Looking For Something To Do With The Kids?

Here's a quick tip to get off the beaten path with the kids and try something new, and refreshing:

Go to the museum! There are quite a few smaller museums in the area that are nice, not crowded and have some neat exhibits and special events. If you have toddlers that just zone out in front of the TV on the weekends, try taking them to the Newark Museum on May 4th for their Dinosaur Day



DINOSAUR DAY will be a day of hands-on, inquiry-based workshops, demonstrations and activities in the geosciences. The kids can explore and learn various aspects of dinosaur life, including the wide range of sizes and shapes of these "terrible lizards" who roamed the Earth 65 million years ago.

Some of the planned activities include: • Life-size dinosaur fossils • Touch table with dinosaur specimens• Fossil and mineral dig(dig for fossils and keep one!)• Geo-science demonstrations• World famous paleontologist Dr. Paul Olsen

On Sundays, there's also some other ongoing programs that the kids will also enjoy while you are there in May.

Art Activity: Draw from Nature
[Saturdays & Sundays]
Gallery Activities, 11 am–4 pm
Art Activities, 1–4 pm

Celebrate spring in bloom! Discover how a tree grows and how the grass flourishes. Then examine a flowering bud as you learn to draw from nature in the Museum's Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden.

Science Discoveries: Insects Around the World
[Saturdays & Sundays]
1–4 pm (ongoing)

There isn't a corner of the world that doesn't have insects, from the tropics to the arctic. Explore how these creatures adapt to just about every environment, from the deepest jungle to the harshest desert.

And did you know that the Newark Museum has a planetarium? It's a sure hit with the kids.

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