Please
call 860-691-1111 for information or to register for
the following programs:
FUN FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS!
Friday, August 6, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
First-Friday-Free Family Night*
Join us the first Friday night of each month for free!
*Sponsored by Electric Boat Employees Community Services Association.
AND, Families & More:Stories Galore! Special activities sponsored by: Target
Tuesday, August 10, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Family Programming: STARLAB!
Bring a picnic dinner to eat at our outdoor tables, then join us inside for a trip into our portable planetarium and some time to play! If skies are clear, we'll head back outside and look at some real stars at night's end.
• Fee (whole family): $10 members/ $16 non-members
Sunday, August 15, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Autism Spectrum Morning
Join us for a quiet morning of self-guided fun at the Museum.
Please call 860-691-1111 to register for this free event.
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PROGRAMS
MUSEUM
BABIES
Designed for very young children and their caregivers. Museum Babies will focus on simple stories, play activities and new friends. Program is appropriate for children who are having their first group experience and mobile, either walking or crawling.
• Best for ages 12 - 18 months
• Friday, 9:30 (45 minutes)
• Fee per class (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission
for child)
• Call to register: 860-691-1111
Friday, August 6, 9:30 a.m.
MUSEUM BABIES: String-a-long, Sing-a-long
Your babies have eaten their weight in Cheerieos, you’ll be surprised what else they can do with them.
• Best for ages 12 - 18 months
• 45 minute class
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission
for child)
• Call to register: 860-691-1111
Friday, August 13, 9:30 a.m.
MUSEUM BABIES: Shake Your Shakers
Babies can fill and decorate little bottles to make fun music.
• Best for ages 12 - 18 months
• 45 minute class
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission
for child)
• Call to register: 860-691-1111
Friday, August 20, 9:30 a.m.
MUSEUM BABIES: Scarf Dance
Music +colorful scarves +babies = fun!
• Best for ages 12 - 18 months
• 45 minute class
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission
for child)
• Call to register: 860-691-1111
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TODDLER PLAYGROUPS: FIRST FRIENDS or TOGETHER TIME
Toddler playgroups are an informal opportunity for toddlers
to be a part of a group. Emphasis on process and exposure
to new and different materials, stories and a craft.
• Best for ages 18-36 months
• 45 minute classes
• Fee per class (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
FIRST
FRIENDS: Toddler attends alone
For toddlers attending without caregivers. Best for toddlers 24 to 36 months,
ready for a taste of independence.
• Mondays or Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m or 10:45 a.m.
•
45 minute classes
• Best for ages 24 - 36 months
TOGETHER
TIME : Toddler with caregiver
For toddlers and their caregiver.
• Thursdays, 9:30 a.m - for Younger Toddler (18-24 months)
• Thursdays, 10:45 a.m. - for Older Toddler (24-36 months)
TODDLER PLAYGROUPS: Water Colors & Water Painting
Grab a smock or wear your old tee shirt ‘cause we are going to be painting today. Weather-permitting, we may even take our brushes outdoors!
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission
for child)
• Call to register: 860-691-1111
FIRST FRIENDS: (without caregiver)
Mon, August 2, 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.
Wed, August 4, 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.
TOGETHER TIME: (with caregiver)
Thurs, August 5, 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.
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TODDLER PLAYGROUPS: Safely Practicing with Safety Scissors
Permission to cut all kinds of things . . . magazines, papers and maybe strings. Practice this important skill with us, today.
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission
for child)
• Call to register: 860-691-1111
FIRST FRIENDS: (without caregiver)
Mon, August 9, 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.
Wed, August 11, 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.
TOGETHER TIME: (with caregiver)
Thurs, August 12, 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.
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TODDLER PLAYGROUPS: Bubbly Tubs, Boats, and Subs
What will sink and what will float? We'll answer this with rocks and boats!! Prepare to get a bit wet.
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission
for child)
• Call to register: 860-691-1111
FIRST FRIENDS: (without caregiver)
Mon, August 16, 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.
