Monthly Activity Calendar

Monday, March 1 - Closed

Cafe Scientifique - Your Genes, Your Life: Understanding Genetics and Health
6:30pm to 9:30pm in the Exhibit Cafe

Join us for a discussion about the issue of genetics as they influence individual and community healthy. Issues to be discussed may include genetic technology, disease prevention, DNA, and genetic modification.

Tuesday, March 2

Mini Stars Movement Series - for ages 3-5 - 11am

Join Kate from Shining Star Athletics for a fitness class designed to get your tot moving!

Yoga for Kids - 2pm

Move and stretch as we explore the traditional discipline of yoga!

Wednesday, March 3

Yoga for Kids - 11am & 2pm

Move and stretch as we explore the traditional disciple of yoga!

Life Drawing Art Class - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Join us for weekly life drawing sessions with instructor Heather Franklin. Learn and draw at your own pace, experience is not a prerequisite, everyone is welcome! Classes will feature a professional model and sketching anatomy in the exhibition Our Body: The Universe Within.

$10 per person
*Registration recommended
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221 or email info@TheChildrensMuseum.ca
Students must bring their own drawing materials.

Thursday, March 4

Mini Stars Movement Series - ages 3-5 - 11am

Join Kate from Shining Star Athletics for a fitness class designed to get your tot moving!

Yoga for Kids - 2pm

Move and stretch as we explore the traditional discipline of yoga!

Friday, March 5

Yoga for Kids - 11am & 2pm

Move and stretch as we explore the traditional discipline of yoga!

Saturday, March 6

Members Only! - 9am to 10am

Family Health Series - 1pm

Healthy Brain, Happy Life - Learn to fuel your brain right!
Presented by: Jennifer Charron ND, HBSc
Naturopathic Doctor
The Natural Way Health Clinic

KiM Show! - 11am & 2pm

Make a healthy snack and shake your body to the music.

Healthy Food, Healthy You! - All Day

Build you favorite meal to see if you have a perfect diet!

Better Bridges - All Day

Join us for National Engineering Week! Work with engineers to build a bridge that can withstand a series of tests to earn a certificate!

Sunday, March 7

Members Only! - 9am to 10am

Healthy Living Day

Special Appearance by Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod - 2pm

KiM Show! - 1pm & 3pm

Make a healthy snack and shake your body to the music!

Healthy Food, Healthy You! - All Day

Build your favorite meal to see if you have a perfect diet!

Monday, March 8 - Closed

Tuesday, March 9

Mini Stars Movement Series - ages 3-5 - 11am

Join Kate from Shining Star Athletics for a fitness class designed to get your tot moving!

Germs Galore! - 2pm

Use you imagination to create your own germ and learn how you can be a germ stopper!

Wednesday, March 10

Germs Galore! - 11am & 2pm

Use your imagination to create your own germ and learn how you can be a germ stopper.

Life Drawing Art Classes - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Join us for weekly life drawing sessions with instructor Heather Franklin. Learn and draw at your own pace, experience is not a prerequisite, everyone is welcome! Classes will feature a professional model and sketching anatomy in the exhibition Our Body: The Universe Within.

$10 per person
*Registration recommended
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221 or email info@TheChildrensMuseum.ca
Students must bring their own drawing materials.

Thursday, March 11

Mini Stars Movement Series - for ages 3-5 - 11am

Join Kate from Shining Star Athletics for a fitness class designed to get you tot moving!

Germs Galore! - 2pm

Use your imagination to create your own germ and learn how you can be a germ stopper!

Friday, March 12 - Open 10am to 8pm

P.A. Day Camp

Fitness Frenzy - Move you body and shake your feet, as we get our bodies in shape!

*Registration required
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221

Books and Babies - 10:30am

Presented in partnership with Words Worth Books

Germs Galore! - 11am & 2pm

Use your imagination to create your own germ and learn how you can be a germ stopper!

Saturday, March 13 - Open 10am to 8pm

Family Health Series - 1pm

Naturopathic Nutrition for the Whole Family - From A to Zinc!
Presented by:
Jessica Allison ND, BSc
Naturopathic Doctor
The Natural Way Health Clinic

Parkinson Society - 10 am to 5pm

Come visit Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario's display on March 13^th and 14^th to find out about Parkinson's and the services offered in the community. Learn how you can be part of the exciting activities happening in April as part of Parkinson's Awareness Month. Parkinson's is a neurological disorder that affects over 100,000 people and with the aging population is expected to double by 2016.

Bone Structure - 11am & 2pm

Learn about the frame of your body - your bones!

Body Builders - All Day

Explore your brilliant body and create a kid-sized craft!

Celebrate the Persian New Year at The Museum today!

Sunday, March 14

Sketching Sundays - 1pm to 4pm

Drop in and join art instructor Heather Franklin for sketching anatomy in the exhibition Our Body: The Universe Within.

*Regular Museum admission applies

Parkinson Society - 10am to 5pm

Come visit Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario's display on March 13^th and 14^th to find out about Parkinson`s and the services offered in the community. Learn how you can be part of the exciting activities happening in April as part of Parkinson`s Awareness Month. Parkinson`s is a neurological disorder that affects over 100,000 people and with the aging population is expected to double by 2016.

