Matt and Kelsey both had to work Memorial day so I thought it might be a good day to check off one of those summer bucket list ideas. I decided to take Chase and Sadi to check out the discovery museum in Reno. I had never been, and had heard mixed reviews on it so I wasn't sure what to expect. We got there right as it was opening for the day and I let the kids map out where to start.
The museum is a hands on museum that is mainly Science and Engineer focused. This particular day they were having Owl pellet dissection which is where we started. Not sure Sadi enjoyed this as much as Chase.
I love Museums that are more hands on for the kids rather than everything is a no touch zone. They enjoyed just being able to touch and play on everything.
Chase spent a LONG time at this bridge building area where you literally came up with your own engineering plan and tested it out....bolt, by bolt, by bolt. That bench in the back became my new companion for quite awhile.
It was nice that there were so many "thinking" things to do but also with a great balance of things to keep them moving.
Sadi really enjoyed the wood working room where they were given free reign of all the tools, even power tools...pretty scary. I was sure someone in that room was going to loose a body part. The craft for the day was wood scrap animals. Sadi constructed a penguin.
She also tested her survival skills by packing all the essentials she thought she would need to survive in the wild. Guess who forgot to pack water? I won't be following this girl on a hike.
I think one of their favorite areas was the Truckee river exhibit where they raced boats down all kinds of channels of water.
Or maybe it was just the playing in the water that was fun.
There were so many areas to play and explore but I think they would both agree that their favorite was the cloud climber which took them up to the ceiling from the bottom level. I enjoyed watching all the parents who attempted this and got stuck.
We spent the entire day there, and left right before they closed. These two played ALL day and didn't even stop to eat. It was a great day for building minds!
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