Jungle and prehistoric adventures, among others, will entertain and educate children during winter classes at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge this winter.
Preschool classes are for children ages 3-4. They will be:
Sept. 8 pancake breakfast benefits Children’s Museum
At right, Pat Imperato, Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge board president, welcomes her grandchildren, Mia and Luke Pappano, to an earlier pancake breakfast benefiting the museum. (Submitted photo)
The Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge will host a pancake breakfast from 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at Applebee’s, 1213 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
The public is invited to come feast on pancakes in support of the Children’s Museum. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under. Tickets are available at the front desk of the museum, 461 W. Outer Dr., or at the Applebee’s door on Sept. 8. Children’s Museum board members, staff, and members of Knoxville Area Model Railroaders will serve pancakes.
Children of all ages enjoy learning through play indoors and out at the Children’s Museum. Inside the museum, children may explore how children lived in historic Appalachia, wander through a rain forest, delight in a child-sized playhouse, create a puppet play, experience water play in Waterworks, or see model trains travel through miniature landscapes.
Children play and learn at Children’s Museum summer camps
Children can garden during summer camps that start on June 11 at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge. (Photo courtesy of Kay Brookshire)
Children will blend imagination, education and interactive play as they become puppeteers, storytellers, model railroaders, chefs, potters, globetrotters, gardeners, and more during Imagination Station Summer Camps at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge.
The summer camps, from June 11 through Aug. 3, offer activities for children ages 3-5 in preschool classes, and for children entering grades 1 through 7. Clay camps with professional clay artist Sherrie Carris will be offered throughout the summer for children ranging in age from 6-12. See the Children’s Museum website, www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org, for a listing of all summer camps.
