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What's New
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Imagination Playground
Closing Sunday, May 6th
Don't miss your chance to build with the giant blue foam blocks! Stop in and surprise us with your creativity.
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Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog
Exhibit Opens Saturday, May 19th
Board the Birdwell Island ferry and journey to the world of Clifford™, America's beloved big red dog with a heart to match. See Emily Elizabeth™ and many of the residents of Birdwell Island. Inspired by Scholastic Entertainment's top-rated TV show Clifford The Big Red Dog® on PBS KIDS®, the exhibit offers numerous immersive "paws-on" adventures that reinforce "Clifford's Big Ideas"—ten simple tangible life lessons designed to help young children navigate their world: Share, Play Fair, Have Respect, Work Together, Be Responsible, Be Truthful, Be Kind, Believe in Yourself, Be a Good Friend and Help Others. Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog opens at Children's Discovery Museum on May 19, and will be here through September 9, 2012.
Kids can visit a colossal nine-foot high Clifford, help fill Clifford's big dog bowl with bones using a conveyor belt, and create sand art and find "bone"-ifide treasures at T-Bone's Beach. Browse the Norman Bridwell Art Retrospective and see 40 years (that's 280 dog-years!) of artwork and stories by the creator and award-winning author of Clifford The Big Red Dog.
© 2011 Scholastic Entertainment Inc. SCHOLASTIC and logos are trademarks of Scholastic Inc. CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG, BE BIG! and associated logos are trademarks of Norman Bridwell. All rights reserved. |
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Legacy for Children Award 2012
Honoring Heidi Murkoff
Friday, June 1st
6:30 p.m.
San Jose Convention Center
Heidi Murkoff has become the go-to resource for getting children off to a healthy start. Author of the internationally-acclaimed "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and producer of the upcoming (release date Friday, May 18th) major motion picture adaptation of her book (featuring a star-studded cast, including Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Quaid, and Elizabeth Banks), Ms. Murkhoff will be honored at this year's Legacy for Children event.
For additional information or to purchase tickets, go to www.cdm.org/legacy or e-mail legacy@cdm.org. |
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Summer of Service
Register now for CDM's award-winning service-based summer camp for youth entering grades 7–10. For information, go here or call (408) 298-5437 ext. 243. |
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Balancing Act
Opening Saturday, June 9th
Put your sense of equilibrium to the test in Balancing Act, a new hands-on and feet-on exhibit from the Children's Museum of Houston. Our body and brain work together to enable us to achieve the balance we use in our everyday lives, whether we are teetering toddlers or daring tight-rope walkers. Expand your understanding of balance and learn how to practice and improve it.
Don't miss Balancing Act – because balance isn't just an act! |
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Mammoth Discovery! K-5 Teacher Institute
June 19th and 20th
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, in partnership with KQED Education, hosts a free two-day workshop series for elementary educators interested in integrating science, media and technology. Learn about the local discovery of a Columbian mammoth fossil and explore the museum exhibit to unearth the story fossils tell us.
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Pinscreen Mobile App
Love the Pinscreen? Then, check out Children's Discovery Museum's new Pinscreen Mobile App and take it with you wherever you go! Get yours today at iTunes.
Currently available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. |
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Theatre Experiences
A potpourri of programs including drop-in workshops, live performances, and films is offered in The Lee and Diane Brandenburg Theatre and outdoor Cadence Amphitheatre.
Learn more
Musical Storytelling with Michael Corner
Chicken Little
Saturday, May 19th and June 16th
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where the Wild Things Are
with Jerry Falek
Saturday, May 26th and June 2nd
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
The Green Golly Project
Little Kids, Little Songs
Saturday, June 9th
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Victoria Goring
Story Theater
Saturday, June 30th
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Golden Thread Productions
Nasrudin's Magnificent Journey to Samarkand
Saturday, June 23rd
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Big Screen Sundays
Sunday Matinees
Look Out Clifford and Big Fun in the Sun
Sundays in May except May 13th
1:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m., 2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. 3:40 p.m.
More than Movies
Make a film experience even better with an activity inspired by the short film we will see.
Rock n' Roll Clifford
Sundays in June
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. – 3:30p.m.
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Kids' Garden
Tuesday – Sunday, 12:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Open Monday beginning June 1st
Are you ready to go outside? Rain leads to warmer days and you'll find new discoveries growing right outside the Kids' Garden doors. No gardening experience required; just bring your curiosity!
Garden Activities
Morning Chores (First hour of the garden-day)
Afternoon Specials (Last two hours of the garden-day)
Watering the Garden (Last hour of the garden-day)
New Kids' Garden Family Workshops
Apple Cider Making
Saturday, June 9th
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Pre-registration required.
Appropriate for children ages 4-9 and their adult(s)
Fee:
Non-members: $6.00 ages 4 to adult
Members: $5.00 ages 4 to adult
Look for Beeswax Candle Making in July and Backyard Bird Feeders in August.
Visit CDM's Buzzing Bee Hive
CDM's bees are the happiest bees in town! In three months, they have grown to fill a three-level bee house…and they're busy, busy, busy every day. Come check it out.
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Art Matters
For ages 4 -10 and their caregivers; siblings welcome
Open daily until 4:00 p.m.
April: Explore the potential of yarn and join in learning how to finger-weave or to weave with a back strap loom to create textile art.
May and June: Explore different puppet-making techniques, and animate your creation inside a small-scale puppet theatre. You will also explore light and shadow using your puppet, papercut forms, and everyday ordinary objects used as props.
Meet the Artist
Shiny Shoes Children's Theatre
Saturday, May 12th
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Most appropriate for ages 4 and up
Join master puppeteers visiting from Taipei, Taiwan for a one-time-only workshop and learn to animate everyday ordinary objects. Then, join CDM in The Lee & Diane Brandenburg Theatre to experience the artistry of this charming performing group as they present the West Coast premiere of a program of short puppet shows.
On View
Yarn Bombing
View a collaborative yarn bombing effort, and add to it! A tactic used by artists to personalize, beautify, or otherwise "claim" public space by creating knit or crochet installations, yarn bombing is a non-permanent form of graffiti. While yarn bombing is removable and not harmful to property, it is typically done without permission. CDM, however, has given artist Angie Schertle (along with some talented cohorts and Museum staff and visitors) full permission to create a knit and crochet installation on a tree in front of the Museum. Tucked inside of tiny pockets attached to the trunk of the installation, you should find lengths of yarn that the artist is inviting you to tie-on to further enhance the base of the installation.
Journey, a short film by artist JD Beltran
On view daily at the City Windows Gallery at San Jose City Hall
The short film, Portal, was produced as a companion to a public artwork, Portal, which is projected nightly at the corner of W. San Fernando St. and S. Almaden Blvd. in Downtown San Jose. Both projects by JD Beltran reflect on the deep past, the collapse of time, and how we visualize time through art. The short film and public artwork were inspired by the discovery of "Lupe," the juvenile Columbian mammoth that is currently the subject of a new, major exhibition at the Museum. JD Beltran is a conceptual artist, filmmaker and writer whose work has been exhibited, screened and recognized internationally. For more information about Portal, visit: www.cdm.org/portal. |
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Keeping the Purple Doors Open
You might be surprised to learn that your ticket price covers only 40% of the total costs of operating the Museum.
You might also be surprised to know that Children's Discovery Museum develops and builds many of its exhibits in-house. Gifts from generous contributors invest long term in the Museum through ongoing exhibit creation, prototyping, and maintenance.
Give Anytime. You'll feel great knowing you've made a difference for the children of our community! |
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