Heathyville® at LICM

Description

Traveling Exhibit – Healthyville^®

Friday, January 23 – Sunday, May 3, 2015

Healthyville is a place for everybody. This bilingual (English/Spanish), interactive exhibit teaches health and wellness lessons through play-filled activities and educational messages that foster learning by doing. The young “residents” of Healthyville present fun facts about nutrition, fitness, safety, hygiene and the functions of the body. The exhibit encourages healthy living and making smart decisions.  Be the first visitors to:

• Ride and row with a skeleton
• Discover Go, Slow and Whoa foods
• Touch boogers inside a giant nose
• Get the inside view of digestion
• Measure your vertical leap
• Exercise your heart

Healthyville® was created by Stepping Stones Museum for Children for the members of the Youth Museum Exhibit Collaborative (YMEC).

KaleidoZone – Paint Me a Story: The Art of Javaka Steptoe

Saturday, January 31 through Sunday, April 26

Javaka Steptoe is an award-winning artist and book illustrator.  The Harlem born, Brooklyn raised visual artist uses diverse and eclectic materials — from candy wrappers to 14k jewelry — to create playful images with three-dimensional qualities.  Explore the different materials he uses to collage images that tell stories that delight children and their grownups.

All ages.  Free with museum admission.

Organizers

Event categories: Exhibitions and Family.Event tags: Exhibit, Family/Kids, Interactive, Museum, Nassau, Science, and Workshop.