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Bob the Builder™ – Project: Build It
Open through September 6th
Bob the Builder – Project: Build It exhibit brings Bob’s world to life for girls and boys and their families. Filled with colorful characters, sensational sets and imaginative and inspiring teamwork, the exhibit promotes “green” themes from the popular television series by HIT Entertainment.
The exhibit replicates Bob the Builder’s Sunflower Valley, a place where young children will feel comfortable and can interact with child-sized elements from the series. Here children will be able to fix, decorate, and pretend with hands-on activities that were inspired directly from the “Bob the Builder” animated show.
All senses will be stimulated as boys and girls build, learn, and play in the Bob the Builder – Project: Build It exhibit as they help their favorite builder and his team of machines get the job done. Can we build it?™ Yes we can!
Saturday Bob the Builder Character Appearances
Bob the Builder is scheduled to appear most Saturdays. Please check back on Friday for next week's schedule. Appearance times subject to change.
Bob the Builder – Project: Build It exhibit is presented by Delta Faucet, produced by HIT Entertainment and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
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Run! Jump! Fly!
Adventures in Action™
Open through September 6th
Rediscover the fun in being physically active in CDM’s newest traveling exhibit, Run! Jump! Fly! Adventures in Action. Challenge your balance skills in the “Surfing and Snowboarding” environment, as you “ride” down a mountain and off a cliff to land as a surfer in the ocean. You can also increase your coordination in “Kung Fu Forest,” build strength on the trails of “Climbing Canyon,” and then strap on a bike helmet and light up the sky with the energy you generate in “Flycycle Sky.” Be sure to check out the “Action Star Training Center” where you can experiment with yoga, strength training, and dance. Track your accomplishments by collecting stamps in your Action Tracker, and then continue your activity at home with a 3-Day Mission Action Tracker.
In response to the U.S.’s growing obesity epidemic, Minnesota Children’s Museum developed an all-new exhibit for the Youth Museum Exhibit Collaborative (YMEC). The goal of Run! Jump! Fly! Adventures in Action™ is to get kids into action by exploring fun things they like to do.
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Rugrats: Discovery & Theater
On Sunday August 8th, CDM and CMT invite you and your family to play in the Museum and catch a performance of RUGRATS: a Live Adventure.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Play in the Museum
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Enjoy lunch in the Cadence Amphitheatre
(lunch provided by Pizza My Heart)
12:30 p.m. - Stroll over to the Montgomery Theater
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Enjoy a live performance of the "Rugrats" staring Children's Musical Theater's youngest actors and actresses. After the show, you'll be treated to a special tour by CMT Director Michelle Morgan or Stage Manager Dustin Coy!
Learn More and Register
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Summer of Service
Children’s Discovery Museum offers a nationally-recognized Summer Day Camp for youth entering grades 7–10.
Children’s Discovery Museum (CDM) offers a unique and innovative summer program where youth can have fun, make new friends, meet new challenges, and make a difference in the community. Summer of Service (SOS) responds to the needs of young teens too old for the traditional day camp, but too young for full-time employment. SOS has been changing lives for twelve years, and is a recipient of the prestigious Promising Practices Award as an outstanding opportunity for youth.
Session 4:
August 2nd – August 13th
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Family Discoveries Passport
Are you ready for some adventure? This is your chance to help Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose to celebrate 20 years of inspiring children’s learning and wonder by getting out into the community and making your own discoveries. Pick up your Family Discoveries Passport for ideas for family fun. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to complete 20 of the activities by September 11, 2010. Your participation will qualify you to enter a drawing for all kinds of great prizes. Everyone who enters will win something and the more activities you take part in, the more chances you will have to win.
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Theatre Experiences
A potpourri of programs including drop-in workshops, live performances, and films is offered in The Lee and Diane Brandenburg Theatre.
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“Our Favorite Builder’s Favorite Adventure”
Summer of Service Striped Team
Wednesday, July 28th and August 11th
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Music Fun in the Sun
Bring your healthy lunch and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience.. Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 p.m. and concerts begin shortly thereafter.