Bone Structure - 11am & 2pm

Learn about the frame of your body - your bones!

E=MC² - All Day

Come celebrate Einstein's Birthday!

Monday, March 15 - Open 10am to 5pm

March Break Camp

Pumping Hearts - Explore your respiratory and circulatory systems!

*Registration required
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221

Power Brains - 11am & 2pm

Learn about your brain, exercise it! Then create your own wonder spinner to take home.

Funny Faces! - All Day

Explore your facial features through this unique craft!

Tuesday, March 16 - Open 10am to 5pm

March Break Camp

Food for Thought - Join us for a day of digestive discovery!

*Registration required
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221

Mini Stars Movement Series - for ages 3-5 - 11am

Join Kate from Shining Stars Athletics for a fitness class designed to get your tot moving!

Power Brains - 2pm

Learn about your brain, exercise it! Then create your own wonder spinner to take home.

Funny Faces! - All Day

Explore your facial features through this unique craft!

Canadian Diabetes Association - 10am to 4pm

Presentation 1pm
Families with children 5-10 are invited to attend a presentation on diabetes which will teach parents and children about healthy lifestyle choices by engaging them in a variety of fun nutrition and fitness activities. Each family will also be given a take home goodie bag!

Wednesday, March 17 - Open 10am to 5pm

March Break Camp

Muscle Mania - Bring your strength and energy for this educational and active day!

*Registration required
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221

Charming Shamrock Necklace - 11am & 2pm

Make a four leaf clover and watch it shrink into a perfect pendant!

Pot of Gold - All Day

Create your own good luck with this craft!

Life Drawing Art Class - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Join us for weekly life drawing sessions with instructor Heather Franklin. Learn and draw at your own pace, experience is not a prerequisite, everyone is welcome! Classes will feature a professional model and sketching anatomy in the exhibition Our Body: The Universe Within.

$10 per person
*Registration recommended
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221 or email info@TheChildrensMuseum.ca
Students must bring their own drawing materials.

Thursday, March 18 - Open 10am to 5pm

March Break Camp

Brainiac - Put your thinking cap on and come explore the brain!

*Registration required
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221

Brain Day - 10am to 4pm

Join the Alzheimer's Society of Kitchener-Waterloo and Premier Homecare Services for special programming all day!

Mini Stars Movement Series - for ages 3-5 - 11am

Join Kate from Shining Star Athletics for a fitness class designed to get your tot moving!

Power Brains - 2pm

Learn about your brain, exercise it! Then create your own wonder spinner to take home!

Funny Faces - All Day

Explore your facial features through this unique craft!

The Happy Prince - 7PM

This classic tale by Oscar Wilde follows the bejeweled statue of a Prince as he looks over his kingdom. A sparrow, delayed on her migration to Egypt, stops to rest on the statue. There, she is startled by the drop of a tear. The statue of the Prince cries to the sparrow, telling her how he can see the suffering of his people. He shows her many of the kingdom's people as they cry in need. The sparrow delays her trip longer and begins plucking jewels from the statue upon the Prince's request. As the winter approaches, the sparrow's need to fly south becomes urgent, however, she is drawn to help the Prince help his people survive the bitter cold. Follow this heartwarming story as the sparrow learns about the fragility of human life.
The Happy Prince is an educational outreach performance of the beloved Oscar Wilde story by the Waterloo Regional SNATS chapter. The group is made up of local voice students and emerging artists breaking into the performaing and teaching fields who hope to bring the exciting world of singing to children of all backgrounds.

Cost: $10 Non-Members, $8 Members, $35 for families of 4; two adults, two children.
For more information or to purchase tickets please call 519-749-9387 ext. 221

Friday, March 19 - Open 10am to 8pm

March Break Camp

Germs, Germs, Germs - Learn about pesky germs and how to keep them away.

*Registration required
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext.221

Multiple Sclerosis Society - 10am to 4pm

Experience some of the physical effects when your nervous system falls apart. Participate in live simulations to help you understand what if feels like and how you can help someone who struggles with MS.

Power Brains - 11am & 2pm

Learn about your brain, exercise it! Then create your own wonder spinner to take home.

Funny Faces - All Day

Explore your facial features through this unique craft!

Saturday, March 20 - Open 10am to 8pm

Family Health Series - 1pm

Keeping Fit - Physical activities the whole family will love!

Tongue Twisters - 11am & 2pm

Join us to explore the 4 major tastes taht the tongue can sense.

Masking Your Identity! - All Day

Make a mask which reflects your own unique facial features!

Sunday, March 21

International Storytelling Celebration

Presented in partnership with Latitudes Storytelling Festival.

Tell Me A Story - 1pm

Create your very own storybook!

Story in a Bag - 2pm

Storyteller, mentor, founder of The Story Barn in Baden, Mary-Eileen McClear is known locally, across Canada and in the U.S. as a talented teller and an advocate for the art of storytelling which, she says, is at the heart of human experience. She will pull a story out of a bag, and teach her audience how to discover stories in unexpected places.

