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DuPage Children’s Museum Now Booking ‘Private Play Time’
After nearly a year of closure due to COVID-19 mitigations, the DuPage Children's Museum gleefully welcomes children back inside the iconic building for 90-minute...
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Raise Your Play IQ – In a box
by Alix Tonsgard, MS
My earliest memory of formal math is full of anxiety. I was in kindergarten and it was circle time. On the...
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Create and celebrate New Year’s Eve with DuPage Children’s Museum
Bubble Bash in a Box brings a hands-on New Year's Eve into homes, confetti and all... (Photo courtesy DuPage Children's Museum)
New Year’s Eve might...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Counting on those fall walks
by Alix Tonsgard
As winter approaches, one thing that I am trying to be mindful of is not using up all of my best indoor...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Collections: They’re not just clutter
by Alix Tonsgard
I am, and have always been, a collector. Since early childhood, I have also found the collections of others fascinating. Later, in...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Social Distancing with Young Children
by Alix Tonsgard
Let’s talk about social distancing with toddlers. Spoiler alert: it’s really hard. It depends on a number of factors like context, temperament,...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Big Conversations With Little People
by Alix Tonsgard
The little guy in my life really loves trucks, rocks, sand, and mucking about. We have been playing a lot with sand....
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Raise Your Play IQ – Helping hands
by Alix Tonsgard
Even though I am practically always home these days, the days still seem to fly by and the pace of life within...
Culture /Arts
Register kids now for virtual ‘Tinkering Camp’ at DuPage Children’s Museum
Above / Remember the joys of tinkering with toys? DuPage Children's Museum prepares to launch Tinkering Camp, a one-week program when the museum will...
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DuPage Children’s Museum ‘Play Soiree’ goes virtual on June 20
Above / Though the DuPage Children's Museum is temporarily closed, last month members of the Cress Creek Garden Club spruced up the entrance to...