CMEE News
JUNE 2018– LETTER FROM THE CMEE TEAM
Dear Friends, Being a new mom is the most rewarding, terrifying, and challenging thing I have ever done. I think all parents can agree that no one is ever prepared for the journey of parenthood. Silly me, I thought I had an advantage working as an Educator at the Children’s Museum with a degree in education and coming from an incredibly large family. Boy, was I wrong! Thankfully, my husband and … [Read More...]
This Week At CMEE…
MONDAY, JUNE 18 – SUNDAY, JUNE 24
Monday, June 18th
Waldorf Parent/Child Class
10:15am-11:45am
This Waldorf Parent/Child class provides a great introduction to Waldorf Education, and it’s dedication to nature-based learning. This class is exclusively outdoors, and led by experienced Waldorf Educator, Andi Pisacano.
Children come to…
- Explore a child-friendly outdoor environment that challenges and nurtures
- Delight in special attention given to support their unfolding interests, motor abilities, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience social interaction in play that stimulates their speech and language development.
Parents come and…
- Experience an environment that encourages the valuable exchange of ideas and information.
- Explore the value of observation in seeing and understanding what their children are doing and how they are learning as they play.
- Delight in the joy of sharing songs and games with their children that support speech and language development.
Tuesday, June 19th
*Museum Closed!*
Although the Museum is closed, Baby & Me still meets from 11:30am-12:30pm.
Wednesday, June 20th
Tot Spot
10:45am-11:45am
Your “Baby and Me” grad is happiest when he or she is moving all about and exploring! Celebrate your child’s newfound abilities and their increasing independence with Tot Spot! Led by the Museum’s Education Coordinator, Liz Bard, this weekly program provides toddlers with opportunities to explore, observe, and get moving in a program designed to encourage social emotional skills, fine motor skills and emerging language.
Friday, June 21st
Music Together by the Dunes
10:45am-11:30am
This joyful early childhood music program has generations of fans across the globe and instills a lifelong love of music and happy memories! It’s a delightful way to share music with your child and meet new friends. During this incredible world renowned research-based music and movement program, families enjoy singing, dancing, rhythm and tonal patterns, instrument play, improvisational music play and rhymes.
Sunday, June 24th
Join CMEE and photographer Keith Manning for this exciting FREE photography workshop! Learn how to photograph nature and people using your smart phone. Parent and children can learn how to frame shots and work with natural light to take beautiful pictures. Using a free app, families will learn to edit pictures to enhance depth and color. Student photos will be printed and mounted for the class opening and reception. Appropriate for ages 6 to 10 years old. There is no fee for this workshop. However, space is limited so please register in advance or call the Museum at 631-537-8250.
Lego Club at the Children’s Museum
Join us every Sunday any time between 10am and noon for Lego Club at the Museum! We’re excited to share our love of all things Lego with Museum visitors and encourage children to create original designs. Kids can leave their works-in-progress and plan future sessions with the staff. Ages: Children of all ages. Cost: Free for Museum Members, $12 for non-members (includes admission to the Museum).
We have thousands of Lego, but can always use more. To help the Museum continue to build this program, we are looking for Lego donations! Please call 631-537-8250 to donate!
