On Thursday, Septmber 29, Abe, the kids and I all enjoyed a rare weekday off in downtown Baltimore at the Maryland Science Center. Schools happened to be closed that day for Rosh Hashanah, but since we're not Jewish of course, we just had the day off to ourselves. The kids had never been to the Science Center, and we kind of worried it might still be a little too old for them, but they had a blast and so did we! There were exhibits aimed toward an older age group, but there were just as many aimed at younger kids, and our kids interacted with the older exhibits even more than we thought they would. They found something to love in almost every section! Of course a favorite was the dinosaur area on the first floor. They have a little area where kids can pretend to be archaeologists and brush sand away to reveal a dino bone. The kids loved this! We even had a hard time pulling Amaya away from it. The kids also loved the wild animals on the first floor. They had some large species of a lizard and a Maryland blue crab on display, and Alex could have watched them for hours. The second floor, known as "Newton's Alley" featured physics exhibits. They had all sorts of exhibits exploring Newton's Law's of Physics. Alex was drawn to a marble run eperiment, where he would turn levers and try to put a marble on a certain path. Amaya loved the ball drop experiment where she would take three balls up a wire together and then drop them at the same time to watch the top ball skyrocket back up. The third floor had lots of puzzles, which is defintely more Abe and Amaya's forte since Alex and I both lack patience :) So Alex and I watched a live show on static electricity where they would charge up a device, then let a kid touch it and his hair would stand straight up. Alex found this hilarious! Also on the third floor, we visited the new children's area. This special zone is only for children under the age of 5. They even have an infant and toddler room for really little ones. Alex spent a long time here building trains out of legos, while Amaya played in the water play area. As we were venturing out of there, the exhaustion of the day really started to hit us, especially me with the anemia I have been struggling through recently, so we decided to pick up lunch on the way home. Then we just picked up our food, went home and played and relaxed..what a wonderful day for learning! I love it when we can just be together, on our own schedule, having fun. That's what it's all about :)
Amaya next to a triceratops head! It's just a tiny bit bigger then hers :)
Alex experimenting with the marble run
Very excited while working in puzzles! lol
Alex in the water play area
Amaya was listening to some kind of ocean sounds
On Thursday, Septmber 29, Abe, the kids and I all enjoyed a rare weekday off in downtown Baltimore at the Maryland Science Center. Schools happened to be closed that day for Rosh Hashanah, but since we're not Jewish of course, we just had the day off to ourselves. The kids had never been to the Science Center, and we kind of worried it might still be a little too old for them, but they had a blast and so did we! There were exhibits aimed toward an older age group, but there were just as many aimed at younger kids, and our kids interacted with the older exhibits even more than we thought they would. They found something to love in almost every section! Of course a favorite was the dinosaur area on the first floor. They have a little area where kids can pretend to be archaeologists and brush sand away to reveal a dino bone. The kids loved this! We even had a hard time pulling Amaya away from it. The kids also loved the wild animals on the first floor. They had some large species of a lizard and a Maryland blue crab on display, and Alex could have watched them for hours. The second floor, known as "Newton's Alley" featured physics exhibits. They had all sorts of exhibits exploring Newton's Law's of Physics. Alex was drawn to a marble run eperiment, where he would turn levers and try to put a marble on a certain path. Amaya loved the ball drop experiment where she would take three balls up a wire together and then drop them at the same time to watch the top ball skyrocket back up. The third floor had lots of puzzles, which is defintely more Abe and Amaya's forte since Alex and I both lack patience :) So Alex and I watched a live show on static electricity where they would charge up a device, then let a kid touch it and his hair would stand straight up. Alex found this hilarious! Also on the third floor, we visited the new children's area. This special zone is only for children under the age of 5. They even have an infant and toddler room for really little ones. Alex spent a long time here building trains out of legos, while Amaya played in the water play area. As we were venturing out of there, the exhaustion of the day really started to hit us, especially me with the anemia I have been struggling through recently, so we decided to pick up lunch on the way home. Then we just picked up our food, went home and played and relaxed..what a wonderful day for learning! I love it when we can just be together, on our own schedule, having fun. That's what it's all about :)
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