Kindergarten

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Math

  • Bear Bucks: Beginning Economics

    The Berenstain Bears exhibit provides a bustling environment with Mama Bear’s Quilt Shop, Papa Bear’s Woodworking Shop, the Bear Family Restaurant, Farmer Ben’s Farm, and Dr. Bearson’s Dentist Office. Using Bear Bucks withdrawn from the bank, students role-play the parts of business owners and consumers. This is a fun way for students to apply basic math skills of dollar denominations, adding, subtracting, and beginning multiplication.

    1 hour
    K.CC.2, 1.OA.1, 1.OA.2, 1.OA.5, 2.OA.1, 2.OA.2, CDOS 2
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  • NEW! LEGO Travel Adventure Expedition

    If students can imagine it, they can build it! Students explore, build, and play in the interactive LEGO Travel Adventure exhibit. Inspired by what they have seen while exploring, students design a vehicle using one of the greatest building materials of all time—LEGO bricks. 

    1 hour
    PK.G.6, K.G.6

    Available January 22 through May 10, 2013

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Language Arts

  • Ernie's Alphabet

    Ernie has lost his letters! Students help Ernie find his letters by using environmental clues to point the way to where they are hidden in the Sesame Street exhibit. During their search, students practice letter identification and letter-sound recognition. This lesson can be expanded to include word-building and word-play.

    1 hour
    RF.PK.1, RF.K.3
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  • Once Upon a Time…

    Transform into a character from one of six stories in the dramatic fairy-tale section in Reading Adventureland: Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Three Little Pigs, or Cinderella. Students become the cast as they select a setting, retell, and reenact one of the above classic tales.

    1 hour
    RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.2.1, RL.2.2, Arts 1
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  • Who Dunnit?

    A mystery at the Mystery Mansion needs to be solved and your students are the detectives! Through deductive reasoning, prediction, mapping skills, and collaboration, detectives use their clues to crack the code of “Who Dunnit?” in the captivating mystery section of Reading Adventureland.

    1 hour
    RL.K.1, RL.K.3, RL.1.1, RL.1.3, RL.2.1, RL.2.3
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  • Wings of Fantasy

    Inspired by the fantastical costumes in the Wizard’s Wardrobe, a magic wand, or an original potion created in the Alchemist’s Laboratory in the fantasy section of Reading Adventureland, students develop a fantasy character. The Wing Shop by Elvira Woodruff fuels creative imaginations as students decide on their character’s source of magical power, good deeds, and method of travel to unknown places.

    1 hour
    RL.K.1, RL.K.3, RL.1.1, RL.1.3, RL.2.1, RL.2.3, Arts 1
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Special Offerings

  • Fairy-Tale Fantasy Theme Day

    Literature comes alive and students get the royal treatment as they make fairy-tale costumes and crafts for the Royal Ball! Students meet the Queen of Play, dance in the banquet hall with lords and ladies from the Queen’s court, play knights and dragons, and practice bow and arrow skills in Sherwood Forest. Students leave the museum happily ever after.

    February 28 and March 1 and 5, 2013

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  • Independent Study

    Teachers work with a museum educator to develop a customized experience that best meets students’ needs and interests. Whether the academic focus is on math, science, technology, literature, or social and cultural studies, a fun-filled program can be tailored to your needs. Please note that there is an increased fee for this lesson.

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  • Monday Kicks

    The youngest National Museum of Play® guests learn, play, and explore at a different pace from older children. Pre-K and kindergarten groups can enjoy Monday Kicks’ fun experiences and delightful early childhood activities one Monday each month (October through June). Designed by museum educators, this series helps teach little ones important skills through play.

    Programs take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

    • October 15, 2012: Friendship Fiesta
    • November 5, 2012: Rainforest Animals
    • December 10, 2012: Winter Wonder
    • January 14, 2013: Fun with Mother Goose
    • February 4, 2013: Things That Go
    • March 4, 2013: Fairy-Tale Fantasy
    • April 8, 2013: Wizards and Dragons
    • May 6, 2013: Color My World
    • June 3, 2013: Gardens Galore
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  • NEW! Let's Move! Theme Day

    Students get a workout as they visit a variety of heart-healthy stations in the museum and learn how to develop healthy habits for the summer ahead! Students challenge friends in a miniature golf tournament, stretch their understanding of anatomy with yoga for kids, strengthen their cooperation skills with playground games, develop an understanding of nutrition by planning a healthy menu, and more.

    Pre-K through Grade 2
    June 7, 10, and 11, 2013

    Grades 3 through 5
    June 12 and 13, 2013

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  • Spring in Motion Theme Day

    Worms wiggle, bees buzz, and crickets creep! Students learn about the wonders of spring through science, art, and movement activities. Enjoy a live collections “petting zoo” and create creepy, crawly crafts.

    May 14, 15, 16, and 17, 2013

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  • Winter Wonder Theme Day

    Celebrate the season with winter-themed fiction and non-fiction literature. Students engage in activities related to classic winter tales such as Jan Brett’s captivating adaptation of the traditional Ukrainian tale, The Mitten. Other activities focus on reading comprehension, writing skills, and observation. Celebrate the wonders of the season with games, crafts, and music in this day of wintery fun.

    December 11, 2012

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Health, Family and Consumer Science

  • Healthy Beginnings

    Students use dramatic play, movement, and math skills to determine what foods keep people healthy and strong. Dressing in the colors of the symbols from the USDA’s “MyPlate” food and exercise guide, students discover what each symbol reveals about healthy eating. After shopping in Super Kids Market, students create healthy and balanced snacks by playing an interactive food group game.

    1 hour
    Health 1, PK.MD.2, K.MD.2
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  • NEW! Dora & Diego—Let's Explore! Expedition

    Ready, set, explore! Students fill imaginary backpacks before heading out on adventures in the interactive Dora & Diego—Let’s Explore! exhibit. Students practice their explorer skills and use their linguistic, musical, and physical abilities as they play in Isa’s Flowery Garden, gather nuts with Tico, and help baby animals in the Rainforest Maze.

    1 hour
    Health 1, SL.PK.1, SL.K.1, SL.1.1, Arts 1

    Available October 1 through December 19, 2012

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Social Studies

  • Playthings and Pastimes from Long Ago

    What did children play with before the era of plastics, batteries, computers, and videos? Students visit One History Place to learn about early 20th-century America by role-playing the games and pastimes of this bygone era.

    1 hour
    SS 1, Arts 1
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Science

  • Very Hungry Butterflies

    What do butterflies do when they are hungry? Students explore this and other questions as they observe real butterflies in Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden. Eric Carle’s book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, is the springboard for this imaginative experience. Children focus on the butterfly stage of the life cycle and take on the role of butterflies in a fun movement activity.

    1 hour
    RI.PK.2, RI.K.2, RI.1.2, ST 4, Arts 1
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