Teachers
Welcome!
The Children's Museum is a great place for field trips, and there are so many
teaching and learning possibilities, return trips are necessary!
The Children's Museum features over 30 hands-on, permanent exhibits that appeal
to a broad range of ages and abilities. Every installation is designed to teach children
about themselves and the world around them while they're having fun.
What are they saying about us?
Greetings -
I wanted to be sure to communicate to everyone involved in planning the E.N.White Kinder field trip to the Holyoke Children's Museum knew what a spectacular time I had as a parent chaperon.
Upon entering the museum, I was given a group of 6 children and a station paper. I have been to the museum as a field-trip chaperon before and never had an agenda to follow. The station idea was great ! The process of rotating stations every 10 - 12 minutes ensured each child played in every part of the museum. In addition, I couldn't help but notice the visitors of the museum benefited from this as well, as they were not overwhelmed with 55 children in one area. Also, being separated into small groups made the learning aspect of the field trip more focused and fun. The staff was quite friendly and visible throughout the entire time we were there. I found their presence and friendly faces quite refreshing. I knew if I had a question, concern or just needed help they would be available.
Four of the six children in my group told me they never have visited the Children's Museum before! All six children had a smile on from ear-to-ear throughout the entire afternoon. I could not decide if the children had the most fun pretending to be ambulance drivers helping people who were involved in an emergency, making thunder during dramatic play in the theater, drawing pictures of themselves in the art room or using their senses by slowly crawling through the “dark” tunnel. During snack time, I asked the children what their favorite part of the trip was and every one cheered “EVERYTHING!”
Today, many happy memories were created, positive relationships were built and every child had a hands-on learning experience.
I am a very proud and pleased parent -
Fondly,
T.L.
Visit
the Museum
Hours
Groups can be accommodated any day at any time, except holidays. We will
open for a field trip on a Monday or Tuesday, when we are normally closed,
for groups of at least 50 children, or a minimum of $250, for a maximum of
3 hours.
Contact
the Museum
413-536-KIDS
Call about special rates for groups of students with physical
or developmental disabilities. For more information or to
schedule your visit call 413-536-KIDS.
Our rate for groups of 10 or more is $5 per child (20% off our regular
admission price) with one adult admitted free with every five children.
Additional adults pay only $5 each. (Sorry, no memberships, coupons or
other discounts can be honored in payment for a group visit.) Groups must
be scheduled in advance for their visit whenever the Museum is open. We
recommend reserving 2 hours for a complete museum visit.
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