Science Museum

We are lucky to live in an area with more than one Science museum. This is the big one, not the one closest to us. This museum has multiple buildings, each with multiple levels. We spend most of our time in one area - the preschool children's area to be specific.

My son refused to turn his back on the T-rex, really not such a bad idea. How could you not be excited about going somewhere with dinosaurs greeting you in the entry way?

We start our day in the museum at the "farm." The kids use their reusable bags to collect produce fresh from the garden area. We talk about the environment with the bags, the different types of produce - colors, flavors, which are favorites, sorting by fruit/vegetable, etc.

Then they go over to the chicken coop to collect eggs. While these are wooden eggs, we still talk about being careful with them. My kids cook with me enough to know about egg shells, egg whites, and egg yolks.

 Milking a cow is a new experience for these city kids. They loved seeing where cow milk comes from (it was really just water).

A giant table for water play is always fun. I love that they provide the smocks to attempt to keep the kids somewhat dry. 

There are many areas, even just in the preschool area, that I'm not including photos of because there is so much to do. Also, my kids move fast and I don't want to include photos of other people's kids. This firetruck had an area for driving and a slide out the back. They almost didn't leave the truck.

This is how we got them to leave the truck. A giant excavation pit with shovels, sand, and dinosaur bones is quite the attraction. Getting them to leave this area isn't pretty, so no photos of that!