HOURS OF LEARNING WHILE PLAYING IN SPOKANE
The Spokane Children’s Museum features learning galleries tailored to different age groups. The Garden gives infants and toddlers lots of room for multi-sensory exploration. Its Baby Exploration Path exhibit offers different textures to touch, a multitude of patterns to see, and varied surfaces to crawl over and through. A full scale Greek Village lets elementary schoolage kids play “grown-up,” Greek-style. They dress in authentic country clothing and roleplay in the market, restaurant, cottage, or kitchen, exploring different aspects of the culture while exercising social skills. Special workshops are offered to kids 10 and over.
Washington State University professors teach a construction workshop for kids 10 and over. They are introduced to the basics of architecture, design, and landscaping. Visiting artists teach kids of all ages the finer arts of juggling, clay and balloon sculpting, magic and painting with new and unusual tools, while fictional resident artist Monroe Street leaves unfinished works of art up in the museum loft for parents and children to complete. The museum also offers Babes in Arms, a program for expectant and new parents.
Also in Spokane is Riverfront Park, where kids play on a giant red Radio Flyer wagon, ride a carousel, drive bumper cars, take in an Imax movie, and ice skate in the winter. Call 800-336-7275, 509-625-6600 or visit www.spokaneriverfrontpark.com.