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how do you play?
May 2015
JOIN US AS WE ENJOY Nature PLAY THIS MONTH!
TUE
MON
SUN
WED
THU
10 - 10:30am
PLAY to Learn:
Colored Waterfalls
FRI
1
11 - 11:30am
PLAY to Learn:
SAT
2
Nature Faces
4pm:
NEW Creative Chaos
PLAY Outside Today!
3
4
5
6
10:30am: Art Room Surprise 10am: Early Connections
CML Closed
4pm: Early Connections
Visit our Art Room for
Nature PLAYdough
PLAY!
10am-12pm: SuperStars!
10 - 10:30am
PLAY to Learn:
Pickin & Cookin
11
y is
Toda
4pm: Creative Chaos
12
13
with Nature!
14
10 - 10:30am
PLAY to Learn:
Bug Out
15
11 - 11:30am
PLAY to Learn:
Bug Out
4pm: Creative Chaos
17
Who’s hanging around in
your yard??
Make a Track Tarp
and find out!
18
9
Be sure to PLAY with
Nature in our CML
KidsGarden!
We’re open for FREE
from
4pm – 7pm!
Thank you PNC!
10:30am: Art Room
10am: Early Connections
Surprise
Be sure to stop by our
11am: Dance Moves
Art Room and Paint
4pm: Early Connections
CML Closed
11 - 11:30am
PLAY to Learn:
Pickin & Cookin
8
Celebrate! Pick fresh
tomatoes and cilantro to
make homemade salsa!
Make a PLAY
Garden!
10
7
20
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21
16
Plants breathe too!
Conduct a simple
experiment:
Put a jar over the
sidewalk and another on
a patch of grass. Leave
the jars for an hour, then
return to examine them.
Summer Camps start next week!
Register now for Early Bird Pricing.
Practice rhyming words CML Closed
It’s National Backyard
while reading Chicky
Games Week! Did you
Chicky Chook Chook
PLAY, Explore Nature, know you can PLAY
by Cathy MacLennan.
and Create Acrylic
games like Hopscotch
Paint Sun Prints!
and Four Square in
CML’s Backyard?
Can you find any
caterpillar eggs?
22
Watch ABC News
4’s Lowcountry Live
at 10am for CML
Updates!
23
12 - 1:30pm
Join CML at Spoleto’s
Sleeping Beauty
Performance
at Emmett Robinson
Theatre,
College of Charleston
Summer Camp: Knights & Fairies I 9am - 4pm (extended hours available)
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10am-12pm: SuperStars!
12 - 1:30pm
Join CML at Spoleto’s
Sleeping Beauty
Performance
at Emmett Robinson
Theatre,
College of Charleston
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25
CML Closed
26
27
Use a magnifying glass
to look at natural
objects up close. To
enhance your child’s
thinking by analogy and
hypothesizing skills, ask:
What do you notice?
What else does it
remind you of?
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Go on a nature
scavenger hunt. How
many birds do you
hear? How many bugs
do you see? Find a
plant that feels soft.
Find a flower that
smells sweet.
Summer Camp: Pirates & Princesses I 9am - 4pm (extended hours available)
30
Collect some rocks!
What can you create
with rocks?
PLAY with us at our
on May 8, 2015
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm
25 Ann Street • Downtown Charleston
843.853.8962 • www.exploreCML.org
play
May 2015
JOIN US AS WE ENJOY NATURE PLAY THIS MONTH!
For more info, visit www.exploreCML.org or facebook.com/exploreCML
FREE PROGRAMMING*
SPECIAL EVENTS
SUMMER CAMP
Art Room Surprise
Tuesdays at 10:30am | May 5 & 12
FREE with CML Membership or
Admission
SuperStars!
Sundays, May 10 & 24, 10am - 12pm
May 18 - August 14, 2015
Themes vary by week
Join Ms. Leah in the Art Room every Tuesday
at 10:30am for a creative surprise! What will we
make today? This program is recommended for
children ages 2 - 10.
Early Connections
Tuesdays at 4pm | May 5 & 12
Wednesdays at 10am | May 6 & 13
FREE with CML Membership or
Admission
Our youngest visitors (ages Birth – 3 Years) and
their grown-ups are invited to join us for FREE
special programming each Tuesday at 4:00pm
to explore connections between literature,
movement, arts, science, math, etc. During
the sessions, CML staff will read a children’s
book and engage children in a related activity.
No registration required. Questions? Contact
Kendra McCabe at 843.853.8962 X227 or
kendra@exploreCML.org.
The Children’s Museum is open before hours from
10am - 12pm the 2nd and 4th Sundays of every
month for children with special needs and their
families to visit the Museum for FREE. Children
are able to explore and play in the Museum
without the crowds and overstimulation. This
program is FREE, but registration is required.
To register, visit www.exploreCML.org and click
Learn OR contact Rich Oyler at
rich@exploreCML.org or 843.853.8962 X221 with
your name and number in your party.
SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA
Children ages 3 - 10 are invited to PLAY all
summer with CML! Every week is a new theme
for summer campers! Children will enjoy
PLAYtime in the Museum, fun activities and crafts
pertaining to their week’s theme, curriculumbased educational activities that stimulate
their senses, messy fun outside as well as airconditioned play inside!
For more information and to register, visit
www.exploreCML.org or call Rich Oyler at
843.853.8962 x221.
CML members can receive a 20% discount off
select Spoleto performances when purchasing
advanced tickets with special promo code
“CML15”.
Then, PLAY with us after the show and receive a
$2 discount when you show your ticket stub for
any Spoleto event!
PLAY to Learn
Thursdays at 10am | May 7 & 14
Fridays at 11am
FREE with CML Memebership or
Admission
PLAY to Learn programs feature a story and
activity that typically center on our monthly
themes. Children will have fun learning through
PLAY! This program is recommended for
children ages 2 - 10.
Creative Chaos
Thursdays at 4pm | May 7 & 14
FREE with CML Membership or
Admission
Ages 5 and up are invited to join our PLAY
Specialist, Leah, in our Art Room every
Thursday at 4pm for a creative activity!
*Please note that our scheduled programs are
on hiatus for the summer from May 15 until
September 1.
*Please Note: CML will be closing at 3:45pm on Friday, May 8 for
PNC PLAY Day.
Open Tuesday - Saturday 9 - 5
Sunday 12 - 5
25 Ann Street
Downtown Charleston
843.853.8962
www.exploreCML.org
Thank you for voting us BEST MUSEUM + BEST DAY CAMP in
Lowcountry Parent Magazine’s 2015 Mom’s Choice Awards!