Wednesday, February 23, 2011

the imaginarium

In our ever going attempt to do more fun things for Chloe we have been going to the imaginarium at the museum on an almost weekly basis. They have tons of really cool things to see and play with, for parents and for kids! The have a whole aquarium section, an energy section, a bubble section, and more. Chloe's favorite is the under 5 area where she can run wild and explore everything.Here the was a huge encased giant "roller coaster" for balls to go through. There are a few spots the balls come out and then the kids can put them back in and see where they go. I think I remember something like this at OMSI when I was little.
Of course there is no shortage of pretend play areas like this "tree house" with slide.
We spent a long time here :)
There was also a rock climbing area with a tunnel and yes another slide. It was pretty neat. All of the rocks are made of recycled rubber particles so it was not dangerous for little hands.
There are countless puzzles and activities to build dexterity and to challenge little minds. This one was a marble maze.
Here Chloe is exploring color.
Look everything is yellow!
This place is awesome, and like most other activities we discover, I wish I had know about this so much earlier! Chloe loves it here, and it is awesome to see her learn and interact with other little kids. It is a bonus to get me meet other parents too. We have gone several times, and I still don't think Chloe has seen everything yet!

2 comments:

g'ma and g'pa Peters said...

Two words...Annual Membership!

Amber said...

I think we need to get to the gilbert house. Not quite as cool, but burning off energy is the goal!