MAY 2008

Every Tuesday Morning, Little EdVenturers  9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. 
Stories, music, movement, art activities and more.  Free with paid admission.

Saturday, May 3, 2008 until September 30, 2008 - Bubbleloosa!
Bubbles are on the loose again this summer in EdVenture’s outdoor exhibit, Bubbleloosa! Children can become a bubbleologist for an afternoon and explore the shapes, sizes and colors of bubbles.With extreme bubble blowers that crank out 25,000 bubbles per minute, bubbles are sure to be floating all over this summer. 

Saturday, May 3 - The Big ED Health Team Event!
Bicycle Rodeo and Safety Course at EdVenture Children's Museum
10:00a.m. - 12:00p.m.
The bike rodeo is a safety event designed to engage and entertain children while demonstrating bike safety inspections and showing certain key safety skills. Families will participate in a bicycle safety course, so bring your bikes!  Also, try out some physical fitness activities with Army recruiting sergeants.

Tuesday, May 13 - Family Night!
5:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.
$1.00 admission! Brought to you by Mungo Homes.

Saturday, May 17, 2008 - The Big ED Health Team BONUS Event!
Free Car Seat Check
It's easy to keep your children safe!  Come to EdVenture and pull your car into a parking space right outside the front door 1 to 4 p.m. today and get your car seats checked, courtesy of State Farm insurance. Free.

Sunday, May 18, 2008
EdCetera, the EdVenture Store will be closed for inventory.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

Sunday, May 18, 2008
First Families Society Summer Fun Picnic
For our First Families Members - Summer games, summer fun and summer food!
For information on how to become a First Family Member, email us.

Saturday, May 24 - The Big ED Health Team Event!
Finale Celebration at EdVenture
10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.
Join us as we celebrate together our achievements of the last 3 months! Foodplay Productions will present their Emmy Award-winning, fun-filled nutrition theater show featuring fantastic feats of juggling, colorful characters, motivating messages, music, magic and audience participation to help children learn how to take charge of growing up healthy and fit at 10:30, 1:30, and 2:30. At 3:30 we will dance to the family friendly music of Country Spirit. Awards for participation in the Big ED Health Team will be distributed.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 7:30- 8:30 p.m. - Great Parenting 101 Series
EdVenture is offering free monthly workshops for parents covering a broad base of topics that are of interest to families with children. Dr. Robert Walker, M.D. is the director of Medical affairs at Medimmune, a biotechnology enterprise that develops better medicines for patients. He practiced pediatrics for 25 years and will be discussing “Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child.” No registration required. 

Monday, May 26, 2008 - Memorial Day
WE ARE OPEN!
Our summer hours begin today: Monday - Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Hours effective from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

JUNE 2008

Every Tuesday Morning, Little EdVenturers  9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. 
Stories, music, movement, art activities and more.  Free with paid admission.

Monday, June 2, 2008 - Camp EdVenture begins! 
What is your child doing this summer? He or she can learn the basics of music, tempo and composition, become an artist, take the stage, be an environmental investigator and so much more! For information on our camp offerings, times and dates go to our camp page. Register today - camps are filling up!

Saturday, June 7, 2008 - New Summer Exhibit Opening - "AirPlay" 
Find out how air moves and influences our environment. Paint a wall of fluttering "shimmer disks" with a spray of air and race balls to learn the effects of turbulence. Make discoveries about how objects behave in an air stream and balance objects on multiple streams of air. Sponsored by the City of Forest Acres. Open until September 2, 2008.

Tuesday, June 10 - Family Night!
5:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.
$1.00 admission! Brought to you by Mungo Homes.

Saturday, June 21, 2008 - Summer Safety Celebration 
Summer is fun, filled with lots of outdoor activity and play. Learn how to keep your family safe and healthy with activities and learning stations throughout the museum. Columbia City Park Rangers will be at EdVenture to present programs on water safety, insect bites, how to stay hydrated and snake awareness. There will also be programs on safe sun exposure by the EPA's SunWise program.

Saturday, June 22, 2008 - Hands-On, Minds-On! Summer Institute Begins 
Even teachers can learn, too! This five-day experience will plunge you into
training sessions built around the total immersion concept of instruction. At the end of the institute, you will have learned the how’s, why’s, and when’s of integrating science and the core subjects into the regular curriculum. For more information, or to register, please email us.