The holiday season is here once again which means that kids across Long Island are off from school. The Long Island Children's Museum has come up with several solutions to that ever-nagging question – what are we going to do with the kids for the break week?
Toys are on kids minds at this time of year, and appropriately enough are front and center at the Children's Museum as well. Families will get their final chance to explore Toys: The Inside Story, the traveling exhibit on display at the Children's Museum before it leaves town on January 2. Peek inside some common toys while exploring the basics of pulleys, cams, gears, linkages, and circuits. Twelve different hands-on stations are featured illustrating the simple mechanisms commonly found in toys, and lets visitors create their own toy-like combinations. Exhibits are free form and open-ended; offering visitors the opportunity to figure out how to spin a ballerina, free "Jack" from his box and make Elmo dance. Toys: The Inside Story was created by Montshire Museum of Science and funded by the National Science Foundation. Local exhibit support provided by Astoria Federal Savings.
Workshops and theater programs are planned to satisfy any age group. The week ends with LICM's annual Countdown to 12! New Year's Eve event.
BoyintheShade is a theatrical presentation of original music delivering positive messages to children with a focus on music appreciation, friendship, nature and giving. Join us for an hour of non-stop sing-along, clap-along entertainment fun as audiences are transported to a magical world where character counts and self-confidence is king.
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Ages: 3 and up.
