Theme Days

Join us for a themed visit that gives students a chance to experience the museum in new ways. Activities begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m., but classes may arrive and depart anytime during that period. Reservations are required. Numbers are limited—so register early! Students must be divided into groups of no more than five and each group must be accompanied throughout the day by an adult chaperon.
Ask about availability for large groups on alternative days.
Cost: $5.50 per student

ELA Theme Day

For Grades 3 and 4
November 6 and 7, 2007
Talk, laugh, listen, write, and play with ELA skills while exploring our exhibits for inspiration. Mini-lessons facilitated by museum educators throughout the exhibits will focus on the following 6+1 Traits of Writing: Sentence Fluency, Ideas, Word Choice, and Voice. Students receive personalized ELA skills handbooks to take back to school.

NEW! Bob the Builder™ Theme Day

For Pre-K though Grade 1
December 11 and 12, 2007
Can we build it? Yes we can! What kind of builder are you? Are you a builder of towers and toys? A builder of art? A music and dance builder? Or a builder of friendships? Join Bob the Builder for a day filled with creating and building in exciting and unusual new ways. Find your favorite objects among Margaret Woodbury Strong’s collections and build a collection of your very own. Using math, language arts, and science skills, students will have a day of constructing something new.Math in Action

For Grades 3 through 5
January 17 and 28, 2008
Back by popular demand! Real-world math in a real fun setting gives your students a chance to play with math skills they’ve worked on at school. Students estimate distances, calculate odds, and multiply and divide to create their own mathematical curiosities. Embedded in exhibits throughout the museum, these activities are designed to offer a range of skill level challenges that students can self select. Mini math notebooks will be used for students to show their work and continue problem solving back at school.

Fairy Tale Fantasy

For Pre-K through Grade 2
February 4, 5, and 6, 2008
Take your class on a flight of fancy. Make fairy tale costumes and a magical craft as you prepare to go to a Fairy Tale Ball! Take an imaginary carpet ride with our storyteller. You’ll leave happily ever after.

NEW! Loosey Goosey Theme Day

For Grades 1 through 3
May 13, 14, 15, and 16, 2008
Mother Goose is on the loose during this fabulously funny theme day based on a crazy combination of favorite stories from Mother Goose and the nonsense genre of children’s literature. Help Mother Goose and other characters problem solve some whacky situations such as what’s up with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s upside-down house and how did Amelia Bedelia mistake a flower for flour in the Super Kids Market? Throughout the museum, your students will have fun with role-play and word-play, crafts and creations, as they help put some sense back into a whole lot of nonsense.

Pattern Play

For Pre-K through Grade 2
April 24 and 25, 2008
Skip, hop, skip, hop, skip, hop to Strong National Museum of Play for this theme day about patterns. Students visit the exhibits where they find and create all different kinds of patterns: musical, visual, mathematical, and more! Students design patterns that delight and teach to bring back to school.

NEW! Bug Out Theme Day

For Grades 3 through 5
June 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2008
Celebrate the end of the school year by going “buggy” at Strong National Museum of Play®. Tour the outdoor Discovery Garden (weather permitting), go on a creepy crawly scavenger hunt, and meet an entomologist from the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden® during an all-day celebration of “bugs.” Have fun exploring our collections, which include more than 600 “bug”-related objects—from buggy whips to baby buggies, and from bees to butterflies—and enjoy some awesome artifact-inspired activities.