On Tuesday, we attended the live performance of the Andrew Clements’ book “No Talking” at the Coterie Theatre. In the story, the boys and girls challenge each other to a no talking contest, which turns out to be much more…
On February 8th we attended an interesting lecture by Charlie Hamilton James, photojournalist for National Geographic, at the Kauffman Center. The lecture was part of the National Geographic Live tour, and focused on his experiences throughout the world photographing diverse…
On February 7 we enjoyed a live performance by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, performed at the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College. There were three stories – Brown Bear, Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Papa, Please Get the Moon…
Our February meeting was a busy one, with all kinds of great creations made by the kids. We started with a mini build based off February holidays, such as Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Mardi Gras, Chinese New Year, Wild Bird…
Image credit – the Kansas City Symphony On February 1 we attended the KC Symphony’s spring 2017 KinderKonzert performance on Symphonic Citizenship. This program used the orchestra to show the kids how they can be good citizens using traits such…
January 30th found us out at Ernie Miller Nature Center for an archaeological dig. This full-day program is one of the very best that we have attended at the Nature Center, and we highly recommend it to other groups! The…
We met on January 23rd for our first game club of the spring. Some of the games were favorites from previous meetings, while others were new to the group. Here are the games that we played: New games this month:…
On Wednesday we traveled to Union Station to go back in time to Pompeii! This exhibition features over 200 artifacts from Pompeii, giving us a glimpse into Roman life in the 1st century. The exhibition has artifacts from various areas…
On Wednesday we went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum for a workshop that melded science and art – Scribble Bots! The kids started by touring the museum and talking about color, movement and lines and how different pieces of art were…
Today we celebrated the start of a new year with Legos! For our mini build, the kids were encouraged to build things associated with January holidays and celebrations like National Candy Month, Chocolate Day, Chocolate Cake Day, Popcorn Day, First…
