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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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Together Time Tales: Shadows
11:00 AM
Experiment with shadow puppets after getting inspired by the book Moonbear’s Shadow by Frank Asch.
Audience: Children, Families, TogetherTime Tales
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsFertile Minds: Children Belong in the Garden with Lara Litchfield-Kimber
1:00 PM
Gardens are incredible learning landscapes—especially for children. Gardening encourages the development of critical early learning skills in young children. For older…
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 DetailsHomeschooler Series: Climate Change (ages 6-8)
10:30 AM
Audience: Children, Climate Change
Cost: $80 (members), $95 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsHomeschooler Series: Climate Change (ages 9-11)
1:30 PM
Audience: Children, Climate Change
Cost: $80 (members), $95 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsSolar Eclipse Activity Days!
10:00 AM
Sunday, April 7th, 2024 Enjoy a day at the Montshire and learn about the total solar eclipse! We’ll be making pinhole viewers and doing other hands-on activities during the…
Audience: Adults, Children, Families, Preteens and Teens, Teachers
View Event DetailsSolar Eclipse Activity Days!
10:00 AM
Sunday, April 7th, 2024 Enjoy a day at the Montshire and learn about the total solar eclipse! We’ll be making pinhole viewers and doing other hands-on activities during the…
Audience: Adults, Children, Families, Preteens and Teens, Teachers
View Event DetailsTogether Time Tales: Animal Tracks
11:00 AM
We’ll read One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Roots and afterward investigate animal tracks and learn which tracks belong to which animals.
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
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