Baby Bloomers at Thinkery
*The event has already taken place on this date: Mon, 03/27/2017
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Mondays 9 am–12 pm and Saturdays 9–10 am
Members: $3 each / Non-Members: $5 each
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Baby Bloomers is a specially designed program where the museum is open just for visitors age 0–3 years and their families! It provides caregivers and early learners the opportunity to experience Thinkery together in an environment focused solely on them. Monthly themes and special guests engage our youngest visitors in fun explorations and learning through play. In addition to story time and other guided experiences, free-play is encouraged in museum galleries that support the social, emotional and cognitive development of our earliest learners.
Please note that Saturdays are limited to the second level of the museum, which includes Let’s Grow, Story Nook and Currents.
Learn & read more about the program below:
Light It Up!
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Member: $3
Non-Member: $5
As we kick off a new year, let’s explore the wonder of light and shadow! We’ll use our exhibits to experiment with the possibilities of light all month long. On Mondays, we’ll highlight our very popular Light Lab and invite you to explore alongside us. On Saturdays, we’ll relocate our Mini Maker Lab to the second floor where you can watch your little one’s eyes light up as we tinker with flashlights, prisms, mirrors and more! Join us each week to try something new or build on the previous week’s activities!
On Mondays (1st and 2nd floor open):
Light Lab – Create a story with shadow puppets at Colored Shadows. Build a structure that casts a colorful shadow at Build with Light. Make a vibrant picture with your favorite colors at the Light Peg Wall and create an abstract piece at Painting with Light.
Mini Maker Lab – Tinker with flashlights, prisms, mirrors and more. Make an ever-changing pattern with kaleidoscopes or become a color detective in search of rainbows.
Innovators’ Workshop – Use neon paint that glows so bright at Paint Wall and then recreate your scene at Animation Station.
Story Nook – Curl up on a pillow and read books all about colors.
Let’s Grow – Use the rainbow to shop for foods at Fresh! Farmers Market and then cook up a balanced meal at Fresh! Café.
Move Studio – Pretend to be light particles, using energy to play with our rainbow parachute.
On Saturdays (2nd floor only):
Story Nook – Tinker with flashlights, prisms, mirrors and more. Make an ever-changing pattern with kaleidoscopes or become a color detective in search of rainbows.
Let’s Grow – Use the rainbow to shop for foods at Fresh! Farmers Market and then cook up a balanced meal and Fresh! Café.
Move Studio – Pretend to be light particles, using energy to play with our rainbow parachute.
Bloom – Use shadow puppets to tell us your favorite story.
Special Guests:
*No Baby Bloomers on Monday, January 2
Saturday, January 7, 9–10
Special Guest @ 9:30 am – Sing and dance along with our friends from Tune Bugz! With developmentally appropriate music and movement activities, families and children will enjoy the pleasures of making music from their very own hands, hearts and voices.
Monday, January 9, 9 am–12 pm
Special Guest @ 10:30 am – “Good things come in pairs.” In the music world that would most certainly include The Judds, The Wreckers…and now, The Rankin Twins have become one of the most talked about new duos in contemporary country music.
Saturday, January 14, 9–10 am
Special Guest – Miss Ariel is a local Austin children’s musician performer. She has a great program that is geared for youngsters. Miss Ariel does a great job mixing the familiar preschool songs along with her original songs, and activities with shakers, scarves and puppets. Come join us and sing along!
*No Baby Bloomers on Monday, January 16
Saturday, January 21, 9–10 am
Special Guest @ 9:30 am – TBD
Monday, January 23, 9 am–12 pm
Special Guest @ 10:30 am – “Good things come in pairs.” In the music world that would most certainly include The Judds, The Wreckers…and now, The Rankin Twins have become one of the most talked about new duos in contemporary country music.
Saturday, January 28, 9–10 am
Special Guest @ 9:30 am – Small Wonders Puppet Theater is a traveling puppet theater designed to entertain children, young and old. Their shows are all original, interactive, musical reviews which encourage kids to get up and dance with the puppets!
Monday, January 30, 9 am–12 pm
Special Guest @ 10:30 am – Use your imagination, body, and voice to experience the world with ZACH Theatre. Explore the wild jungle, dive underwater, or fly in a hot air balloon. The sky is the limit when you use your imagination.
February Programs
Water Play!
