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March 19, 2019

Music Makers: Nature Sounds

Join the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in the Nursery for an hour of hands-on musical exploration. Experience the beautiful sounds of the natural world such as rain, birdsong, wind and running water and invent your own instruments using a variety of natural materials. Discover how music is everywhere if we just take the time to listen!

This program is designed for our youngest learners (0-5) but is suitable for all ages. The event is drop-in, so guests may come and go as they please! For more information, visit the event page!

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Music Makers: Kitchen Instruments

Join the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in the Nursery for an hour of hands-on musical exploration. Use different kitchen items to create original beats and rhythms and get ideas of how to continue the fun at home!

This program is designed for our youngest learners (0-5) but is suitable for all ages. The event is drop-in, so guests may come and go as they please!  For more information, visit the event page!

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Wellness Wednesday: Rethink Your Drink

Join the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh for Wellness Wednesday in the Nursery! The group will explore the sugar content of popular beverages as well as sample different flavors of fruit-infused waters (the healthy alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages). Get ready to rethink your drink!

This program is designed for our youngest learners (0-5) but is suitable for all ages. The event is drop-in, so guests may come and go as they please!  For more information, visit the event page!

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Young Sprouts: Garden Art

Join the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh to explore natural and repurposed materials to decorate their garden by bringing your art outdoors.

This program is drop-in, so guests may come and go as they please! This program is designed for our youngest learners (0-5) but is suitable for all ages. Program location is weather dependent: it will be in the Garden if the weather allows; find them in the Nursery if weather is less than ideal.

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March 18, 2019

Rube Goldberg: Painting on the Floor

Embrace Rube Goldberg’s innovative and wacky ways of utilizing everyday objects to complete a task. Join the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh to create a collaborative work of art using unexpected objects and invent our own “Epic Way to Paint a Picture.”

This program is inspired by the Rube Goldberg exhibit but will take place in the Nursery.

This program is designed for our youngest learners (0-5) but is suitable for all ages. The event is drop-in, so guests may come and go as they please!  For more information, visit the event page!

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Young Sprouts: Starting Seeds – Germination Station

Visit our Young Sprouts Germination Station! Are you curious about seeds? What is a seed, anyway? What do seeds need to grow into healthy plants? Investigate the many colors, shapes, and sizes of seeds and listen to the story, A Seed is Sleepy. We will also be giving away seeds saved from our garden!

This program is drop-in, so feel free to come and go as you please! This program is designed for our youngest learners (0-5) but suitable for all ages. Program location is weather dependent: we will be in the Garden if the weather allows; find us in the Nursery if weather is less than ideal.

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Wellness Wednesday: Monthly Munchies – Spinach

Join us for Wellness Wednesday in the Nursery! Our Monthly Munchies series takes place every third Wednesday of the month and will feature an in-season fruit or vegetable. Come sample the focus fruit or vegetable and get recipe ideas to use it at home!

Sponsored in part by WIC. This program is drop-in, so feel free to come and go as you please!  This program is designed for our youngest learners (0-5) but suitable for all ages. For more information about Early Childhood Learning, visit our home page!