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Breakfast with Elmo-SOLD OUT
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Time: 8:30-10:30am
Location: Sloan Museum
Ages: Families with kids ages 0 and up
Fee: $20 Adult, $15 Youth ages 0-11, includes admission, APHC $11 Adult, $9 Youth ages 0-11
Sponsor: VG’s Food Center
Discover many healthy options for the first meal of the day! Enjoy a yummy breakfast in the Halfway Cafe. Kids will make an Elmo Hat to take home as well as color and draw on a Sesame Street activity place mat. After breakfast, play in the Sesame Street Presents: The Body exhibit and everyone gets to have their photo taken with your favorite furry monster-Elmo! Don't forget the camera! All food made in a nut-free kitchen. Limited space. Pre-payment & Registration Required. Register online or call 810-237-3450 to make a reservation.

INSIDE ME
Guests: Hurley Children’s Hospital
Thursday, May 9, 2013, 6:30-8:00pm
Ages: Families with kids ages 4 and up
Fee: $9 Child, $9 Adults, $3 APHC Child, Free APHC Adult
Find out what’s inside your body! Place the heart, lungs, stomach, and intestines on a kid-sized cut-out, while exploring what each organ does. Limited space. Registration Required.

OUTDOOR PLAY
Guests: Hurley Children’s Hospital
Saturday, May 11, 2013, 1:00-4:00pm
Ages: Families with kids ages 4 and up
Fee: Free with Museum admission
Get out and play! Join us in the Museum Courtyard for a variety of outdoor games, toys, and races. Run through our obstacle course, make and decorate your own bean bag to toss at a target you create. Jump rope, kick balls, and run because playing outside is healthy and fun! No need to register, just drop in!

The Life and Times of General George Custer
Guest Lecturer: Dakota Starr
Date: Thursday May 16, 2013
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: Sloan Museum
Dakota Starr will be giving an in-depth presentation about the life and times of General George Custer. He will be giving an overview of Custer's service in the Civil War, then focus on his achievements out West, his view of the Indians, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Mr. Starr will also be bringing various reproductions to pass around to help the audience get a better feeling of what he and his men went through on the final few years before the West was won.

ASK THE DENTAL EXPERT
Saturday, May 18, 2013, 1:00–4:00pm
Ages: Families with kids ages 4 and up
Fee: Free with museum admission
Smile! Discover how you and your child can have a perfect grin. Get the answers to all your questions from a pediatric dentist, an orthodontist, and a general dentist. No need to register, just drop in!

OUTDOOR PLAY
Guests: Hurley Children’s Hospital
Saturday, May 25, 2013, 1:00-4:00pm
Ages: Families with kids ages 4 and up
Fee: Free with museum admission
Get out and play! Join us in the Museum Courtyard for a variety of outdoor games, toys, and races. Run through our obstacle course, make and decorate your own bean bag toss to toss at a target you create. Jump ropes, kick balls, and run because playing outside is healthy and fun! No need to register, just drop in!

GIRLS THROUGH TIME CAMP
July 9 – July 11, 1:00–4:00pm
Kids entering 4th–6th Grades
@ Sloan Museum
FEE: $60
It’s back! Once again bring your favorite doll and join us as we explore the American Girl dolls you have grown to love. We will be making crafts and enjoying snacks to each themed day!

THE MIGHTY MAC
July 10–11, 1:00–3:00pm
Kids Entering 5-8 Grade
@ Sloan Museum
FEE: $10
Spend two days learning about and building the bridges you see every day. Kids will try their hand at building a truss bridge, a suspension bridge, and-new this year-a draw bridge!!

PLAYTIME IN WISNER’S WHIZBANG EMPORIUM
July 15, 9:00–10:30am
Kids Entering Pre-K-K
@ Sloan Museum
FEE: $6
Held in the Museum’s hands-on children’s gallery, this program will provide opportunities for independent play and for structured activities that help kids practice their math and literacy skills.

HISTORICAL CRAFTS
July 18, 1:00–3:00pm
Kids Entering 4-6 Grade
@ Sloan Museum
FEE: $8
Before video games and computers kids of the past had their own idea of fun. Make your own candle, design a 9 patch quilt square and try your hand at soap carving.

CIVIL WAR CAMP
July 23 – July 25, 9:00–11:00am
Kids entering 1st–3rd Grades
@ Sloan Museum
FEE: $50
Tour the Civil War Gallery and learn about the soldiers from the Flint area who fought for the Union. In the classroom design your own drum, make a sewing kit, build a fort and so much more!

MICHIGAN HERITAGE
July 30, 9:00–11:00am
Kids Entering 4-6 Grade
@ Sloan Museum
FEE: $8
Take a tour of Sloan Museum’s Michigan Heritage galleries. Learn about the Native Americans, the French Fur Traders, the Pioneers and the Lumbermen. Each gallery will have artifacts available to use such as a wool card, a cant hook, a drop spindle, a fire bow and flint and steel. Make a craft in each gallery to help you remember all that you’ve learned!

WATER PARTY
July 30, 1:00–2:30pm
Kids Entering Pre-K-K
@ Sloan Museum
FEE: $6
Wear your swimsuit and bring a towel! Cool off with several hands-on stations in Sloan Museum’s Courtyard. Run thru the car wash, play with sponge water bombs and take a swing at a water balloon piñata. Activities will be substituted indoors in the case of inclement weather.

OUTDOOR DÉCOR
August 1, 9:00–11:00am
Kids Entering 1-3 Grade
@ Sloan Museum
FEE: $8
Try your hand at creating beautiful outdoor décor! We will look to the seasons to create pinwheels, sun catchers, wind chimes and a rain gauge.

INDOOR CAMP FIRE
August 6, 1:00–3:00pm
Kids Entering 1-3 Grade
@ Sloan Museum
FEE: $8
Help us build tents out of blankets and chairs, build a “campfire” make indoors’mores and other fun indoor camping activities. *We will be using foods that may contain nut products*