The Children’s Museum is overjoyed to welcome back Spanish Storytime with Guadalupe of @colors_of_spanish ! ✨Our first Spanish Storytime will be on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th, at 10:30am!✨⁠ ⁠ This beloved program is designed to celebrate the Spanish language and cuture through enegaging storytelling, music, movement, and sing-along songs! Spanish Storytime will run weekly from September through the end of May in our indoor Dow Event Center so masks will be mandatory. ⁠ ⁠ Head to our event calendar on our webiste to view all our upcoming programs at CMOSC! ↑Link in Bio↑

Worldwide Day of Play is Nickelodeon’s commitment to the transformative power of active play! 🤸⛹️🤹 🧡⁠ ⁠ Nickelodeon Television hosts The World Wide Day of Play every year. This means turning off all of their programming for 3 hours to encourage families to get up and play outside. ⁠ ⁠ In honor of the holiday, we will host a Cardboard Challenge! 📦 Creativity is one of the most important skills, and the Cardboard Challenge is a powerful hands-on activity that fosters this skill through playful learning! ⁠ ⁠ 📐 Engineers from L3Harris Technologies will be joining us during this event, and will use their expertise to help children build cardboard structures! 🏗⁠ ⁠ Can you build a 🚒 fire station, 🚀 a rocket, or maybe🦒 a giraffe?! ⁠ ⁠ Head to our website to learn more about the WWDoP event! ↑Link in Bio↑

Our Science & Medical Lab exhibit is getting a makeover! ⛑ 🧰🛠⁠ ⁠ This area will be closed while we make some renovations and updates to this exhibit. But it will be back soon, and better than ever!⁠ ⁠ Our incredible exhibit team is hard at work and we are so excited for all the ✨WONDERful✨ changes coming to CMOSC! ⁠ ⁠ Make sure you are signed up for our eNewsletter to be the first to know about all the new exhibits, programs, and events coming soon to the Children's Museum! Head to our website to sign up today! ↑Link in Bio↑

The Children's Museum is ON THE GO again! 🚌💨 We are excited to bring our Museum on the Go program to the second BARN5400 ✨ wknd fest✨ this Saturday, September 4th! ⁠ ⁠ This community event is a pop-up artisan market organized and hosted by @barn5400 in Petaluma. This family-friendly market features 20+ vendors including local artisans & makers, as well as live music and food & beverage merchants! ⁠ ⁠ 🌈 FREE to Attend ⁠ 🌈 Outdoor & Indoor Attractions ⁠ 🌈 Family + Pet Friendly! ⁠ 🌈 Beer + Wine Garden⁠ 🌈 Live Music⁠ 🌈 And More!⁠ ⁠ The CMOSC team is excited to be apart of this amazing Sonoma County event, and even more excited to be able to be bringing our Museum on the Go program along!⁠ ⁠ Check out their website and take a peek at some of the amazing local vendors who will be there as well! ↑Link in Bio↑ →

Have you heard the EPIC news?! 🎉 You can enjoy a day of fun and games at the Santa Rosa Epicenter and SUPPORT the Children’s Museum at the same time! ⁠ ⁠ Our friends and neighbors at the @visit.epicenter have generously chosen the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County as the non-profit to ✨FUNdraise✨ for through the sales of their new Pick4Pass to Fun! When you purchase their Pick4Pass, not only are you getting an amazing day of entertainment but part of your purchase is DONATED directly to CMOSC too!⁠ ⁠_________________⁠ 🏆 Each Pick4Pass includes a 110 Chip Game Card for their Game On Arcade AND you also get to pick 4 of your favorite attractions to add to your special package offer! ⁠ ⁠ Your pass can include attractions like: ⁠ 🎳 7Ten Bowling ⁠ 🤸‍♀️ Trampoline Action Park⁠ 💥 Delta Strike Laser Tag ⁠ 🎮 XD Dark Ride 7D Interactive Theater⁠ 🥳 And more!⁠ ⁠_________________⁠ Head to the OneAreWe website to learn more about this amazing ✨FUNdraising✨ opportunity and to get your Pick4Pass to Fun today! ↑Link in Bio↑

