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Learn Explore! Experience! Learn! The Louisiana Children’s Museum is New Orleans’ most playful
place to explore, experience and learn. Plan a fun family outing. Enroll
your child in a dynamic art holiday or summer camp. Organize a field trip
or let the LCM bring the fun and learning to your classroom with unique
outreach programs that make classroom lessons come to life.
What's New! New Sunday Music Program Just for Toddlers!Music Together is an internationally-recognized, early-childhood music program for infants through age five and the adults who love them. The program is research based and emphasizes that all children can learn to sing a tune, keep a beat and participate with confidence in school and social musical activities. By providing actual music experiences rather than concepts about music, Music Together introduces children to the pleasure of making music instead of passively receiving it from CDs or TV. Music Together brings families together by providing a rich musical environment at the Museum and by facilitating family participation in spontaneous musical activity at home. LCM encourages you and your little ones to discover the pleasure and educational value of informal music experiences. Classes are held in the Times Picayune Theatre and include sharing songs, instrument play, rhythm chants and movement activities in a relaxed, playful, non-performance oriented setting. You’ll enrich your child’s music environment regardless of your own musical abilities. Children participate at their own level in family-style classes of mixed ages. Session 4 is ten weeks and runs from September 21 to November 23. Classes are offered at 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. These sessions are very popular so sign up today to reserve your spots. Session fees include an illustrated songbook and 2 CDs (new each session) and a parenting guide to music. Music Together art & logo design copyright ©1992–2008 Music Together LLC. FREE DEMO CLASS: September 7 Register: September 21-November 23 Sign Up Now! Theme: Fun with Bongos!
Your Vote Counts! 7/14 thru 11/4 As the 2008 Presidential Election kicks off, LCM wants local kids to join in the fun and feel the importance of having their voices heard. We want to know where kids stand on issues like nutrition, exercise, free time, television and fun - to help us mold the future of the kid nation at LCM. Voting will be held from 9 a.m. to noon and visitors can cast their ballot in one of Louisiana's real-life voting booths. Encourage your child's patriotism with this first try at democracy in action. 1, 2, 3...Special Toddler Days September Even if your little one isn't ready for school, September is a great month for building skills at the Museum. The month is full of activities designed to engage babies and toddlers in meaningful play that enhances physical development, language and speech development, and early literacy. Fun, age-appropriate activities are offered Tuesday through Friday in the Times Picayune Theatre at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. Each drop-in session offers three separate activities to engage little ones in different ways including music and song, storytelling, games, finger plays and more. FUNDRED Dollar Bill Days at LCM! Saturday September 13 and 27 The Fundred Dollar Bill Project is a collection of "money" artwork created by children to promote environmental awareness. Over three million children around the country have contributed drawings and LCM is a new project site! The goal of the program is to support the efforts of New Orleans rebuilding with a focus on making environmental conditions safer for City residents. Museum visitors can create their own, one-of-a-kind artwork that will travel across the country in the coming months. The artwork eventually will land in Washington, D.C. where the request will be made to turn the art money into actual dollars for post-Katrina New Orleans. The goal is $3 million by the end of 2009. Be sure to stop by LCM to see the art, create your own and support rebuilding in New Orleans neighborhoods.
Saturday, October 4 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Color outside the lines and dance to your own beat during LCM's art celebration! Learn from real artists like glass blower Andy Pollack and recycled - materials artist Heather Macfarlane and Mark Kirk. The Freddy Fred Show will perform their awesome beats in the Atrium. In Art Trek, make starch and string ghosts. Saturday, October 11 11 a.m..- 3 p.m. We're handing out 1,000 ready-to-plant trees that will grow with you through the years. Come learn all about trees from a forestry specialist and create pine tree crafts at our activity tables. Join us in Art Trek to create ghosts prints. Saturday, October 18 11 a.m.-3 p.m. It's a bird! No, it's a plane! Wait, it's Ruff with challenges all about birds - construct a bird feeder, build a bird house, assemble a nest and learn to eat with your beak. Don't miss Sally Ferrell's feathered friends at 11 a.m. Also learn how to make clay birds in Art Trek Saturday, October 25 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Have a ball with the wonderful world of chemistry and sports. Learn how science has improved athletics with materials, design and safety as well as through nutrition. Don't miss classic Super Science activities like slime and alka-selter rockets! Friday, October 31 Halloween at LCM is a real treat, so have your little ghosts, goblins and goons come to our spook-tacular toddler Halloween party. LCM staff costumes will be too cute to spook and children can enjoy activities like sensory boxes and decorating pumpkins in the Atrium. Make your way way to the theatre for well-known bump in the night stories throughout the day and have your picture taken in front of a memorable Halloween backdrop. Plus, don't forget your tag-a-long pumpkin pail-perfect for trick or treating at exhibits throughout LCM. So carve out a little Halloween time in a safe and friendly environment. Happy haunting at LCM!
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