Book Worm Celebration
Children’s Museum of Houston wiggles for books with storytelling and exciting activities
Sept. 20 – 26
September is National Literacy Month. To celebrate, the Children's Museum of Houston is dedicating a full-week to many of the fascinating places books can take us. Take your imagination on a journey through the pages of your favorite books! Check out our on-going activities or read stories about fascinating people, places and situations at our Parent Resource Library – an on-site branch of the Houston Public Library System. You can register for a free “Power Card” there and show off your love for reading.
ON GOING ACTIVITIES:
- Stop Motion Animation: Bring your favorite stories to life as you invent characters, scenery, and plots, and make your own movie at the Inventors’ Workshop.
- Laura Vaccaro Seeger Illustrations: Channel Caldecott award-winning book illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger at the Alexander Art Academy.
- Bookworm Bookmarks: Save your place in your latest read at Junktion.
- Sticker Stories: Make a story without words at Junktion.
- Rhyme match up game: Find words that rhyme at Junktion.
- One is a Snail: Read the book One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab by April Pulley Sayre and Randy Cecil and create your own numbers of feet at the ExxonMobil Math Cart.
- Shape Up: Learn about shapes as you read Shape Up! by David A. Adler and blend math and literature with a great take home activity at the ExxonMobil Math Cart
- Story Time: Swing by the Parent Resource Library and let books take you on an imaginative journey.
Event Time: 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m.
***Activities, events and times subject to change.
MUSEUM HOURS: Tues. – Sat.: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Sun: Noon – 6 p.m.
Second Saturday of the month opens at 9 a.m. for members.
General Museum admission: $9 per person and $8 for seniors 65+ and for military personnel. Children under one and Museum Members receive free admission.
Free Family Night every Thursday 5 – 8 p.m.
For more information, visit www.cmhouston.org or call (713) 522-1138.