http://www.kidsquestmuseum.com/blog/ Latest blog entries from KidsQuest Museum en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 07:04:56 PDT Wed, 22 May 2013 07:04:56 PDT SiteCrafting, Inc. CMS https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/givebig-1/ Your community needs you! Schools can't do it alone. Promote learning by supporting your neighborhood children's museum.  ... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:20:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/an-inventor/ Have you ever made or invented something that you thought of? I imagine that you have. Everything from making sandwiches to space travel happens because of inventiveness. ... Tue, 07 May 2013 09:42:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/hands-on-history-1/ Join Eastside Heritage Center on Thursday, April 18th from 5pm-8pm for more hands-on history fun! We will be featuring our brand new chicken coop complete with look-alike chickens and eggs.  There also will be the corn shelling machine with grinders to make chicken feed.  ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:04:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/hands-on-history-2/ Join Eastside Heritage Center on Thursday, March 21st from 5pm-8pm at KidsQuest Children’s Museum for some hands-on history fun!  Remember the past and look to the future by making a personal time capsule using a traditional canning machine.   ... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:54:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/clean-teeth-happy-teeth-1/ Dental health can affect your overall health. Most of the bacteria in you mouth are beneficial, but without proper care, your mouth’s protection may be compromised and allow harmful bacteria into your bloodstream at a higher rate. It’s important to instill dental health practices in children as early as possible, but properly caring for your child’s teeth can raise a lot of questions. Here’s a bare-bones guideline for milestones to look for in your child: ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:09:00 PST https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/childs-best-friend-favorite-stuffed/ Stuffed animals often provide children with a friend, co-conspirator, and secret-keeper extraordinaire. My own teddy bear still means a lot to me. Here is our favorite adventure together: ... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:25:00 PST https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/great-gifts-at-explorestore/ Every year we search far and wide for the best toys and gifts to make your holiday shopping easy! Check out some of this year’s top picks. ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:44:00 PST https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/love-nanodays/ Children are often told they are too small to do or understand things, but children have an amazing power: they can show adults a different way of viewing the world. Nanoscience, the science of the small, is changing the way scientists and engineers view the world too. At this scale, the materials we see and use every day have vastly different properties. They can change color, become water resistant, or conduct electricity. Nanotechnology utilizes these new properties to create new products and improve materials we use every day like computers, electronics, medicine, cosmetics, and clothing. ... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:25:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/things-to-do-leftover-easter/ If having an egg hunt is one of the annual traditions at your house then you know what’s left over after the thrill of the hunt has waned…lots of plastic eggs. What do you do with all of those plastic ovoids? Use them for some fun science and art activities! ... Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:59:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/dads-meet-up/ A father’s time and presence in their child’s life is very important to their emotional development. All studies agree children need ‘dad time’ which helps children develop healthier friendships and become more compassionate individuals throughout their lives. A good opportunity to spend some quality one on one time with your child is at bedtime, by recounting the day’s events or reading a book together. This is a great way to connect and deepen your relationship. ... Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:00:00 PST https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/personal-time-capsule/ Today we think nothing of opening a can of some exotic or out of season food. We rely on tin cans to bring us products from all over the world. Not that long ago supermarkets were not as well supplied as they are today, especially during the winter months. To save money and to make sure certain fruits and vegetables were available beyond the summer months, many people turned to canning their own produce. Here on the Eastside, people could take their garden products and can them safely at local canneries. ... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:03:00 PST https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/love-members-events/ On Monday, KidsQuest hosted its 3rd Annual Members-Only Valentine’s Party, and we had a blast. Thanks to our wildly inventive and wonderfully creative education department, there were some great themed activities including ooey gooey pink gak, glittery spin art, shaving cream hearts and a special Valentine’s Day “post office” where families could make and address their own Valentine’s Day cards. ... Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:28:00 PST https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/hands-on-history/ Think you know your history?  What about the history of daily life for early Washington settlers - maybe not so much?  Luckily Eastside Heritage Center will be at KidsQuest tonight for some hands-on learning.  Read on to refresh your history knowledge and then join us tonight from 5-8pm! ... Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:01:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/halloween-coming/ Leaves are dropping, grocery stores are filling up with candy, and horror movies are in full force at the theaters. Let's face it - Halloween is all but here. This year, the KidsQuest staff has put together some ideas for ways to celebrate the season with little ones, minus the sugar headache and horror stories. ... Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:56:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/days-fanciful-fairy-fun/ Last week we were lucky enough to hold a second Fanciful Fairies Camp, this time with camp instructor extraordinaire (and fairy expert!), Anne Zanatta Kline! Here she gives us a little playback of what happened: ... Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:14:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/fanciful-fairies/ We had a VERY magical week last week. Not only did we get dramatic with our Storybook Theater camp, but we also welcomed some very fanciful fairies into the museum for five days of fairy stories, fairy songs, fairy dances, fairy crafts – everything fairy!   ... Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:15:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/time-moms-1/ Most of us are bad about taking time out for ourselves. We’re short on time, so we multi-task. We get all the new information we can but don't have a lot of time to search for it or double-check it for accuracy. And the information we get usually regards our kids, not ourselves.  ... Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:47:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/we-love-farmers-markets/ Farmer’s markets and children’s museums might have more in common than you think. ... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:22:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/kqcm-volunteers-enjoy-partnership/ In June, KQCM volunteers enjoyed food, laughs, and learning through play - the Microsoft way! We held a volunteer appreciation party at the Microsoft Store, and the store's staff guided us through various Kinect games where volunteers danced, dipped, and jumped through obstacle courses. ... Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:47:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/sunny-at-kidsquest/ Summer is special here at KidsQuest, and a time when we get to do all sorts of things at the museum that we don't do during the school year. Here are some highlights: ... Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:14:00 PDT https://kidsquestmuseum.org/blog/secrets-egg-straordinary-egg-hunt/ Imagine stuffing 5,000 plastic eggs for KidsQuest’s Egg-straordinary Egg Hunt. How do we do it? Is it a very special bunny or a well-caffeinated staff? In fact, KidsQuest's eggs come from an exceptional organization in Springfield, Missouri, and are filled and assembled by some very amazing people! ... Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:58:00 PDT