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Bill’s Backyard: Bridge to Nature, San Jose’s new outdoor learning environment, invites you to connect with nature in a welcoming and safe setting. This newest addition doubles the Museum’s exhibit space and inspires children to spend time outside climbing, building, digging, and getting dirty while exploring the natural elements.

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Practice science skills that strengthen your powers of observation and inquiry, and see how you are a scientist in your everyday life.

Have you ever wondered what the fastest animal on earth might be, or why stars twinkle? Find these answers and spark more questions as you celebrate the wonders of science and nature during Question Quest: A Week of Investigating Your World. You can indulge your curiosity and engage your inner scientist as you explore the natural world around you.

Practice science skills that strengthen your powers of observation and inquiry, and see how you are a scientist in your everyday life.

Have you ever wondered what the fastest animal on earth might be, or why stars twinkle? Find these answers and spark more questions as you celebrate the wonders of science and nature during Question Quest: A Week of Investigating Your World. You can indulge your curiosity and engage your inner scientist as you explore the natural world around you.
 

 

Diversity Through Dance: A 360 VR Video Celebrating Multiculturalism

Presented by: San Jose State University’s Department of Media Design
Sunday, February 23
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Celebrate Culture in a whole new way!

This 360 VR experience captures multiple different dance groups expressing themselves through unique performances to bring attention to dance as a cultural representation. The goal of this project is to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of diversity through dance.  Dance makes space for and builds human connection through kinesthetic empathy, or the ability to empathize through observing the actions of others. Watching the dance of people from different cultures (ex: Latin dance, Persian dance and Hip-Hop dance) and different walks of life (such as wheelchair dance and fire dance) allows us to discover commonalities between groups. Observing this varied display of dance allows viewers to see differences and similarities regarding mechanics, techniques, and symbolic motifs across the acts. Observing the dance in this way enables better interpretation and appreciation by offering multiple dance styles back-to-back in a highly visible format (360-video).

This event is included with museum admission.

Kids Like to Move It

Monday, February 17 – Friday, February 21

Have fun and get active during winter break!

Schools may be out, but Kids Like to MOVE IT!
Are you ready to move it?
Are you ready to groove it?
Are you ready to prove to yourself that you can do it?

Activities

Join us for a week full of fun activities that will get you moving, dancing and challenging yourself to learn new skills!

-Family yoga presented by Be the Change Yoga and Fitness
-Kids Like to Groove It Dance Zone
-Khalilah “The Peace Dancer” Ramierez
-Farah Yasmeen Shaikh (Noorani Dance), kathak dance workshop
-San Jose Sharks
-Héctor Castañeda, Zumba

Kids Like to Move It is included with museum admission.

Have fun and get active during winter break!

Schools may be out, but Kids Like to MOVE IT!
Are you ready to move it?
Are you ready to groove it?
Are you ready to prove to yourself that you can do it?

Join us for a week full of fun activities that will get you moving, dancing and challenging yourself to learn new skills!

Have fun and get active during winter break.

Schools may be out, but Kids Like to MOVE IT!
Are you ready to move it?
Are you ready to groove it?
Are you ready to prove to yourself that you can do it?

Join us for a week full of fun activities that will get you moving, dancing and challenging yourself to learn new skills!

Read for the Record: Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood
10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

Let’s come together to break the world record for the largest number of people reading the same book on the same day! This year’s book is Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell. Jumpstart’s Read for the Record brings together millions of people each year in classrooms, libraries, community centers, museums and homes across the country to highlight the importance of building early literacy and language skills for every child.

https://www.jstart.org/read-for-the-record/

Children’s Discovery Museum is honored to serve as a Reading Partner with Jumpstart’s Read for the Record program and to help break the world reading record–again this year!–for the most people reading the same book on the same day! This year’s book is Quackers by Liz Wong. Copies of the book will be available all day in the Theatre, so stop in and join the expected 2.4 million worldwide, who will be supporting high-quality early learning while building children’s vocabulary and love for reading, as you read Quackers.

Join us for a celebration of Indian culture at the Diwali Festival, which features performances, activities, and crafts that highlight a variety of traditional Indian arts.

Special Activities:
Saturday, October 7 and Sunday, October 8
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 7

Sunday, October 8

Join us for a celebration of Indian culture at the Diwali Festival, which features performances, activities, and crafts that highlight a variety of traditional Indian arts.

Special Activities:
Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

– Meet the Artist: Purvi Shah of Picasso Art Studio (Saturday only)
– Make Rangoli art activities
– Diwali storytimes at 11:45am and 2pm (both days)
– Make a lantern
– Make a Bandi Chorr Divas
– Make a diya lamp
– Taste a burfi
– Henna
– Musical and dance performances

Diwali: Festival of Lights

Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Join us for a Diwali celebration featuring performances, activities, and crafts that bring the Indian Festival of Lights to life!

Special Activities:
– Make Rangoli art activities
– Diwali storytimes
– Make a lantern
– Henna
– Musical and dance performances
– and more!

Schedule of Events

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The works featured in Incredible India! were created, using media of their choice, by over 130 artists ages 4 to 12 at the India Community Center’s Annual Children’s Art Contest. Every March, children arrive at India Community Center (ICC) with only their art materials and imagination, and spend the afternoon creating a work that responds to a prompt about India. This year’s theme, Incredible India!, explores what makes India incredible to the artists and their families.

India Community Center (ICC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the Indian-American and greater Bay Area community by promoting South Asian culture through social, cultural, recreational, and community programs. As a non-religious and non-political organization, ICC is the place where the community can unite, serve, and celebrate South Asian Culture. ICC welcomes all without regard to racial, ethnic, regional, religious, political, or socioeconomic background. For more information visit www.indiacc.org.

What role does science play in health and wellness? Young scientists can explore an interactive laboratory to find the answer in this exciting new exhibit.

© 2011 Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago. All rights reserved. Science + You™ is sponsored internationally by the Abbvie Foundation and was developed by Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago.

Crying Uncle is a bluegrass duo band from Northern California, consisting of brothers Miles (age 13, on fiddle) and Teo (age 11, on mandolin) Quale, in collaboration with guest musicians.

The brothers, who are state and national fiddle and mandolin champions, have been featured on NPR’s The California Report and performed at venues such as IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Festival and CBA’s Fathers Day Bluegrass Festival. They are joined by fellow Rambling Minors bandmate Andrew Osborn, age 14, on bass. Known for his rock-solid rhythm and fiery bass solos, Andrew has had guest appearances with a number of Bay Area bluegrass bands, including Crying Uncle, 35 Years of Trouble, and Savannah Blu, and is a regular member of the band Festival Speed.

Find them on Facebook at Crying Uncle.

Bring your picnic lunch (or purchase a bite at the Museum’s FoodShed) and join us in the Museum’s outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre for a live lunchtime musical experience on select Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the summer!

Amphitheatre opens at 12:00 noon and concerts begin shortly thereafter.