On Friday we attended a production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre for Young America. The cast was a combination of professional actors seen in other shows at TYA and students who attended the TYA summer camp. The…
We braved the heat to take the Sculpture and Science tour arranged by Nelson-Atkins Museum and the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center. We started our tour at Nelson-Atkins Museum, and explored the outdoor sculpture garden. The kids learned about the…
On June 30 we attended a show of “The Wizard of Oz” performed by Mesner Puppets at the Musical Heritage Theater in Crown Center. This adaptation of the story was a fresh retelling that entertained kids and parents alike. The…
This June we visited a true hidden gem, the UMKC Geology Museum. Tucked away down a hall by the science labs, this museum has one of the best collections available for viewing, and even better, it is free. Our tour…
We visited the Museum at Prairie Fire to view their latest exhibition, “The World’s Largest Dinosaurs” which is all about sauropods and how they lived on the earth for 140 million years. The exhibition had a number of hands-on activities…
In June we celebrated Lego Club’s fourth birthday and had a great morning free building all kinds of creations. Here is some of what the kids built: Minecraft world Penguins, unicorn and a mushroom A flying cake A swimming pool…
On May 24th we toured the Emergency Operations Center in Olathe as part of our Community Helpers series, which includes the police station and the fire station. The center is the heart of emergency preparedness in Johnson County. The employees…
Our May Game Club had a variety of games new and old, as well as a game swap where our members traded games they had outgrown. Here are the new games that we played: Castle Panic – This is a…
On May 16 and 17 we had two groups of students visit Pizzeria Locale at 95th and Quivira to learn all about how pizza dough is made, and to enjoy a pizza lunch courtesy of the restaurant. The demonstration started…
Last week we toured Grinter Place, a historical site in Kansas City, KS, to experience life in the 1850s at a ferry boat crossing. The Grinter family ran a ferry boat that carried travelers moving westward across the Kansas River.…
