Today we attended the Science and Sculpture Tour, a cooperative tour hosted by the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center and the Nelson-Atkins Museum. The tour is led by teen guides, and provides opportunities for the kids to connect art and…
image from the book by Arnold Lobel On Wednesday we attended a fun musical performance of “A Year with Frog and Toad” at the Coterie Theatre. This adaptation of the favorite children’s book series brought in song, dance, and a…
On Friday, July 10, we attended a hilarious performance of Jon Scieszka’s book detailing the “true story” of how the Big Bad Wolf was not so bad after all…or was he? The performance opened with a short retelling of the…
image courtesy of Theatre for Young America On June 17 we attended a performance of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea” at Theatre for Young America in Union Station. The script expanded this wonderful short story into a…
This Monday was our June Lego Club meeting, as well as Lego Club’s 2nd birthday. Not only did we build on the birthday theme, but we celebrated with some yummy treats, including some with a Lego theme. Whether the kids…
On Wednesday we went to Powell Gardens for their Toadily Tadpoles nature class, followed by a self-guided tour of the gardens. The class began in the education center, where our nature guide, Stephanie, introduced the kids to various types of…
Today was our last Game Club meeting until fall. Though we took a bag of games, the older kids spent most of their time building and fine-tuning a Marble Run kit. The younger kids had fun working with Play Doh…
We started off May with a great Lego Club meeting! Some of the themes for May – Flower Month, Bike Month, Astronomy Week and Space Day, Mother’s Day, Turtle Day, Memorial Day and Boating Week. We challenged the kids to…
On Thursday we attended a performance of “If You Give a Cat a Cupcake” at Theatre for Young America in Union Station. This is the second stage adaptation at TYA of the popular Laura Numeroff book series, and was so…
Today we attended a performance of “The Cat in the Hat” at Coterie Theatre. This adaptation was fun to watch and true to the spirit of the book. The kids especially enjoyed all the audience involvement, from a discussion of…