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Member: $3
Non-Member: $5
This month we’re highlighting Currents and invite you to splish, splash and explore the wonders of water. Join us each week to try something new or build on the previous week’s activities!
On Mondays (1st and 2nd floor open):
Currents – Explore watery science you can see, feel and hear. Make music with our singing bowls or find your rhythm with the drip beats. Investigate gravity with the splash buckets, chutes and channels.
Mini Maker Lab – Explore materials that sink and float, make color-changing concoctions by mixing liquids or attempt to make a bubble as big as you.
Light Lab – Make a glowing underwater scene on our Light Peg Wall. What happens when you shine light through water, oil or other liquids?
Innovators’ Workshop – Explore gravity as we use a dripping technique at Paint Wall. Make a water-inspired movie at Animation Station.
Springs – Build a boat and set it sailing. Build a fountain and listen to it trickle. Follow a school of fish and catch one if you can.
Story Nook – Curl up on a pillow and share story all about water.
Move Studio – Pretend to be a water droplet falling from a cloud or splashing on the beach in a giant wave.
On Saturdays (2nd floor only):
Currents – Explore watery science you can see, feel and hear. Make music with our singing bowls or find your rhythm with the drip beats. Investigate gravity with the splash buckets, chutes and channels.
Mini Maker Lab – Explore materials that sink and float, make color-changing concoctions by mixing liquids or attempt to make a bubble as big as you.
Story Nook – Curl up on a pillow and share story all about water.
Move Studio – Pretend to be a water droplet falling from a cloud or splashing on the beach in a giant wave.
Special Guests:
Saturday, February 4
Special Guest @ 9:30 am – TBD
Monday, February 6
Special Guest @ 10:30 am – Staci Gray is an Austin-based children’s performer. Her sing-a-longs will get you dancing. Be sure to stick around for the grand finale—bubbles!
Saturday, February 11
Special Guest @ 9:30 am – Miss Ariel is a local Austin children’s musician performer. She has a great program that is geared for youngsters. Miss Ariel does a great job mixing the familiar preschool songs along with her original songs, and activities with shakers, scarves and puppets. Come join us and sing along!
Monday, February 13
Special Guest @ 9:30 am – TBD
Saturday, February 18
Special Guest @ 9:30 am – TBD
*No Baby Bloomers on Monday, February 20
Saturday, February 25
Special Guest @ 9:30 am – Miss Ariel is a local Austin children’s musician performer. She has a great program that is geared for youngsters. Miss Ariel does a great job mixing the familiar preschool songs along with her original songs, and activities with shakers, scarves and puppets. Come join us and sing along!
Monday, February 27
Special Guest @ 10:30 am – ZACH Theatre. Use your imagination, body, and voice to experience the world with ZACH Theatre. Explore the wild jungle, dive underwater, or fly in a hot air balloon. The sky is the limit when you use your imagination.
March Programs
In the Garden!
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Member: $3
Non-Member: $5
This month we’re highlighting Let’s Grow and we invite you and your little sprout to explore and grow! Join us each week to try something new or build on the previous week’s activities!
On Mondays (1st and 2nd floor open):
Let’s Grow – Gather eggs from the Chicken Coop, Pick the ripest fruits and vegetables from Fresh! Farmers Market and then cook up a balanced meal at Fresh! Café.
Mini Maker Lab – Let’s make mud pies, dig in the dirt and take a closer look at soil.
Light Lab –Explore with light sensitive materials and see what happen. How might this help our garden to grow?
Innovators’ Workshop – Paint all of the colors of the rainbow in a garden scene. Make a movie at Animation Station with seeds as the main character.
Springs – What grows in a water garden? Let’s look under a “lily pad” and see what’s hiding?
Story Nook – Grab a book and recreate your favorite scene. Or put on a puppet show with our friends from the garden.
Move Studio – Pretend to be a seedling growing from the ground. What happens when you begin to sprout?
On Saturdays (2nd floor only):
Let’s Grow – Gather eggs from the Chicken Coop, pick the ripest fruits and vegetables from Fresh! Farmers Market and then cook up a balanced meal at Fresh! Café.
Mini Maker Lab – Let’s make mud pies, dig in the dirt and take a closer look at soil.
Story Nook – Grab a book and recreate your favorite scene. Or put on a puppet show with our friends from the garden.
Move Studio – Pretend to be a seedling growing from the ground. What happens when you begin to sprout?
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