House and Hospital

New components added to “Bridges To Our Community”

The Children’s Museum of Cleveland, in partnership with Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital/University Hospitals of Cleveland and with the support of numerous foundations and sponsors, is proud to announce the addition of two new components to the “Bridges To Our Community” exhibit – a house and a hospital! The new exhibit opened to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 11, 2006.

These new two-story components are designed to complement The Children’s Museum’s mission to foster creativity and promote early childhood learning through hands-on play and parental/caregiver involvement. Educational programming, consisting of an integrated curriculum of math, science, history, and the arts, and that is age and developmentally appropriate for young children, will be shared through daily interpretations. In addition to bolstering the educational philosophy of the Museum, the components will enhance the current exhibit by integrating two very important and recognizable locations of every community.

In the house children can start and end their day of creative play within the exhibit. After making their bed, cooking a nutritious breakfast, and dressing in professional apparel similar to their parents, children can role play a day at work as they head off to explore the “neighborhood.” Following a bus ride to the grocery, bank and outdoor café children can return home in time to prepare dinner and tend to yard work.

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