We had a busy and fun game club this month, with a variety of games played by the kids. The newest games: Celestia – You board an aircraft with a team of adventurers to perform many trips through the cities…
October 2017 Game Club
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KC Symphony Out of This World!
On Wednesday, we headed to the Kauffman Center for the KC Symphony‘s fall performance titled “Out of This World!” The program was focused on music that represented space, stars, planets, and clouds. The performance began with Also Sprach Zarathrusta, better…
Johnson Farms
guest post by C. A. We had beautiful weather for our fall field trip to Johnson Farms! At the start of the tour, the guide talked to us about the different vegetables and squash grown at the farm and which…
History Trunks – Uses of the Buffalo
This week we explored Kansas history using another history trunk available from the Kansas State Historical Society called “Uses of the Buffalo.” This trunk focused on how native people in Kansas used the buffalo for food, clothing, shelter and tools.…
October 2017 Lego Club Creations
For our October Lego Club meeting, we began with mini builds focused on October themes such as Halloween, pumpkins, apples, pizza, pasta, cookies, popcorn, pretzels, dinosaurs, great books, rainforests, and Mad Hatter Day. From there, we moved on to a…
We Shall Not Be Moved at Coterie Theatre
This week we attended the live performance of “We Shall Not Be Moved” at Coterie Theatre in Crown Center. This show is about the student sit-ins in 1960 at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. This moving and…
Build a Tipi at Ernie Miller Nature Center
This week we visited Ernie Miller Nature Center for their Build a Tipi program. This is a very popular program at the nature center, and we were excited to get hands on with the tipi supplies. The program started with…
Mummies of the World at Union Station
On Wednesday we visited the newest exhibition at Union Station, Mummies of the World. This exhibit showcases mummies of all kinds from throughout the world. When you say “mummy” most people think of Egypt; however, we saw mummies from the…
September 2017 Lego Club Creations
For our September meeting, we talked about how buildings look from the street versus from the sky, then focused on creating a cityscape that the hex bugs could run through. Here are some of the creations the kids built in…
Fall Picnic 2017
Today was our Fall Picnic at Shawnee Mission Park. The weather was beautiful, and the kids had fun running around together and reconnecting with friends after a busy summer. Thanks to everyone for making it a fun event!