Can You Build It? Kids, who attended the latest Souris Valley Museum鈥檚 no school day, will say, 鈥淵es!鈥�
On Friday young explorers were learning all about inventors and inventions. Not only did they have some history elements, but they also had a chance to be creative and try to build their own units. They learned about some Canadian sport and space inventions, and applied new knowledge, making hockey masks, parachute drops, catapults and spinning tops.
There are three more no school days left this year when participants will get a chance to play with slime, learn about pirates and what they would look like if they'd lived in the middle of the country, and also dive into the history of early settlers and learn some survival skills.
"In no school day programs we offer here, parents have a choice of sending their child to the museum for half of the day, so they are here from 9-12 or from 1-4. Or they are welcome to stay all day from 9-4. We do have lunchtime supervision here at the museum,鈥� explained Mark Veneziano, who is the executive director at the Souris Valley Museum.
During the winter break, the museum will also be running two camps. The first one is designed for children, ages three to five. It鈥檚 called Zoom and it will run in the morning Tuesday through Thursday. There, participants will get a chance to have a close look at the museum's vehicle collection and learn about things that move fast.
The other one will run in the afternoons and is developed for kids, ages six to 10. It will be a space camp, where participants are going to learn about stars, the sky, planets and, of course, aliens. It will run Tuesday through Friday.
Parents can register for any of the programs or camps online at sourisvalleymuseum.com.
