MCM Calendar of Events for April

Spring Fling Celebration

Sunday, April 4th, 2009

12:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.

Spring is here and we want to celebrate! Join us for a day of arts & crafts, games, and more! We will even have an egg hunt around the museum!

MCM Fun Day One Day Camp

Environmental Avengers

Monday, April 5th, 2010

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

What does it mean to be “Green”? Join us to learn this and more about being environmentally friendly.

Cost: $45 MCM Members, $50 Non-Members

Home School Mondays

1st Monday of the month

10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Home School Mondays are special opportunity for Florida’s Home school families to experience the museum. Each month our educators will cover a new and exciting topic using one of our 14 interactive galleries as guide. The program is from 10 a.m. to 11a.m. with gallery exploration afterwards

Themes:

April-The Wizard of Oz

Zumba for Kids

Saturday, April 10th 2010

2:00 p.m.

Join our Zumba Master Trainer for this 30 minute high energy and motivating Zumba class.  It offers unique moves and combinations that allow the Zumba participants to dance away their worries. It is based on the principle that a workout should be “FUN AND EASY TO DO”.

All Kids Included Festival

Saturday, April 17th 2010

10-5pm

Join us for a FREE exciting day devoted to kids of all abilities! The day will be filled with special performances, face painting, balloon artists, arts and crafts and more!

Earth Day Celebration

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

11:00-5:00 p.m.

Come and help the Miami Children’s Museum celebrate Earth Day and learn what it means to be “green”.  Whether it’s playing our conservation game or creating your own recycled art piece, learning about the environment will be fun and exciting.

Creative Island Spring Camp

March 29th to April 2nd 2010

9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Come spend spring break at Miami Children’s Museum, where you can play, learn, imagine and create. Camp is open for children ages 4-11. Register TODAY by calling 305.373.KIDS (5437), ext. 112

Bal Harbour Village Kids Camp, based at the Sea View Hotel

Designed and Run by  Miami Children’s Museum

Upcoming Sessions & Themes:

Thursday April 8th– Sunday April 11th: Fitness Fun

Thursday April 15th– Sunday April 18th: Cultural Connections

Thursday April 22nd– Sunday April 25th: Creation Station

Bal Harbour Village Kids Camp, based at the Sea View Hotel

Designed and Run by Miami Children’s Museum

SPRING CAMP

Monday, March 29th to Sunday, April 4th

SmART!

Join us as we explore the world of art. Art comes in many shapes and sizes and using many different objects we will create our own to bring home.

The Wizard of Oz EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION
Follow the yellow brick road to MCM for the official Wizard of Oz Educational Exhibition, the only Warner Bros. Consumer Products licensed and sanctioned traveling Children’s Museum Exhibit! Visitors of all ages are invited to come along with Dorothy and Toto on a multi-sensory, cross-disciplinary exploration of the Land of Oz. Along the way, discover personal strengths and gifts using: Literacy, visual, musical and performing arts, values and strengths, investigating light and science, overcoming physical challenges and personal reflection and decision-making. You can even get to know your favorite movie characters!

The Wizard of Oz Educational Exhibition was created by Miami Children’s Museum and SPARKS, in conjunction with Turner Entertainment Co. All underlying materials, including all artwork and the use of The Wizard of Oz characters are TM & © by Turner Entertainment Co., and used with permission of Turner Entertainment Co.

New Drops Ins:

To enhance the magic of our newest traveling exhibit, we have created special drop in programs based on the Wizard of Oz and each day will be a different character.

Times of New Drop Ins:

1:30pm         Dress the Characters Art Activity

2:30pm         Meet a Character from the Wizard of Oz

4pm             Character Related Activities

Character Related Activities

Mondays-Be a Munchkin

Tuesdays-Wizard Science

Wednesdays-Glinda’s Bubble Wand

Thursdays-We’re Off to See the Wizard

Fridays-Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers Art Activity

Saturdays-Tin Man Freeze Dance

Sundays-Do you have the courage to be King of the Forest? Lion’s Obstacle Courses

Artist in Residence Studio:

Come out and work with our resident artists and enjoy the art activities they have created.

Open Studio with Monica Lutz

Monday 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Open Studio with Guillermo Piloto

Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

MCM in the Community:

Here is a list of upcoming events that Miami Children’s Museum will be participating in:

KidFlix

At Bill Cosford Cinema @ the University of Miami

Sunday, April 11th from 10:30-2pm

Story Time at Books & Books

At Coral Gables on Saturday, April 24th at 10 a.m.

At Bal Harbour on Sunday, April 25th at 12:30 p.m.

EVERY MONTH at MIAMI CHILDREN’s MUSEUM…

New programs highlighted below!

Target Free Third Friday Friday, March 19th, 2009, 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Join us every third Friday for Free Family nights sponsored by Target.

Story Time Everyday, 11:00 a.m.
Character Meet & Greet Everyday, 2:30 p.m.
Feeding Time Everyday, 12 p.m.
Hands in Sand Everyday, 11:30 a.m.
MCM Players Performance Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.
Daily Art from a Cart Everyday, 4:30 p.m.

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Please visit www.miamichildrensmuseum.org for more details on March programming.

Miami Children’s Museum is located on Watson Island at

980 MacArthur Causeway, Miami, FL 33132.

To contact the Museum, please call 305.373.KIDS (5437)

or to reach us via fax, dial 305.373.KID1 (5431).

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