NEWS RELEASE
LONGMONT MUSEUM
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What Can You Expect at Discovery Days?
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
9–10:15 am, 10:30–11:45 am, 12:30–1:45 pm
Each week, Ms. Leigh prepares a variety of themed arts and crafts activities for you and your child to explore materials and creation techniques.
This week of April 20, 21, & 22 we will:
- Increase hand eye coordination by placing glue in specific places and drawing shapes with glue
- Practice pencil grip by drawing lines with markers and painting
- Work on handskills by manipulating cottonballs and strips of tissue paper
- Enhance cutting skills by cutting very special fish fin shapes
Sensory experiences you may encounter:
- Sticky glue on fingers
- Sticky tape on fingers
- Wet paint on hands
- Gritty sand
- Fluttery tissue paper
- Soft cottonballs and pom poms
- Paper umbrellas
- Wearing an apron or paint shirt to keep clean while painting
- And as always, you can expect variety of noises and voices in the classroom: some joyful, some loud, some quiet, and some just learning how to navigate this world.
See you at the Museum!
Recyclable donation requests
Specifically we are looking for donations of:
- Clear plastic 2-Liter bottles with lids (plastic thin enough to cut with scissors)
And as always, we are accepting: toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, and especially plastic grocery bags. Thank you!
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