A couple of Sunday’s ago it was raining (again), so for something to do we decided to visit Eureka! the National Children’s Museum, which you can find more about by clicking here.
It’s a great interactive museum. My son’s favourite bit was the ‘Me and My Body’ section in which the child is very much part of experience. There were opportunities for him to get weighed and check his height, measure his stride, and stick his arm up a big nose. This caught my eye;
How are you feeling today?
There were 3 more expressions; ‘Sad, Puzzled and Worried’. I very much like the idea of encouraging children to explore and express how they feel. The museum provided a ‘passport’ for each child to record their details and the above are stamps they could add to their ‘passport’ to reflect their feelings – my son chose ‘Excited’.
Life is sometimes cruel/sad/puzzling/worrying, but mostly it is wonderful/happy/exciting/amazing.
Cheesey? Maybe. Perhaps I am just a big lump of cheddar, but it works for me.
Haha, great take on the theme Gemma 🙂 You can’t beat a good interactive museum – how fab! xx
Sounds like a great exhibition to take you kids too! A great take on the them too x
Ps nothing wrong with cheesiness!
Like it – very clever. Eureka is a great museum or it was went I last went with my kids over a decade ago.
You have sold me on that museum, I’ll tell you! Wonderful post! 😉
Karin
I bloody love Eureka!
Great post, so different to what everyone else is posting. There’s some variety this week too! Brill idea and good on you for spreading the Eureka! word.
Where abouts are you based? Are you a northern lass then, I assume you live near Halifax?
Becca x
Sounds like a great museum! Great take on expressions! Emma
Wow – never knew about this place my son will love it – thanks for sharing it
Bx
Not cheesy. I love it. I have to visit!
In fact we had to choose from four local primaries for my daughter in Sept, all much of a muchness, but we were sold on one that had a huge display about different emotions.
I wonder if you can buy something like these too, for home?
oh this is really brilliant. I hope Sticky Fingers herself sees it.
Really cool.
Liska x
I was so hoping it was in London…. I’m exhibiting a “sad” expression now xx
The museum is based in Halifax, West Yorkshire in the North of England and features over 400 interactive exhibits which inspire children aged 0-11 to learn about themselves and the world around them through imagination, play and discovery.
Oooh a colleague of mine went to the V&A Museum of Childhood last weekend (in Bethnal Green Liska! https://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/index.html) and said it was fantastic. This post has inpired me to give it a try one weekend 🙂
Oh, you’ve reminded me. I bought a ticket that was valid for a year and not been back with the kids since. Booh. I loved that part of Eureka! when we went.
Oh we love Eurekakakakaka. I’ve spent far too much time there.
This looks fab! Almost worth driving all the way from Bucks to West Yorks for!!! xx
Aw we LOVE eureka it’s the BEST place
that looks like a fun place to go.
I think I may be a big lump of cheddar too – I totally agree about life being (mostly) fab 🙂
will have to take my kids there! they love interactive museums like that
Ooh can’t wait till Youngling is a bit older (he turns 2 next weekend) then I can take him there sounds fab fun 🙂 I would need the tired expression, stressed out by Youngling expression and sometimes a squiggle expression to show I’m too drunk on 2 glasses of wine expression 😉 xx