Due to illness, Tom Luckey will not be at the film with his son, Spencer Luckey for Q & A. Providence Children’s Museum presents two screenings of the provocative documentary film “LUCKEY” followed by Q & A at Cable Car Cinema on Wednesday, October 6th. Meet the Filmmaker and Acclaimed Artists Tom and Spencer Luckey, [...]
By Providence Children’s Museum Education Staff Back-to-school time often means leaving behind the carefree, active, unstructured play that children enjoy during the summer months. Providence Children’s Museum educators recommend the following resources, chock-full of creative ideas, to ensure your kids have plenty of imaginative, self-directed playtime during the school year. Carly Baumann, Exhibit & Program [...]
By Carly Loeper, Exhibit & Program Developer, Providence Children’s Museum What makes a great plaything? At the Children’s Museum, this question is always on our minds as we select toys and materials for our programs, exhibits and Gift Shop. If, as Fred Rogers said, “Play is really the work of childhood,” then toys are children’s [...]
Our kids love making things out of trash and stuff found lying around the house. We keep a box of broken toys and electronics in the closet waiting for a rainy day or their urge to create a robot of some kind. I can only imagine what cool treasures one can find in Ann P. [...]
Children these days are scheduled with so many structured activities and often plugged into electronics daily—joined with a parent’s concern for their child’s safety—children seem to have very little free play time left outside (or in) to wander at their own pace and make discoveries without the help or guidance of an adult. The importance [...]
