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Join us for A-MAZE-ING! in the Art Loft and Illuminating Finger Painting in the Art Studio. In the Wonder Cabinet, join us for daily Storytimes, Baby Rhyme Times, and Musical Rhyme & Song Times. Bill’s Backyard will feature Tree Prints in the Outdoor Classroom.

THE ART LOFT ACTIVITIES Learn More about The Art Loft

A-MAZE-ING! starting November 6

Discover the many amazing and artistic forms of the maze.

Weekdays 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sundays 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.
Members-Only Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

BILL’S BACKYARD OUTDOOR CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES Learn More about Bill’s Backyard

Tree Prints starting November 6

Explore the many patterns of tree leaves, stumps, and bark. Create your own nature pattern collage by making rubbings and prints.

Tuesday – Sunday 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

THE WONDER CABINET ACTIVITIES Learn More about The Wonder Cabinet

A FIRST 5 Santa Clara County Early Learning Laboratory for ages 4 and under.

Wonder Cabinet sponsor FIRST 5 offers a free kit for new parents, as well as information on kindergarten readiness and a variety of valuable parenting resources, on www.first5kids.org.

Illuminating Finger Painting starting November 6

Explore texture, color, and lines as you paint (without getting dirty!) on a glowing canvas of light.

Weekdays 11:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Saturdays 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sundays 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.
Members-Only Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Storytime
Weekdays and Saturdays: 11:15 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Sundays: 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.
For children up to 4 years old
Join us for a whimsical storytime, complete with engaging activities designed to capture the interest of children and to provide ideas for caregivers to try at home. For babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

Baby Rhyme Time
Daily 11:45 a.m.
For children up to 18 months old
Join us for fingerplays, songs, and open-ended activities designed to delight your baby in the Wonder Cabinet’s Crawl Space. Please Note: “The Crawl Space” is an enclosed environment for babies, crawlers and pre-walkers.

Musical Rhyme and Song Time
Daily 3:00 p.m.
For children up to 4 years old
Sing songs and explore musical instruments during our special circle time in the Wonder Cabinet Forest. For babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

Supported in part by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San José.

The world’s most beloved #1 blue engine rolls into Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose this summer. Thomas & Friends®: Explore the Rails, an interactive exhibit created by Minnesota Children’s Museum and inspired by the popular children’s series on PBS KIDS in the US, and Treehouse and Télé-Québec in Canada, will steam into San Jose on May 20 through September 10.

Visitors to the 2500 square foot exhibit will be delighted as they find themselves surrounded by the Island of Sodor’s iconic locations: Knapford Station, Sodor Steamworks and much more. In the exhibit, children help Thomas and his friends solve a variety of challenges, from a simple sorting and shape identification activity to more complex engineering obstacles, such as completing a train track using track pieces with different levels of elevation. As children confront new challenges and test their abilities, the smiling faces of Thomas, Percy, Victor and others are there to offer encouragement and remind children how “really useful” they all are.

© 2014 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. Thomas & Friends™: Explore the Rails! was created by Minnesota Children’s Museum, presented by Fisher-Price and sponsored by 3M.

“Outback Spacehouse”

Earth Day is a day to think about how we can keep our planet healthy by reducing, reusing, and recycling. It is a day to think about how we can protect our animals and trees, conserve water and energy, reduce the tons of waste that we produce every year, and so much more! One way we can contribute is to fuse art and recycling together. Get hands-on with everyday materials and make recyclable art as you learn to protect our planet and spread environmental awareness.

Jane Ruby is a San Jose-based mixed-media artist who works with recyclable materials to make sculptures, paper goods, and other self-documented visual works that include non-fiction creative writing. Currently, she is in the Master’s Program in Linguistics for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at San Jose State University. She hopes to continue her passion of fusing art, culture, language, and education together.

Learn about Lillia’s art process and her passion for rescued furry friends all while helping her create the Dog City Shelter in the Art Loft. Create a community Dog City Mural, make dog portraits, help paint some giant cardboard dog houses, and more!

Lillia Panighetti graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts in pictorial arts from San Jose State University. She worked mainly as a figure painter, and experimented throughout her time as a student with various materials and media, using the human body as her main subject matter. She has worked with children with varied levels of skill and ability in many settings. She finds the process of discovery that a child embarks on when truly creating to be a remarkable experience she is honored to witness. Lillia resides in San Jose with her two rescue dogs, Rosie and Zeno.

This Month at the Museum:

In March, join us for What Does a Fox Say? in the Art Loft and Rice Flour Playdough in the Art Studio.

THE ART LOFT ACTIVITIES Learn More about The Art Loft

What Does a Fox Say?
What does a fox say? Create an animal portrait. Once you give your creature eyes and a mouth, what kind of silly thing might it say?

Daily through Sunday, April 2nd from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sundays 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.

KIDS’ GARDEN ACTIVITIES Learn More about Kids’ Garden

Kids’ Garden is closed to make way for our new outdoor learning environment, Bill’s Backyard: Bridge to Nature.

Big changes are underway! We’re creating a 27,500 sq. ft. nature exploration space that will provide endless opportunities for kids to dig, plant, climb, and explore. The Grand Opening of Bill’s Backyard: Bridge to Nature is slated for Summer 2017.

