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Nov
9
Thu
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Nov 9 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10 per person or $3 with WIC/Link

Nov
16
Thu
Homeschool Inspired by Nature – Nature’s Systems @ Bonnie W. Noble Center
Nov 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The PlayHouse offers STEAM Homeschool classes at the Bonnie Noble Center in which students explore topics and activities related to science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics.

Join us this fall on the third Thursday of each month at the Noble Center to explore Biomimicry!

What forms do systems take in nature?  What can we learn from understanding these systems? In this class, we will consider the connections between humans and nature and how we can design these connections in mind.

This program is for school-aged children between the ages of 4 and 12.

Advance registration is required.

Inspired by Nature: Biomimicry Homeschool Schedule

  • September 21st – Nature’s Form & Function
  • October 19th – Nature’s Processes
  • November 16th – Nature’s Systems
  • December 21st – Biomimicry Bonanza
Dec
7
Thu
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Dec 7 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10 per person or $3 with WIC/Link

Dec
21
Thu
Homeschool Inspired by Nature: Biomimicry Bonanza @ Bonnie W. Noble Center
Dec 21 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The PlayHouse offers STEAM Homeschool classes at the Bonnie Noble Center in which students explore topics and activities related to science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics.

Join us this fall on the third Thursday of each month at the Noble Center to explore Biomimicry!

Inspired by nature and powered by STEAM, we will review the central concepts of Biomimicry and use our time in the maker space to create, imagine, and explore the many possibilities that arise when nature is our teacher.

This program is for school-aged children between the ages of 4 and 12.

Advance registration is required.

Inspired by Nature: Biomimicry Homeschool Schedule

  • September 21st – Nature’s Form & Function
  • October 19th – Nature’s Processes
  • November 16th – Nature’s Systems
  • December 21st – Biomimicry Bonanza
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Dec 21 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10 per person or $3 with WIC/Link

Jan
4
Thu
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Jan 4 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10.50 per person or $3 with WIC/Link

Jan
18
Thu
Weather Wizards: Adventures in Meteorology @ Bonnie W. Noble Center
Jan 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join us on the third Thursday of each month at the Noble Center to explore the science of Meteorology!

How can science help us to understand the weather? What can we learn from studying the processes that occur in the Earth’s atmosphere? In this class, we will discover some of the amazing things that happen “behind the scenes” to create the weather we experience in our daily lives and use our imaginations to create projects inspired by each month’s topic.

January 18th:  Water and Ice

February 15th: Atmosphere

March 21st: Weather Forecasting

April 18th: Lightning and Storms

Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Jan 18 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10.50 per person or $3 with WIC/Link

Feb
1
Thu
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Feb 1 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10.50 per person or $3 with WIC/Link

Feb
15
Thu
Weather Wizards: Adventures in Meteorology @ Bonnie W. Noble Center
Feb 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join us on the third Thursday of each month at the Noble Center to explore the science of Meteorology!

How can science help us to understand the weather? What can we learn from studying the processes that occur in the Earth’s atmosphere? In this class, we will discover some of the amazing things that happen “behind the scenes” to create the weather we experience in our daily lives and use our imaginations to create projects inspired by each month’s topic.

January 18th:  Water and Ice

February 15th: Atmosphere

March 21st: Weather Forecasting

April 18th: Lightning and Storms

Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Feb 15 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10.50 per person or $3 with WIC/Link

Feb
29
Thu
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Feb 29 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10.50 per person or $3 with WIC/Link

This program is in collaboration with GBC Autism Services.

Mar
14
Thu
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Mar 14 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10.50 per person or $3 with WIC/Link

Mar
21
Thu
Weather Wizards: Adventures in Meteorology @ Bonnie W. Noble Center
Mar 21 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Join us on the third Thursday of each month at the Noble Center to explore the science of Meteorology!

How can science help us to understand the weather? What can we learn from studying the processes that occur in the Earth’s atmosphere? In this class, we will discover some of the amazing things that happen “behind the scenes” to create the weather we experience in our daily lives and use our imaginations to create projects inspired by each month’s topic.

January 18th:  Water and Ice

February 15th: Atmosphere

March 21st: Weather Forecasting

April 18th: Lightning and Storms

Mar
28
Thu
Sensory Inclusion Night @ Peoria PlayHouse Children's Museum
Mar 28 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly night with dimmer lights, less noise, and sensory toys. Open to children of all needs and abilities, and their families. Sensory Packs with noise-canceling headphones, fidget toys, sunglasses, and other materials are always available at the front desk.

No pre-registration is required.

Cost: Regular admission rates at $10.50 per person or $3 with WIC/Link