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Coming
soon: New Parent Resource Center
Please
be patient as we make room in our gift shop area for our
new Parent Resource Center. The Parent Resource Center
will be an area especially for parents. The
focus of this resource center will be information
on child growth and development, child behavior, health
issues, parent and child interaction, as so much more!
If you have topics of interest you'd
like to see in the resource center, please contact Tammy
anderson, Outreach Coordinator, at 815-933-9905, Ext.
2.
Arabian Nights Program re-scheduled to July 10!
The Exploration Station...a children's museum will be re-scheduling the Arabian Night program that was origionally scheduled for Friday, June 5. The program will be re-scheduled to Friday, July 10 from 6:00-7:30 pm. If you would like to join us for this event, please pre-register at any Bourbonnais Township Park District Facility. Please call (815) 933-9005 for facility locations.
New Overnight Packages
Overnights are a perfect way to explore the exhibits of the Exploration Station...a children's museum afterhours. Choose from a variety of packages and overnights can feature programs that can be tailored to scouts to fullfill badge requirements! Check out our printable overnight flyer by clicking here or call (815) 933-9905 for more information!
Bamboo's Cafe is closing
June 2, 2009
The tough economic
times took their toll on Bamboo's cafe and so it will
be closing it's doors this summer. The last day the cafe
will offer food is Tuesday June 2, 2009. Thank you to
all the patrons who visited Bamboo's cafe over the years
and thank you for your support!
Museum Free Days change
September 2009
Free days will be changing to free
afternoons at the Exploration Station...a children's museum
starting September 15, 2009. The free afternoons will
be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays with additional free
afternoons offered during the summer months.
A printable calendar of the free afternoon times is now
available our our web site.
Learn More
Museum Hours
September
– March
Closed Mondays (except special holidays)
Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00
p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
April – August
Monday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m.
– 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closed on Easter Sunday, Memorial Day
Annual Shutdown: August 31-September 14
Special Celebration Days
Join us at Exploration Station for
special days where we celebrate with activities, crafts,
and more just because we can! Activities vary each
day. Here are the Days to Celebrate with us at the Exploration
Station...a children's museum this summer!
June
5th -World Environment Day
21st -1st day of Summer
24th -UFO Day
25th -Eric Carle's Birthday
July
3rd -Dog Days of Summer Begin
7th -Macaroni Day
13th -Paper Bag Day
17th -Cow Appreciation Day
August
6th -Wiggle your Toes Day
10th -Art Appreciation Day
17th -Joke Day
19th -Potato Day
For more information on our Days
to Celebrate please contact Tammy Anderson, outreach coordinator
at (815) 933-9905 ext 352.
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Exploration
Station needs your help!
As we work to meet the
needs of all of our visitors, we have to reach out to
our members and frequent visitors. This project will
take not only large amounts of time but funding as well.
Exploration Station is in dire need of an Annual Fundraiser.
This fundraiser will raise funds for new and future
exhibits, as well as maintenance, repairs, and enrichment
activities for some of our current ones. The Exploration
Station and staff are looking to raise the bar. We want
our visitors to leave here knowing their needs have
been met, but wanting to come back for more. If you
have experience with fundraising or just want
to help get an annual fundraiser started please
contact General Manager Sarah Winkel at 815-933-9905.
Check
out this info about children's museums
The
Association of Children's Museum's makes "The Case
for Children's Museums" See
what it has to say here.
New
Birthday Party Prices
We
have updated our birthday party packages at Exploration
Station. For more details check out our Birthday Party
Pages!
Learn More
Up-coming
Inter-Activity Stations:
Inter-Activity Stations are temporary exhibit activity
centers for children to play in and explore. Inter-activities
change regularly and can have games, craft projects
or activities targeted for children ages 5-10 years
old.
Arabian Nights
Interactivity!
Come experience the enchantment
of a far away land. On June 5th, part of the Exploration
Station Castle room will be magically transformed.
You can imagine that you are taking a magic carpet
ride through an ancient Middle Eastern Marketplace complete
with a daring snake charmer. You can partake in
math and scale activities and learn Arabic numbers and
writing. Don’t forget to ask the genie for
your three magic wishes!
This Interactivity will be open June 5-August 30, 2009.
If you have an idea or display item
for a children's exhibit please let us know! We would
love to hear about them. Please contact us at (815)
933-9905 or send an email to nicole@btpd.org.
Check
Out Our New Membership Packages
Exploration Station ..a children's
museum is now offering membership packages that include
the Association
of Children’s Museums Reciprocal Program that
provides FREE admission to more than 130 museums around
the country. Learn
More
Click on the Association
of Children's Museums logo to find out more about
ACM! (clicking here will take you to the Association of
Children's Museum web page)
New Resource for Parents
with Young Children
Check out the new Success by 6
"Parents Page" web site at www.parentspage.org.
The Parents Page is written for parents of newborns
through age 6, and includes many parenting tools produced
by the United Way of America and the Ad Council.
Also included on the site is a list of fun activities,
area events calendars, and special events involving
young children. The "Kankakee County Cares"
button is a thorough resource of local services, ranging
from parent support groups to early childhood education
to child care resources. Most of the parenting
tools are available in both English and Spanish.
Learn More
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