THE WONDER CABINET ACTIVITIES Learn More about The Wonder Cabinet

A FIRST 5 Santa Clara County Early Learning Laboratory for ages 4 and under.  Open until 4:00 p.m.

Wonder Cabinet sponsor FIRST 5 offers a free kit for new parents, as well as information on kindergarten readiness and a variety of valuable parenting resources, on www.first5kids.org.

Rice Flour Playdough
Roll, poke, squeeze, and squish this special dough made from gluten free rice flour.

Through Sunday, April 2nd from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Members-Only Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Storytime in “The Forest”
Daily 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Join us for a whimsical storytime, complete with engaging activities designed to capture the interest of children and to provide ideas for caregivers to try at home.

Infant Activities in the “Crawl Space”
Daily 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.

Join us for fingerplays, songs, and open-ended activities designed to delight your baby. Please Note: the “Crawl Space” is an enclosed environment for babies, crawlers and pre-walkers.

Supported in part by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San José.

This Month at the Museum:

In March, join us for What Does a Fox Say? in the Art Loft and Rice Flour Playdough in the Art Studio.

THE ART LOFT ACTIVITIES Learn More about The Art Loft

What Does a Fox Say?
What does a fox say? Create an animal portrait. Once you give your creature eyes and a mouth, what kind of silly thing might it say?

Daily through Sunday, April 2nd from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sundays 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m.

KIDS’ GARDEN ACTIVITIES Learn More about Kids’ Garden

Kids’ Garden is closed to make way for our new outdoor learning environment, Bill’s Backyard: Bridge to Nature.

Big changes are underway! We’re creating a 27,500 sq. ft. nature exploration space that will provide endless opportunities for kids to dig, plant, climb, and explore. The Grand Opening of Bill’s Backyard: Bridge to Nature is slated for Summer 2017.

THE WONDER CABINET ACTIVITIES Learn More about The Wonder Cabinet

A FIRST 5 Santa Clara County Early Learning Laboratory for ages 4 and under.  Open until 4:00 p.m.

Wonder Cabinet sponsor FIRST 5 offers a free kit for new parents, as well as information on kindergarten readiness and a variety of valuable parenting resources, on www.first5kids.org.

Rice Flour Playdough
Roll, poke, squeeze, and squish this special dough made from gluten free rice flour.

Through Sunday, April 2nd from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Members-Only Sundays 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Storytime in “The Forest”
Daily 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Join us for a whimsical storytime, complete with engaging activities designed to capture the interest of children and to provide ideas for caregivers to try at home.

Infant Activities in the “Crawl Space”
Daily 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.

Join us for fingerplays, songs, and open-ended activities designed to delight your baby. Please Note: the “Crawl Space” is an enclosed environment for babies, crawlers and pre-walkers.

Supported in part by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San José.

Performances at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Many of you know about Potter the Otter and his love of drinking water from reading Potter the Otter: A Tale about Water or from seeing Potter the Otter: An Adventure. But did you know Potter also loves healthy food? Join us for a new original, live, interactive play and find out more about the lovable Potter and his latest adventures!

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Performances at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.

Many of you know about Potter the Otter and his love of drinking water from reading Potter the Otter: A Tale about Water or from seeing Potter the Otter: An Adventure. But did you know Potter also loves healthy food? Join us for a new original, live, interactive play and find out more about the lovable Potter and his latest adventures!

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Performances at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.

Many of you know about Potter the Otter and his love of drinking water from reading Potter the Otter: A Tale about Water or from seeing Potter the Otter: An Adventure. But did you know Potter also loves healthy food? Join us for a new original, live, interactive play and find out more about the lovable Potter and his latest adventures!

Funded by 

Performances at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.

Many of you know about Potter the Otter and his love of drinking water from reading Potter the Otter: A Tale about Water or from seeing Potter the Otter: An Adventure. But did you know Potter also loves healthy food? Join us for a new original, live, interactive play and find out more about the lovable Potter and his latest adventures!

Funded by 

Performances at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.

Many of you know about Potter the Otter and his love of drinking water from reading Potter the Otter: A Tale about Water or from seeing Potter the Otter: An Adventure. But did you know Potter also loves healthy food? Join us for a new original, live, interactive play and find out more about the lovable Potter and his latest adventures!

Funded by 

Performances at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.

Many of you know about Potter the Otter and his love of drinking water from reading Potter the Otter: A Tale about Water or from seeing Potter the Otter: An Adventure. But did you know Potter also loves healthy food? Join us for a new original, live, interactive play and find out more about the lovable Potter and his latest adventures!

Funded by 

Performances at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.

Many of you know about Potter the Otter and his love of drinking water from reading Potter the Otter: A Tale about Water or from seeing Potter the Otter: An Adventure. But did you know Potter also loves healthy food? Join us for a new original, live, interactive play and find out more about the lovable Potter and his latest adventures!

Funded by 

Performances at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.

Many of you know about Potter the Otter and his love of drinking water from reading Potter the Otter: A Tale about Water or from seeing Potter the Otter: An Adventure. But did you know Potter also loves healthy food? Join us for a new original, live, interactive play and find out more about the lovable Potter and his latest adventures!

Funded by