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Great Lakes Children Museum
13240 S. West Bay Shore Dr.
P.O. Box 2326
Traverse City, MI 49685
(231) 932-4526
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Featuring June Programs...
Kids Free Fishing Day, Mad Science Monday, Blood Drive, Museum Movie, Toddler Time, InterActive StoryTime & More! |
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June Schedule Changes
Beginning on Monday, June 18, we will be open seven days a week. This change will remain in effect until Labor Day weekend, when we will again be closed on Mondays.
During our blood drive from 9 am to 1 pm on June 26, the Great Lakes Activity Room will be closed
Looking ahead to the month of July, we will be closed for Independence Day, Wednesday, July 4. |
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Kids Free Fishing Day
Saturday, June 16, 10 am to 2 pm
The seventh annual Kids Free Fishing Day will be held Saturday, June 16, 2012 from 10 am to 2 pm at Northwestern Michigan College's Great Lakes Campus.
All children are invited, accompanied by an adult. Fishing rods and bait will be provided. The young anglers are also invited to bring their own gear and bait or lure. Approximately 800 rainbow trout ranging from 10 to 16 inches will be stocked under supervision of the Department of Natural Resources for the event. The US Coast Guard Air Station will run a search and rescue demonstration at 11:15, free food is supplied by Orchard Creek Senior Living, we will have our free Gyotaku (fish painting) activity, and Apache Trout Grill will host cooking demonstrations throughout the day.
In addition to the Great Lakes Children's Museum, the family-friendly event is hosted by the Traverse City Rotary Clubs, Rotary Camps & Services, NMC's Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Grand Traverse Area Sport Fishing Association, and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City. Support for the event has come from the Traverse City Rotary Clubs and the Biederman Foundation. |
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Mad Science Monday
Mondays through the Summer, 1 pm to 3 pm
Every Monday, starting June 18, from 1 pm to 3 pm, we will have fun science activities for the whole family. With school out, older children can experience the joy of discovery with these special hands-on science explorations. (Children six and under can participate with adult assistance.) Included with the price of admission.
It's Time for Slime, June 18
It wiggles! It jiggles! It's gloppy and it's sloppy! Drop in and create some sticky gloppy goo to take home. Kids will discover what polymers are all about.
Solar Science, June 25
Have some fun with the sun! Participate in some sunny hands-on experiments. Create some solar prints too! |
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Free Admission to Active Duty Military
Memorial Day to Labor Day
 The Great Lakes Children's Museum voluntarily participates in a program coordinated by the National Endowment for the Arts that provides free admission to active duty military throughout the summer. This is our third year of joining over 1500 other museums across the nation to support military families. We are pleased to be able to give them some hands-on learning and fun in Northern Micigan.
The military ID holder plus up to five family members receive free admission. For a description of the program and a list of all participating museums, click here. |
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State Theatre - Museum Movie
June 9, Museum Movie - Indian in the Cupboard - 10 am
 On Saturday, June 9, we continue our partnership with our friends at the State Theatre. We will offer an entertaining and informative short video before the 25 � Saturday Kids Matinee. In June we'll open for the live-action feature Indian in the Cupboard with a unique science video about how they animated Rapunzel's hair in Tangled.
The science video is made possible through Science Friday and Interlochen Public Radio. Movie-goers who bring a ticket stub from Indian in the Cupboard to the Great Lakes Children's Museum in the month of June will get half off the price of admission. |
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June Toddler Time Schedule
Fridays, 10 am to noon (and Wednesdays starting 6/20)
Toddler Time is offered Fridays from 10 am to 12 pm. It is an opportunity for toddlers to interact with each other and learn through a variety of activities and experiences. Toddler Time encourages toddlers' natural curiosity, enhances fine and gross motor skills, guides appropriate social behaviors, and facilitates essential cognitive growth. Most importantly, it's fun! Toddler Time is included with the price of admission or the cost of your annual membership.
Beginning the week of June 18, through the end of summer, Toddler Time will be offered on both Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 am to noon.
Bottle Bowling, June 8
Set 'em up and knock 'em down. Children will bowl using recycled plastic bottles as pins and a variety of lightweight balls.
Feed the Animals, June 15
Grab that bucket! The animals are getting hungry. What will you feed them? Children will pretend to feed cardboard farm animals and gather colorful chicken eggs in a basket.
Stamp-O-Rama, June 20 and 22
Create your own pictures with stamps made from fruits and veggies. (store bought stamps too.) Paint and ink are wonderfully washable.
Tents and Tunnels, June 27 and 29
Children will discover the fun of playing in tents and tunnels and using blankets, tables and sheets to create their own special hide outs.
Toddler Time is supported by a grant for the Oleson Foundation.
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June InterActive StoryTime Selections
Stories with a Twist! Wednesdays, 11 am
Starting the week of June 18, on Tuesdays and Thursdays
InterActive StoryTime features great works of children's literature and activities and crafts led by Museum staff and volunteers, which enhances the experience for children and deepens their understanding of the selected book.
Beginning the week of June 18 InterActive StoryTime will be offered twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 am.
 Henry And The Kite Dragon,
by Bruce Edward Hall, June 6
Henry Loves to help Grandfather Chin make kites and send them soaring over China Town.
Some Smug Slug,
by Pamela Duncan Edwards, June 13
Smirking, the slug, keeps slithering up a highly suspect slope. Stop, Slug, stop!
The Three Little Pigs, by David Weisner, June 19 and 21
This is not the same old straw and sticks and pigs and bricks. Find out what happens when the wolf "huffs and puffs" this time.
Raccoon Tune, by Howard Fine, June 28
Moonlight, June night. Just-right-for-a-raccoon night.
No InterActive StoryTime on Tuesday June 26, due to Blood Drive.
InterActive StoryTime is underwritten through a generous Early Childhood Reading Grant from the Target Foundation. |
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Summer Step-Up Blood Drive
Tuesday, June 26, 9 am to 1 pm
Former First Lady Barbara Bush once said: "Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood. But everyone has something to give."
During the summer months, blood supplies run short. We are partnering with Michigan Blood to secure donations that will help ensure that Northern Michigan has an adequate blood supply this summer. The blood drive will be set up in the Great Lakes Activity Room from 9 am to 1 pm on Tuesday, June 26. Michigan Blood will generously donate $10 to the Museum for everyone who tries to donate blood. Donors age 17 and up may donate. Sixteen-year-olds may donate with their parent's permsission. ID is required.
 Appointments are preferred. To schedule an appointment contact Holly or Joshua at (231) 935-3030 or Holly at hsika@miblood.org.
There will be no InterActive Story Time or opportunity to have snacks in the Museum during our Blood Drive. |
Museum Store Featured Items - Periscope 
Do the children in your life have fun looking through the big periscope at the Museum? Have they seen the tall ships across the street though the periscope?
Take a periscope home with you from the Museum Store. This fun and practical periscope extends to 14 inches, making it easy to look over and around objects. Great for indoor or outdoor fun. Made by Toysmith.
Members always get 10% off in the Museum Store. |
Delivery of our newsletter is made possible, without cost, through Constant Contact's Care4Kids program (see below) and the sponsorship of Hanna Bistro in downtown Traverse City. |
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A person's a person, no matter how small.
~ Theodor Geisel a/k/a Dr. Seuss |
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