Backyard Shenanigans
Saturday, July 31st
Gordy The Banjo-Ologist
Tuesday, August 3rd
Sadza Marimba
Saturday, August 7th
The Papahugs Band
Tuesday, August 10th
Dulcet-Tones
Thursday, August 12th
Oren And The Hiccups
Saturday, August 14th
Sunday Matinees
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Bob the Builder™: Digging for Treasure
Sunday, 2:00 p.m. – 2: 30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Drop-In Theatre Workshops
No experience necessary. Please check at the Theatre for program availability during your visit.
Let’s Improvise!
Move to the Music
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Kids' Garden
Monday – Sunday, 12:00 noon – 3:15 p.m.
Spring is a favorite time of year for getting out in the Kids’ Garden, enjoying nature’s blooms, and tending yummy vegetables. No gardening experience required; just bring your curiosity. And remember . . . home grown is the best!
Garden Activities
Morning Chores
First hour of the garden day
Have fun and help with the garden chores on Tidy Tuesday, Wormy Wednesday, Thirsty Thursday, Farmer Friday, and Sensational Saturday and Sunday. Learn what it takes to keep a garden healthy and green.
Afternoon Specials
Last two hours of the garden day
It’s time to celebrate spring. Create a wildflower bracelet, plant a seed to take home, or get in touch with your inner artist by making a watercolor print.
Watering the Garden
Last hour of the garden day
A favorite with all of our younger gardeners. Grab a watering can and help CDM keep its Kids’ Garden growing.
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CDM Green Scene
We want to help you reduce, reuse, recycle, and RETHINK your impact on the world. Be sure to check out the Kids’ Café, which now features compostable tableware.
Discovery Dates Goes Paperless!
This is the last paper edition of the Museum’s Discovery Dates calendar.
Beginning with the September, 2010 edition, Discovery Dates will be a monthly enewsletter only!
Your email address is kept strictly confidential and will be used only for communications from Children’s Discovery Museum.
CDM Green Days
Upcoming Green Day, Saturday, November 20th
Learn more about healthy foods that you can grow, eat, and share, and then compost to complete a green foods’ cycle.
with generous support from
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Music Together ®
Music Together is an internationally-recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, Kindergartners, and the adults who love them. Experience the joy of family music with licensed instructor Tricia Bartlett.
Space is limited. For more information call (650) 917-2354. To register for the demo visit www.music4families.net/demo.
Music Together® 6-meeting series
Thursday, July 22th – August 26th
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Members: $90.00, $81.00 for each additional sibling
Non-members: $108.00, $99.00 for each additional sibling
Materials fee: $40.00 per family
Children 8 months and under are free with a paid sibling.
To register for the 6-meeting series, call the Museum Reservationist at (408) 298-5437 ext. 259.
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Art Matters
The Art Loft
For children ages 4 – 10 and their caregivers; siblings welcome.
Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
(also open during Members' Hour 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
This 900 square foot space at the top of the stairs was designed to offer quality visual art activities that children are not likely to experience elsewhere. Using found man-made and natural objects, and traditional art-making materials and tools in unique ways, children can explore their ideas and develop new skills.
Activities
July
Design and build a critter fort or a home for a gnome, and make a drawing of your project to take home.
August
Press painted objects and inked stamps onto paper to create your own pattern.
On View
Oakland-based artist, Lea Redmond, will create a sitespecific installation inside The Art Loft using custommade stamps inspired by nature.
In the Art Gallery, July and August
3rd Annual Youth Photography Showcase
Photography by 5th – 12th grade participants in Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose’s own Discovery Youth program.
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Did You Know?
Children’s Discovery Museum will participate in 2010 01SJ Biennial,produced by ZER01.Since 2006, San Jose has played host to the ZERO1 international arts and technology festival. This September, ZER01 will explore the theme “Build Your Own World.” In a collaboration with Rockwell Group’s LAB (a small team within the acclaimed architecture and design firm) the Museum will create an environment featuring hundreds of biodegradable foam blocks. As children build and play with these blocks, their activity will be translated into live visualizations, both onsite and at City Hall Plaza. Don’t miss your chance to explore these Imagination Playground Blocks and “see” the world you build in a whole new light. CDM invites you to join us, show us, and build it…
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For more information and events, please visit our calendar.
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Member Benefit:
After Hours Celebrations
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