Family Program - Tinkering Lab at Chicago Children's Museum
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Time: 9:00 a.m. PROMPTLY!
Location: Chicago Children's Museum
700 E. Grand Ave. (on Navy Pier), Chicago
Join Harvard Club of Chicago (HCC) families for a special program:
Tinkering Lab at the Chicago Children's Museum
Hosted by Natalie Bortoli, EdM '03, Vice President, Educational Programming & Experience Development at the Chicago Children's Museum (CCM).
"Over and over, the story is the same: Simple toys that make the child do the most interesting part of the work are best for growing brains, hands, bodies." Jennifer Farrington, President & CEO, Chicago Children's Museum
Join us for a hands-on morning in Tinkering Lab, Chicago's first DIY makerspace for families! Step into the ultimate workshop where the museum provides the space and resources, and you decide what to do next. We're talking REAL tools, REAL materials and the freedom to innovate and explore life outside those fancy computer and smartphone screens. Watch a video of Tinkering Lab in action.
Natalie Bortoli, EdM '03, will be our guide, sharing the principles and value of tinkering, and offering tips on how to bring the tinkering mindset into your home. Children will enjoy a light breakfast snack during the brief presentation. Next, children, alongside their parents or grandparents, will have free range to tinker (supported by Ms. Bortoli and museum staff), get their hands on real tools and a wide variety of materials, and bring the things in their imagination to life.
We'll have exclusive access to Tinkering Lab until 10:00 a.m., at which point the museum will open to the public; participants can stay in the space for as long as they like, or visit the other exhibits in the museum.
This program is perfect for:
- Children ages 5-10
- Parents and grandparents who want to learn about how to develop a tinkering mindset, and how to encourage inquiry, exploration, and problem solving when playing with their children and grandchildren.
- Anyone interested in building and making; open-ended exploration; using real tools
If interested, please register ASAP! This program has a maximum capacity of 30 participants. No registrations will be permitted after Wednesday, March 25.
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Time: 9:00 A.M. PROMPTLY! (Because the museum does not open until 10 a.m. all families MUST arrive BY 9:00 a.m.; NO EXCEPTIONS! We will be escorted in a group to the lab by museum staff.)
Location: Chicago Children's Museum (meet on 2nd floor area outside the main gate), 700 E. Grand Ave. (on Navy Pier), Chicago
Cost: (Cost includes admission to the museum for the entire day; exclusive access to Tinkering Lab from 9-10 a.m.; & a light breakfast snack)
HCC Members & Guests (children under 1 year-old are free):
2 Persons - $38
3 Persons - $52
4 Persons - $66
5 Persons - $80
Non-HCC Members & Guests (children under 1 year-old are free):
2 Persons - $43
3 Persons - $57
4 Persons - $71
5 Persons - $85
CCM Members (children under 1 year-old are free):
2-4 Persons - $10/family of 4 or less
Please purchase by clicking the link below (please purchase by Wednesday, March 25th!):
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Parking at the Navy Pier garage is $20 on Saturdays. At other garages, further away, you can get a 10% discount on parking in addition to lower rates. Use discount code HCC0328 and Click Here to reserve.
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