Wed, August 18, 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.
TOGETHER TIME: (with caregiver)
Thurs, August 19, 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.
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PRESCHOOLERS
The best of books, the best activities and the best of times!!
Programs for 3-5 year olds read to attend alone.
• 45 minutes sessions. Tuesdays & Fridays mornings.
• Fee per class (due at registration): $9 members, $15 non-member (includes
admission for child).
Tuesday, August 3, 10:00 a.m.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: Not Barrels of Monkeys, Barrels of Rain
Preserving our water, one drop at a time – just why are those green barrels out there?
• Ages 3 - 5
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
Friday, August 6, 10:30 a.m.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: Strumming Along
Guitars, banjos, ukuleles all have strings. Learn what makes them sound so good and make your own string instrument.
• Ages 3 - 5
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
Tuesday, August 10, 10:00 a.m.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: You Rock!
Learn about little pebbles and big boulders, plus paint and house your own pet rock.
• Ages 3 - 5
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
Friday, August 13, 10:30 a.m.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: Face Your Feelings
Learn all about feelings, just by looking at your friends’ faces and your own. Make a fun face puppet with found and recycled objects.
• Ages 3 - 5
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
Tuesday, August 17, 10:00 a.m.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: Just Wing It
Birds have wings, planes have wings, and our classroom has supplies that you can use to make yourself a pair of your own.
• Ages 3 - 5
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
Friday, August 20, 10:30 a.m.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: Hmmmm, Hermit Crabs
Learn all about the underwater decorators of the sea and decorate your own shell home.
• Ages 3 - 5
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
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PRESCHOOL SCIENCE
Microscopes to binoculars, critters to rocks, launching rockets to volcanoes. Children are exposed to the many facets of the scientific world.
• Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m
• 45 minute classes
• Best for ages 4 - 6
• Fee per class (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 p.m.
PRESCHOOL SCIENCE: Jumpin' Jellyfish!
For something that doesn’t have a brain, these ocean critters sure seem smart!
• Best for ages 4 - 6
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
Tuesday, August 10, 1:30 p.m.
PRESCHOOL SCIENCE: Balancing Act
Can you balance on a balance beam? Can you balance two balls on a ruler? Come find out.
• Best for ages 4 - 6
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
Tuesday, August 17, 1:30 p.m.
PRESCHOOL SCIENCE: Tree Houses
Do you know how many critters can live in one tree? We’re here to show you!
• Best for ages 4 - 6
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
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IMAGINATION S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-R-S!
Join us each week for fun-filled programs with art, experimentation, and maybe a little science thrown in for good measure!
Drop off available.
• Mondays, 1:30 p.m.
• 45 minute classes
• Best for ages 7, 7, 9 years old
• Fee per class (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
Monday, August 2, 1:30 p.m.
IMAGINATION S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-R-S: Mosaics
We will convert a room into a camera obscura and introduce the concept behind "old fashioned" film photography.
• Best for ages 7, 8, 9 years old (Drop off available)
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
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Monday, August 9, 1:30 p.m.
IMAGINATION S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-R-S: Improv Class
Weather-permitting, we’ll head outside to the garden stage for this energetic class all about creating stories and scenarios through performance.
• Best for ages 7, 8, 9 years old
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
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Monday, August 16, 1:30 p.m.
IMAGINATION S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-R-S: Crafting Coolness
Using a darning needle and colored string, we will weave ourselves some beautiful tapestries – Embroidery is way cool!
• Best for ages 7, 8, 9 years old
• Fee (due at registration): $9 member, $15 non-member (includes admission for child)
• Call to register: (860) 691-1111
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The
Museum is OPEN:
• SUMMER HOURS! 9:30 - 5:00 Monday thru Saturday,
Sundays Noon-5:00.
The
Museum is CLOSED:
• Mondays from Labor Day through end of school year (except
for school holidays and vacations).
• Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve (closing early), and Christmas
Day.
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