain or shine Cost: Members, $60; non-members, $75. Calendar: contact Vicky for current dates, vwinter@livingclassroomsdc.org Share the amazing wonders of the natural world with your infant in an intimate playgroup setting. Polliwog Pals encourages parents to feel comfortable in nature with their infant child. In addition, the classes give parents an opportunity to interact with other moms and dads. Most classes include live animal encounters, stories, leisurely hikes on the Museum's trails, and participation in simple yet stimulating art projects. Toddler Treehouse (for youth 2-3 years of age) Three-part sessions Calendar: contact Vicky for current dates, vwinter@livingclassroomsdc.org
Outdoor Enthusiasts (for youth 4-6 years of age)
Birthday Parties (for youth 4-12 years of age)
Birthday parties are active ninety-minute programs that bring nature to life for children in a hands-on, intimate setting. Parties offer children turning ages 4 - 12 a unique informal setting where they can meet live animals, take a hike and play educational nature games that will entertain the entire party!
Party Themes for Children turning 4-8 What Big Teeth You Have! See the world through the eyes of some of nature’s most fearsome creatures as you pounce into this predator party. Go eye to eye with a dragon, stalk your prey through in our woods, and make your own creepy craft. You’ll even get a chance to try out your predatory skills with an awesome predator-prey game! Mammal Mania Super Snakes Slither into our site for a ssssuper sssspecial ssssnaky birthday party! Learn awesome snake facts, make a "snake" to take home, go on a snaky hike through our woods, and even meet a real life snake that lives at discovery creek! Icky, Slimy, Awesome! Love everything icky, sticky, and slimy? Come celebrate your birthday with some of our grossest critters. Meet animals like Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches and bearded dragons and discover they are really nothing to be afraid of. Go on a hike through our woods to look for icky slimy critters in the wild, and make an icky slimy craft. Fun-a-saurus If you’re crazy about dinosaurs, then this is the party for you! You’ll learn all about the thunder lizards as we go on a hike to play dinosaur-related games and make dinosaur crafts. You’ll even get to meet some of their real, live, reptilian descendants! Party Themes for Children turning 7-11 Wacky Watersheds (Offered from the end of March through October). It's a wet and wonderful time to be partying in our woods! Splash down with us as we wade into this creek-based adventure. Use dip nets, magnifiers and your own eyes to discover what inhabits our creek's watery depths. Play watery nature games and even meet some of our own wet and wild creatures. Please have your children and guests wear shoes that can get wet. Prehistoric Par-tay This is the party for budding paleontologists, or anyone eager to adventure into the amazing age of the dinosaurs. We’ll hike through the woods to excavate “dinosaur bones,” make our own dinosaur, and top things off by meeting some of the dinosaurs’ living descendents! Awesome Amphibians, Radical Reptiles Some of our coolest animal friends are downright cold blooded. Learn the difference between reptiles and amphibians as you slither and stomp your way into this slimy scaly party. Meet some of our reptiles and amphibians and discover how they sense the world, test your own senses with nature games and a hike through our woods, and make your very own slime. Advanced Party Theme for Children turning 8-12 Contact Vicky Winter for current themes... Other Important Information To schedule your child's next birthday party, contact Vicky Winter at 202-488-0627 x242 or vwinter@livingclassroomsdc.org
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