Ages 6 months – 4 years and their adult companion
Available seasonally 1 day per week - 8-week session

Little minds love to learn, especially with and from their loved ones!  That’s why Little Explorers offers you and your child the opportunity to discover nature and science together.  Through theme-based, hands-on, interactive activities, crafts and experiments Little Explorers partners with you to motivate and challenge your child at his/her developmental level while developing their natural sense of curiosity and desire to explore. 

Download our 2010 Summer Fun Children's Program Guide or email camps@natureandscience.org to request a free mailed copy.

Scribbles and Dribbles

Ages 6 months – 35 months and their adult companions

Designed for the youngest Little Explorers, this program inspires you and your little one to create unique works of art together through a variety of mixed media.

Summer 2010: Carnival of Animals

Inspired by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, this summer’s Scribbles and Dribbles theme lets you and your little one explore different animal shapes through a range of media.

Choose the 8-week session that works best for you:

Mondays

June 14, 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9
Session 1: 9-9:45am - SOLD OUT!
Session 2: 11-11:45am - SOLD OUT!

Tuesdays

June 15, 22, 29, July 13, 20, 27, August 3, 10
Session 3: 9-9:45am - SOLD OUT!
Session 4: 11-11:45am - SOLD OUT!

Wednesdays

June 16, 23, 30 July 14, 21, 28 August 4, 11
Session 5: 9-9:45am - SOLD OUT!
Session 6: 11-11:45am - SOLD OUT!

Thursdays

June 17, 24, July 1, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12
Session 7: 9-9:45am - SOLD OUT!
Session 8: 11-11:45am - SOLD OUT!

Science Buddies

Ages 3 - 4 years and their adult companions

Science is all around us every day!  This Little Explorers program is designed to bring out the scientist in you and your little one as you investigate, observe, gather and experiment with the real science in the world around us.

Summer 2010: From the Canopy to the Shore

This summer join Little Explorers Science Buddies on an adventure deep into the Amazon rain forest and skimming along the coastlines across the globe as you and your child discover plants and animals that inhabit our world.

Science Buddies will take home one or more projects from daily science explorations, including a cumulative diorama project to work on each week in class that can be taken home on the last day of the session.

Week 1-4: Amazon Adventure - Explore life in the Amazon Rain Forest.

Week 5-8: Oceans of Fun - Explore shorelines, plants and animals that inhabit the coastlines of our world.

Choose the 8-week session that works best for you:

Fridays

June 18, 25, July 2, 16, 23, 30, August 6, 13
Session 9: 9-10am
Session 10: 11am-noon - SOLD OUT!

Little Explorers Summer 2010 Program Pricing

Non-members:
$100/session for parent and one child
$50 for each additional child
(per eight-week session)

Members:
$80/session for parent and one child
$40 for each additional child
(per eight-week session)

Four Easy Ways to Register

REMEMBER: To avoid duplicate enrollment, use only ONE of the following methods. All camp sessions must be paid in full at the time of enrollment.

• Online Registration!
  
  • Online registration instructions: PDF  |  HTML
  • Register Now
  • If you experience any problems with web registration, please contact the MNS reservations office at 214-428-5555, extension 8.
• Telephone Registration
  Call the Reservations Office at 214-428-5555, press 8
• Fax Registration
  Fax your completed registration form (including payment method) to 214-428-4310
• Mail Registration
  Mail your completed registration form (including payment) to:
  MNS Summer 2010 Children’s Programs
  P.O. Box 151469
  Dallas, TX 75315-1469

Download:
Summer 2010 Children’s Programs Registration Form
Summer 2010 Little Explorers Policies, Procedures and other Information

Upon successful enrollment, you will receive a confirmation email within 2 weeks including important information and forms that must be completed prior to your child’s attendance at camp.

Directions to MNS:
Download Fair Park Map (PDF)
Interactive Directions (External Link to Google Maps)

For more information about summer 2010 Little Explorers Programs please call Margie Sibrizzi at 972-201-0607.

MNS is an AAM accredited institution that is the result of the merger of the Dallas Museum of Natural History, The Science Place, and the Dallas Children's Museum, supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and HP.