PARENTING Kids and their parents know it's cool to be smart. Here are five places that will supercharge your family's brainpower. Please Touch Museum Philadelphia Their mission has been to become experts on play.
As a result, the city's children's museum has crafted a reputation for programs that enrich the lives of young visitors by creating learning opportunities through play, thus laying the foundation for a lifetime of hands-on learning and cultural awareness. Located in historic Memorial Hall, the museum aims to highlight the past, present and future through six interactive exhibit zones across 157,000 square feet. Four areas have been specifically designed for children 3 and younger.
In a current exhibit about food and family, kids can explore where food comes from and how we can share it within three interconnected zones: a shopping market, a hybrid home and industrial kitchen, and a neighborhood festival area. The Woodside Park Dentzel Carousel is popular with families. Originally built in 1908, it was recently restored and can be found in its own 9,000-square-foot glass pavilion on the east side of Memorial Hall.
For more: pleasetouchmuseum.org The Children's Museum of Indianapolis With more than 472,900 square feet of exhibit space on five floors and covering 29 acres, this extraordinary nonprofit institution has been entertaining and educating families since 1925. Considered the largest children's museum in the world, kids can learn about the day-to-day duties of a.
