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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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Program(s) for starting 07/22/2021
Mushroom Walk
1:00 PM
Join expert Faith Hunt on this annual foray that will introduce you to a spectacular variety of local fungi. This fascinating program concludes with an opportunity to sample…
Audience: Adults, Mushroom Walk
Location: Montshire grounds; meet in the Classroom
Cost: $65 (members), $75 (non-members)
This Event is Full
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Color Mixing
10:30 AM
A favorite for young museums families! We’ll read the book Mouse Paint by Ellen Stole Walsh. Then, we’ll make our own rainbow of colors using mixing trays, pipettes, and…
Audience: Children, Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Sort it Out
10:30 AM
We’ll read the book Sort it Out by Barbara Mariconda about a pack rat and his great collection objects to get us ready for our own sorting challenge. Each family will get a…
Audience: Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Balance
10:30 AM
We’ll read the delightful book Just a Little Bit about friends both large and small on a teeter totter. Young families will then get to practice early math skills as they use…
Audience: Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
View Event DetailsExperiment, Imagine, Create Virtual Workshop for ages 4-5 with a caregiver
10:00 AM
Each week we will experiment with a different type of force or motion. Then using what we discover to create a fun toy or game for further play.
Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $70 (members), $85 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsPinball Wizard Virtual Workshop for ages 9-12
1:00 PM
Audience: Children, Homeschoolers, Virtual Workshop Series
Location: Via Zoom; details to follow after registration
Cost: $120 (members), $140 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsHanover Garden Club: The Curious Person’s Guide to Earth Repair
1:00 PM
Around the world, people are finding that even the most harsh and damaged environments can be restored. In this talk, Judith D. Schwartz will share what she’s learned from…
Audience: Adults, Hanover Garden Club
Cost: Free
Pre-Registration Required
View Event DetailsAmazing Magnets for ages 4-6
10:00 AM
Each week, experiment and use the force of magnets as we examine their attracting and repelling properties. Discover what is magnetic, try fun magnet tricks, and play games with…
Audience: Children, Programs for Preschoolers
Location: On-site at the Montshire
Cost: $75 (members), $90 (non-members)
Pre-Registration Required
Event Notes: Program is canceled
View Event DetailsScience Story Time: Leafcutter Ants
10:30 AM
We’ll read the book Are You an Ant? by Judy Allen to learn all about an ant’s life. Afterwards you’ll have a chance to see the museum’s live colony of leafcutter ants as…
Audience: Families, Science Story TIme
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
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