Little Learners: Curious Minds
Dates
Tuesdays and Thursdays
17 September – 7 November | 9.45am – 10.45am
Single-session | $15 per child
Book 4+ sessions, receive 15% discount
General admission fees apply for those 16 and over with an enrolled participant.
Membership
Friend Members receive 15% off ticket pricing for this event.
Age
2 – 5
What happens when we mix things together? How can we build tall towers? What sounds can we make?
Join us for our Curious Minds program and use your senses to find out about the world around us with hands-on investigation activities, play, craft, story and museum exploration!
Curious Minds is a STEM-based early years program linked to the Early Years Learning framework. Each week, the program focuses on a different concept to investigate and ask questions about, promoting the use of our senses, creativity, critical thinking, and communication. Every session involves 45 minutes of educator-led activities (including movement, storytelling, and hands-on creative projects), with the opportunity to take home what you make. The final 15 minutes are spent visiting the focus of our session in the Museum.
Little Learners takes place on Level 3 every Tuesday and Thursday during term time from 9.45 am - 10.45am.
Ticket holders receive a $3 regular coffee at the Museum's Epoch Cafe located along Beaufort Street*. Please note that alternative milk options may incur a surcharge.
Looking for Little Learners dates before this? See our My World Program to book in!
Week 1 | 17 & 19 September — Messy Mixtures
Get ready to get messy as we become chemists! What happens when you mix different colours together? Explore mixtures and make some slime to take home. We'll finish this week with a visit to the Ngallang Koort Boodja Wirn gallery.
Week 2 | 24 & 26 September — Float or Sink?
What happens to different objects in water? What floats and what sinks? Using our 'think, make, try' mindset, we'll make our own boats and see if they float! We'll finish this week with a visit to the Connections gallery. This session will be on Level 1 near the carnotaurus.
Week 3 | 1 & 3 October — Lights and Mirrors
Explore mirrors and all the things they can do. What can we see with them? Do some experimenting and make a kaleidoscope to take home. We’ll finish the week with a visit to the Lighthouse on Level 1. This session will be on Level 1 near the carnotaurus.
Week 4 | 8 & 10 October— Early Years Engineers
How can we build a really tall tower? It's time to build 'em up, have fun with loose parts, play and take home a clay creation. We'll finish the week with a visit to the Innovations gallery.
Week 5 | 15 & 17 October — Sensational Sounds
What sounds do we hear around us? Can we change sounds or even create new ones? Explore sound and make a new instrument to take home. We’ll finish this week with a hunt for animal calls in the Wild Life gallery.
Week 6 | 22 & 24 October — Colour and Pattern
What colours and patterns can we see around us? We’ll develop our early maths skills, match and sort, and make beading patterns to take home. We’ll finish this week by doing a colour hunt in the Reflections gallery.
Week 7 | 29 & 31 October — Fantastic Forces
What forces do we use every day? Explore pushing and pulling, magnetism, and using forces to make amazing artwork. We'll finish this week with a visit to the Origins gallery.
Week 8 | 5 & 7 November — Forensic Investigators
Something is missing from the Little Learners area! We'll be forensic investigators looking for evidence to match, sort, and test. Then, follow the clues to find out who dunnit! Once we figure out the culprit, we'll go to find them in the gallery!
Little Learners
Curious Minds is part of our Little Learners program, which provides educator-led early learning experiences for big minds and little hands aged 2 – 5.
- Every session involves 45 minutes of educator-led activities, and 15 minutes visiting the focus of our session in the Museum.
- Programs are aligned to the Early Years Learning Framework.
- Enrolled children can bring adults with them. General admission fees apply for those 16 and over with an enrolled participant. Younger siblings are welcome but may not be able to participate in all activities.
- Book and attend week-by-week, or purchase a multi-session pack for your chosen program.
- Sessions will be located on Level 3 of the WA Museum Boola Bardip unless otherwise stated.