News: Three Cheers for Fun at Creative Discovery Museum
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On May 1st 2010 the Museum’s “Spotlight on Three-Year Olds” event kicks off
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Three-year old children will take center stage at Creative Discovery Museum on Saturday, May 1. The Museum’s “Spotlight on Three-Year Olds” event will be triple the fun as the Museum will offer free admission to children age three, provide a rainbow buffet with food samples especially for three year olds to enjoy, and feature an extraordinary Beatrix Potter puppet show. Activities will take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and the puppet show will take place at 2 p.m. in the Museum’s Auditorium.
Three-year olds and their families will be entertained and engaged by the puppet show Beatrix Potter: Over the Garden Wall, presented by local puppeteer, Holly Stevenson in the Museum’s Auditorium. Familiar characters from the children’s story, Peter Rabbit, will be brought to life on stage through whimsical songs, storytelling, and Ms. Stevenson’s vibrant puppetry.
Other activities that will honor this fun age include a special photo opportunity for three- year olds to proudly have their picture taken with a giant number “3”, making a crown with a “3” to celebrate their status, and sampling a rainbow of colorful foods in the Culinary Corner.
“After the struggle of the ‘Terrible Twos’ to define themselves, three-year olds express different likes and dislikes,” states Lu Lewis, the Museum’s Early Childhood Education Educator and an expert in the field of Early Childhood Education. “Food is one of the items for which they develop a demonstrated preference. While their appetites are unpredictable and sometimes classified as ‘picky’, their likes and dislikes are emerging.”
Included in Creative Discovery Museum’s rainbow buffet will be a tempting variety of many fresh, colorful food options. The “eat a rainbow” message is one of the key components to the Museum’s featured exhibit, Good For You: Healthy Fun on the Run, funded by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
“Introducing new foods during this period gives the three-year olds a variety of options, and colorful presentations make the foods more intriguing,” continues Ms. Lewis. “Repeat exposure to new foods is key to helping your child make good food choices at an early age and leads to a healthier life.”
Three-year olds and their families will be entertained and engaged by the puppet show Beatrix Potter: Over the Garden Wall, presented by local puppeteer, Holly Stevenson in the Museum’s Auditorium. Familiar characters from the children’s story, Peter Rabbit, will be brought to life on stage through whimsical songs, storytelling, and Ms. Stevenson’s vibrant puppetry.
Other activities that will honor this fun age include a special photo opportunity for three- year olds to proudly have their picture taken with a giant number “3”, making a crown with a “3” to celebrate their status, and sampling a rainbow of colorful foods in the Culinary Corner.
“After the struggle of the ‘Terrible Twos’ to define themselves, three-year olds express different likes and dislikes,” states Lu Lewis, the Museum’s Early Childhood Education Educator and an expert in the field of Early Childhood Education. “Food is one of the items for which they develop a demonstrated preference. While their appetites are unpredictable and sometimes classified as ‘picky’, their likes and dislikes are emerging.”
Included in Creative Discovery Museum’s rainbow buffet will be a tempting variety of many fresh, colorful food options. The “eat a rainbow” message is one of the key components to the Museum’s featured exhibit, Good For You: Healthy Fun on the Run, funded by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
“Introducing new foods during this period gives the three-year olds a variety of options, and colorful presentations make the foods more intriguing,” continues Ms. Lewis. “Repeat exposure to new foods is key to helping your child make good food choices at an early age and leads to a healthier life.”
