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Featured Upcoming Event on April 2 at 1:00 pm
Fertile Minds: Children Belong in the Garden with Lara Litchfield-Kimber
Gardens are incredible learning landscapes—especially for children. Gardening encourages the development of critical early learning skills in young children. For older students, gardens provide dynamic learning environments in which to explore math, science, history, and culture. This presentation invites you to reimagine traditional gardens as powerful living classrooms.
Bio: Lara Litchfield-Kimber earned her BA from Amherst College and her MS from Cornell University. Formally trained in the agricultural sciences as a plant pathologist, Lara left research and teaching to become an entrepreneur, starting Fertile Minds, Inc., an informal science education group in Ithaca, NY, that developed children’s gardens to teach math and science. She joined the science center field in 2004 at Ithaca’s Sciencenter and later served as the executive director of the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum in Poughkeepsie, NY, for nine years before coming to the Upper Valley in January 2022 to assume the role of executive director of the Montshire Museum of Science.
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Science Yoga
11:30 AM
Science Yoga is on Wednesdays at 11:30. This full-body, playful program combines body awareness with an introduction to early science topics ranging from dinosaurs to planets. Feel free to BYOYM (bring-your-own-yoga-mat) or borrow one of ours.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Yoga
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsTogether Time Tales: Fish Fun
11:00 AM
Relax surrounded by the aquariums in “Life in Local Waters” after we read the book Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris and create our own patterned paper fish to take home.
Audience: Children, Families, TogetherTime Tales
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Yoga
11:30 AM
Science Yoga is on Wednesdays at 11:30. This full-body, playful program combines body awareness with an introduction to early science topics ranging from dinosaurs to planets. Feel free to BYOYM (bring-your-own-yoga-mat) or borrow one of ours.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Yoga
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsFiddlehead Fling Gala 2024
The museum is closed today for a special event. Join Us for The Fiddlehead Fling Gala: Alchemy to Innovation on Friday, May 3 at 6pm. A night of philanthropy in celebration of…
Audience: Adults
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsNature Adventures: Frog
11:00 AM
Hop like a frog and hunt for insects. Learn about the complete metamorphosis of frogs with educator Kelly Wieman for this Month’s Nature Adventure.
Audience: Children, Families, Nature Adventures
Location: Classroom
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsTogether Time Tales: Colors
11:00 AM
After learning about colors and feelings in the book Color Monster by Anna Llenas we will explore mixing colors using science tools.
Audience: Children, Families, TogetherTime Tales
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsCreating a Backyard Pollinator Haven with Dr. Erin Zagadailov
1:00 PM
Erin will provide simple tips and tricks that you can implement in your own home garden to attract pollinators and promote pollinator conservation. She will provide an overview…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free
View Event DetailsScience Yoga
11:30 AM
Science Yoga is on Wednesdays at 11:30. This full-body, playful program combines body awareness with an introduction to early science topics ranging from dinosaurs to planets. Feel free to BYOYM (bring-your-own-yoga-mat) or borrow one of ours.
Audience: Children, Families, Science Yoga
Location: Community Room
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsTogether Time Tales: Bee House
11:00 AM
Build your own Bee House for solitary bees after reading Am I Even a Bee by Felicity Muth.
Audience: Children, Families, TogetherTime Tales
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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