The City of Santa Rosa is inviting local residents to submit words and phrases for the Courthouse Square’s new public art piece “Unum” by Blessing Hancock. ⁠ ⁠ Responses in any language are encouraged! Your responses will be incorporated into the design of the artwork to represent what the people of Santa Rosa think is important and the reflect the beautiful diversity of our community. ⁠ ⁠ They ask you to use these questions to help generate your submissions:⁠ 🌹 What are your hopes for the future of Santa Rosa?⁠ 🌹 What about your community/neighborhood inspires you?⁠ 🌹 What makes Santa Rosa unique?⁠ 🌹 What values are important to you and your community? ⁠ ⁠ ↑ Follow the link in our bio to learn more about this public art project and submit your words and phrases! ↑

We want to give a big shout out to our friends at @crunchsantarosa! THANK YOU SO MUCH for hosting the Zumbathon Fundraiser and sponsoring our Membership Access program! ⁠ ⁠ Thank you to all the ✨WONDERful✨ instructors who made both Zumba events so much fun, and THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this incredible fundraiser!⁠ ⁠ All the money raised will be going towards our Access Membership Program which provides reduced-cost memberships to families in our community. With this generous support from Crunch Fitness and everyone who joined in the Zumbathon event, more children will be able to discover, learn and explore! 💜✨🌈⁠ ⁠ Head to our website to learn more about all of our Membership Access programs at CMOSC! ↑Link in Bio↑

It's STORYTIME! 📚 💜 Join Aymie of the Children's Museum of Sonoma County, as she reads "The World Needs More Purple People" by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart, from her tiny home on wheels!

Hey CMOSC Members! Are you taking advantage of all your perks??⁠ _______________⁠ 🎟️ 1 Years of unlimited admission⁠ 🤩 $2 off regular admission for up to 6 additional guests⁠ 🕘 Special members hours ⁠ 🥳 Discounts on Private Playdates, Birthday Parties, & more!⁠ ⛸ Discount at Schulz Museum & Snoopy’s Home Ice Arena⁠ 🎉 And much more!⁠ _______________⁠ 🤔 Not a member yet? Check our our NEW Membership Levels to find the perfect fit for your family! 👆 Link in Bio

During her “Thrive by Five” TED Talk, seven-year-old Molly Wright asks the audience, “What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?” ⁠ ⁠ @mollywrightofficial goes on to explain that ✨PLAYTIME✨ has many lifelong benefits on early childhood development, especially during the first 5️⃣ years of life. Molly highlights how caregivers can actively support healthy brain development in children through play and shares strategies on how we can all help ensure our little ones THRIVE by the age of 5!⁠ ⁠ As one of the youngest TED speakers to ever take the stage, it is clear that Molly is one amazing kid. So we are going to take a page out of Molly's book and PLAY! 🌈 ✨💜⁠ ⁠ Follow the link to watch Molly’s TedTalk for yourself!↑Link in Bio↑

All of us at the Children’s Museum of Sonoma County are excited to welcome back Musical Moments with Nancy Nelle as part of our special Fall Programming!⁠ ⁠ ✨ Join us for our first Musical Moment on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st at 10:30am!✨⁠ ⁠ 🎶 Musical Moments is presented by early childhood development specialist, and music teacher Nancy Nelle. This hands-on program is designed to provide developmentally appropriate play-centered activities that focus on children’s music and movement.⁠ ⁠ 🎶 Musical Moments will be hosted weekly in our outdoor Wild Zone area, and will run through the end of October 2021. ⁠ ⁠ 🎶 All museum visitors are invited to join in but space is limited, so sign-ups will be available at the front desk the morning of the event! ⁠ ⁠ Future dates and times are subject to change, so make sure to check our event calendar on our website for specific days! ↑Link in Bio↑

Music is an incredibly effective tool to help soothe, entertain, and educate children of all ages. When children listen to music it stimulates both the logical and creative sides of their brain at the same time. 🎶 🧠⁠ ⁠ In fact, incorporating music into daily routines during early childhood can help kids develop better: ⁠ → Memory Retention⁠ → Pattern Recognition ⁠ → Listening Skills ⁠ → Balance and Mobility⁠ → Sensory Processing⁠ → Attention and Focus⁠ → And more!⁠ ⁠ So if musical influence can have such positive effects on early development – why is so much kid’s music so annoying? 🙉⁠ ⁠ If you would rather do pretty much anything instead of listening to a song about a Baby Shark for another second - our most recent blog post is for you! We have created a fun toddler-friendly playlist that adults love too! ⁠ ⁠ Head to our website to check it out! ↑Link in Bio↑