Science Sunday: Tongue Twisters - 3pm

Join us to explore the 4 major tastes that the tongue can sense.

March to the Beat of Drumming Stories - 4pm

Adwoa Badoe, trained as a physician in her native Ghana, has evolved quite naturally into an African Griot. She is an author, storyteller and teacher of African dance. Her stories capture her interest in African dance, and have an unique and infectious vibrancy, capturing the essence of the people, their celebration and their lives. She appears with her husband, Fule, on drums.

Masking Your Identity - All Day

Make a mask which reflects your own unique facial features!

Monday, March 22 - Closed

Tuesday, March 23

Mini Stars Movement Series - for ages 3-5 - 11am

Join Kate from Shining Star Athletics for a fitness class designed to get your tot moving!

Soap Buddies - 2pm

Make bath time more enjoyable with these soapy friends.

Wednesday, March 24

Soap Buddies - 11am & 2pm

Make bath time more enjoyable with these soapy friends.

Introduction to Tai-Chi: Experience the gentleness and power of Tai-Chi! - 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Join this special three-class session: Wednesdays March 24^th, March 31^st, and April 7^th.
You will explore how relaxed coordinated movement helps centre the mind, relieves stress, benefits health, and improves athletic performance.
Several short and easy-to-learn exercises will be taught, including Tai-Chi form and QiGong routine.
Our instructor Patricia Beretta developed an original wellness system based on Tai-Chi and QiGong, providing busy professionals and parents with a feasible self-care program to relax and recharge their energy.
A link with more detailed information:
http://www.leshiatsu.com/news_special_3_TaiChi_classes_2010-03.htm
$36 for three classes, or $15 per individual class.
*Registration is required
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221 or email Info@TheChildrensMuseum.ca

Life Drawing Art Class - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Join us for weekly life drawing sessions with instructor Heather Franklin. Learn and draw at your own pace, experience is not a prerequisite, everyone is welcome! Classes will feature a professional model and sketching anatomy in the exhibition Our Body: The Universe Within.

$10 per person
*Registration recommended
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221 or email info@TheChildrensMuseum.ca
Students must bring their own drawing materials.

Thursday, March 25

Mini Stars Movement Series - ages 3-5 - 11am

Join Kate from Shining Star Athletics for a fitness class designed to get your tot moving!

Soap Buddies - 2pm

Make bath time more enjoyable with these soapy friends.

Friday, March 26

Books and Babies - 10:30am

Presented in partnership with Words Worth Books.

Soapy Buddies - 11am & 2pm

Make bath time more enjoyable with these soapy friends.

Open late until 8:00pm

Join us for a guided tour of Our Body: The Universe Within - 7pm

Saturday, March 27

Family Healthy Series - 1pm

Food Allergies - Is what you eat affecting you more than you know?

Presented by:
Angela MacNeil ND, MSc
Naturopathic Doctor
The Natural Way Health Clinic

Germ Busters! - 11am & 2pm

Find out where small things like microbes are hidden.

Fingerprint Friends - All Day

Use your unique fingerprints to create some art!

Sunday, March 28

Germ Busters! - 1pm

Find out where small things like microbes are hidden.

Fun with French - 3:00pm to 3:45pm

It's never too early to learn a new language. This workshop is geared towards teaching beginner French to people of all ages through songs, games, stories, crafts and other activities.

Fingerprint Friends - All Day

Use your unique fingerprints to create some art!

Monday, March 29 - Closed

Tuesday, March 30

Mini Stars Movement Series - ages 3-5 - 11am

Join Kate from Shining Star Athletics for a fitness class designed to get your tot moving!

Building Healthy Bones! - 2pm

Learn how to keep your bones in good shape.

Wednesday, March 31

Building Healthy Bones! - 11am & 2pm

Learn how to keep your bones in good shape.

Introduction to Tai-Chi: Experience the gentleness and power of Tai-Chi! - 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Join this special three-class session: Wednesdays March 24^th, March 31^st, and April 7^th.
You will explore how relaxed coordinated movement helps centre the mind, relieves stress, benefits health, and improves athletic performance.
Several short and easy-to-learn exercises will be taught, including Tai-Chi form and QiGong routine.
Our instructor Patricia Beretta developed an original wellness system based on Tai-Chi and QiGong, providing busy professionals and parents with a feasible self-care program to relax and recharge their energy.
A link with more detailed information:
http://www.leshiatsu.com/news_special_3_TaiChi_classes_2010-03.htm
$36 for three classes, or $15 per individual class.
*Registration is required For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221 or email Info@TheChildrensMuseum.ca

Life Drawing Art Class - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Join us for weekly life drawing sessions with instructor Heather Franklin. Learn and draw at your own pace, experience is not a prerequisite, everyone is welcome! Classes will feature a professional model and sketching anatomy in the exhibition Our Body: The Universe Within.

$10 per person
*Registration recommended
For more information or registration details please contact 519-749-9387 ext. 221 or email info@TheChildrensMuseum.ca
Students must bring their own drawing materials.