Winter/Spring 2020 Program Line-Up
Preschool Playgroup
Join us each week for joyful learning! This class offers stories, songs, crafts, and hands-on activities around a different theme each week. For children ages 18 months through pre-K with their caregivers.
Tuesdays: 1/7, 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25
10:00-10:45
$60 members/$65 non-members (all 8 weeks)
$10 members/$12 non-members (individual days)
Preschool Playgroup: Spring Mini
10:00-10:45
$28 members/$30 non-members (all three classes)
$10 members/$12 non-members (individual days)
Frozen Sensory Bottle Making Class
Come and have some winter fun at ECM! Use glitter and beads and more to make calm down sensory bottles to take home.
10:00-10:45
All ages with caregiver
FREE for members/ $5 non-members
Tinkering Thursdays
U-Invent Workshops
Chinese New Year Celebration
Gung Hay Fat Choy (Happy New Year)! Join us as we welcome the year of the rat with lots of hands-on activities!
All ages with a caregiver
FREE with admission
Steph Plant Story Time 2/1
Kids in the Kitchen: Cereal-ously Delicious
Learn to make tasty treats based around popular cereals.
11:30-1:00
Ages 2.5-5 with a caregiver
$10 members/$12 non-members
Bumblebee Babies: A Sensory Experience
NEW! Join us for fun and learning with your littlest learner! Incorporating hands-on sensory experiences, your baby is sure to have a wonderful time.
February 20, March 9, and April 16
9:00-9:30 AM
Ages 0-18 months with a caregiver
All three sessions: $10 members/$12 non-members
Individual days: $5 members/$6 non-members
*Fee is for child only
Lap Time: Bilingual
Join us for a fun story time each month. Your little one will learn some Spanish words and phrases while engaging in fun literacy activities.
February 6, March 5, April 2, May 7
10:00-10:30
All ages with a caregiver
FREE with admission
Exhibit Valentines
Stop by the front desk and pick up a heart. Write your name on it and leave it in the mailbox of your favorite exhibit!
All ages with a caregiver
FREE with admission
Kids in the Kitchen: Edible Science
Enjoy some tasty science experiment snacks
11:30-1:00
Ages 2.5-5 with a caregiver
$10 members/$12 non-members
Easter Egg Hunt
Hippety-Hoppity! Join us for an Easter Egg Hunt in the Discovery Garden and and spring crafts in our Art Studio.
9:30 a.m. (Egg hunt starts promptly at 9:30)
All ages with a caregiver
FREE with admission
Science Fridays: EVENING EVENT
Arbor Day
Join us for an Arbor Day celebration complete with a tree planting and many hands-on activities!
10:00-11:15
All ages with a caregiver
FREE with Admission
Earth Day
Join us as we celebrate our planet, Earth! Make your own re-useable bag and recycled art projects.
10:00-11:00
All ages with a caregiver
FREE with admission
Mother’s Day Make and Take
Make a gift to give to Mom on Mother’s Day.
10:00-12:00
All ages with a caregiver
FREE for members/ $5 non-members
Registration Information
Registration Policies:
Registrations close one week prior to the program date or when the program is sold out.
Registration forms can be submitted online (e-mail to executive@edwardsvillechildrensmuseum.org), mailed or dropped off.
Children may register for programs only within their age level.
Museum Members receive a discount on program fees as indicated.
Children three years old and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Complete one registration form per child.
In order to secure registration, please submit a legible contact/registration form.
Payment:
Complete payment is required within 72 hours of registration.
Registration is not complete until payment is received.
Credit cards, cash and checks are accepted in house; online payments are required for online registration.
Cancellations and Transfers:
A refund will be issued if your cancellation is received no later than two weeks prior to the first day of the program in which you are registered.
Participants may not make up or receive a refund for missed programs.
We reserve the right to cancel a program due to low enrollment (full refund will be issued).
When possible, we allow a program participant to transfer to a different program as long as there are openings and the participant is the appropriate age. Two weeks notice is required.