KWAME ALEXANDER: POETRY, KIDS, AND THE 5TH AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN’S BOOK FAIR – (COOL) PROGENY, May 2017 How do you get your child into reading? According to New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, you introduce them to poetry. “The power of poetry is that you can take these emotionally heavy moments in our lives, and you can distil them into these palatable, these digestible words and lines and phrases that allow us to be able to deal and cope with the world,” he said in an interview with NPR’s Rachel Martin. “I think it’s
Target $2 Family Fun Night Friday, April 21 |4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Learn More Enjoy all the fun of Port Discovery for more than $12 off! Join Port Discovery for Target Family Fun Night on Friday, April 21 and pay only $2 admission from 4 to 8 pm thanks to our generous sponsor, Target®! Make family art projects, enjoy our interactive Circle Time, work on your literacy skills with reading projects, take part in the interactive Money Game, and more! Plus, the MD SPCA will be on hand to teach about animal safety,
5 Reasons to Come to Hop into Spring! Hop Into Spring – An Exclusive Evening Adventure Haven’t purchased tickets to Port Discovery’s upcoming Hop into Spring event on Saturday, April 15 yet? Ticket sales end April 11. Purchase tickets before time runs out! Need another reason to join this exciting event? Here are 5 reasons to come to Hop into Spring! 1. Museum Wide Egg Hunt: Look for hidden eggs around three floors of Port Discovery and discover exciting prizes! 2. Spring Crafts You Can Take Home: Celebrate all things spring with seasonal arts &
Glow Days Celebrating Light City Sunday, April 2 | Noon – 5 p.m. | Learn More Saturday, April 8 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Learn More Get ready to glow at Port Discovery! Celebrate Glow Days during Light City with interactive activities dedicated to light! Make glow-in-the-dark art, create bracelets that change color in UV light, and make a holographic projector that will have you seeing in 3D! Also take part in Eric Energy’s famous, interactive energy show “Spark Attack!”. From experiments with circuits, sound waves and different kinds of light to a real laser
Vote for Port Discovery Children’s Museum in USA TODAY Readers’ Choice Poll We need your help! A panel of family travel experts named Port Discovery as one of the Best Museums for Families in a USA TODAY 10 Best Readers’ Choice Contest! But, we can’t reach the top of the leader board without your vote! Please vote for us daily through noon on March 27! Vote Now! Going Wild Weekend Saturday, March 25 | 10 a.m – 5 p.m. | Learn More Sunday, March 26 | 12 p.m – 5 p.m. | Learn More Go
Help get Port Discovery Children’s Museum into top 10 and Vote for Best Museum for Families Families visiting the Port Discovery museum in Baltimore will find three floors interactive and educational exhibits designed for children ages birth through 10. The 80,000-square-foot facility opened in 1998 and features permanent exhibits like Adventure Expeditions, where kids travel back to Egypt circa 1920, and KidWorks, a three-story “urban treehouse” meant for climbing, crawling, jumping and sliding. Infants and toddlers have their own dedicated space, called Tot Trails. VOTE HERE
Healthy First Saturday Saturday, March 4 | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Learn More Exercise your mind and body at Port Discovery’s Healthy First Saturday event! With spring right around the corner, it’s a great time to get kids active and playing in a healthy, fun way! Join us on Saturday, March 4th and take part in yoga for kids, learn about health and wellness with the UMBC Health Fair, and get Kinderfit! with the Kindersinger! Also learn about asthma with hands on activities from the Johns Hopkins University Asthma Study, visit with service
