Class Visits Are Fun At The Children’s Museum!
The Children’s Museum exists to spark kids’ creative learning. We respect and believe in the potential of all children. Our vision is to provide an environment that nurtures the power of the imagination and the spirit of self-discovery.
The Children’s Museum is pleased to offer a variety of hands-on, Manitoba curriculum-linked educational programs for Preschool to Grade 5 that encourage students to use their creativity, imagination, and critical thinking skills. The Children’s Museum also designs special programs to accompany our temporary exhibitions and special events. All of our educational programs are available in English, French, Basic French, or Immersion. Our Basic French programs are delivered primarily in English with key vocabulary emphasized in French. Immersion programs are delivered to the level of your classroom’s ability. Choose the program that best suits your classroom and curriculum needs!
For those that prefer to explore and discover at their own pace, the Children’s Museum also offers Self-Guided Explorations for school groups and day cares. Click here to learn more.
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School Programs are booked on a first-come, first-served basis all year round. Please book early for the best availability.
rates
$6.00 per student
(Applies to advance school group or day care bookings with 10 or more children)
Contact:
2024/2025 School Programs
Under Construction
Programs with this symbol are being evaluated and improved. These programs are still available for bookings, but please help us to make these programs even better by providing feedback to our Education Coordinator at schools@childrensmuseum.com.
Bacteria Busters
What’s on your hands? Let’s find out together! Students will learn about the sneaky germs that hide on their hands. No need to worry though — soap and water save the day as students learn proper hand washing techniques by using Glo Germ. After, they will make their own paper microbe to take home!
Be The Builder
Can you see in 3D? Can you create in 3D? Students will build, sort, and compare in all three dimensions using our Tumble Zone blocks!
Colourful Colours
Expand your study of colours as we explore the effect of colours through stories, colour experiments, and marble paintings to take home!
Creation Station
Is it garbage? Can we recycle it? Let’s find out in this hands-on program that has students sorting, recycling, and creating!
This program is supported by Green For Life (GFL) Environmental Inc.
Emotions In Motion
What are our emotions and how do we show them? Students will explore feelings and emotions through creative movement, art, and drama.
People In My Community
Students will discover more about the people all around them who are responsible for helping and caring at home, school, and in our community. What people do at work will come alive with creative dramatics and stories! Show what you want to be when you grow up by designing your own community helper headband.
Snakes, Birds & Bears
What’s that? Students will gain knowledge of various animals using props and creative dramatics, and get to make their own birdfeeders to take home.
Allergy Alert: This program uses nut-free bird seed.
Teepees, The Land & Us
Students will come together to help build our own life-sized, authentic teepee! Once the hard work is done, join us inside as we explore the importance of the teepee, storytelling, and our connection to the land.
Bacteria Busters
What’s on your hands? Let’s find out together! Students will learn about the sneaky germs that hide on their hands. No need to worry though — soap and water save the day as students learn proper hand washing techniques by using Glo Germ. After, they will make their own paper microbe to take home!
Supports Physical/Health Education learning outcomes
Be The Builder
Can you see in 3D? Can you create in 3D? Students will build, sort, and compare in all three dimensions using our Tumble Zone blocks!
Supports Mathematics learning outcomes
Climate Heroes
Our climate is changing quickly and it’s time to take action. In this station-based program, students will get hands-on by testing our giant wind turbines and speedy electric cars, learn how to sort waste, and explore the climate actions they can take at home to help fight climate change.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Colourful Colours
Expand your class study of colour as we explore the science, art, and the emotive effect of colours through stories, colour experiments, and marble paintings to take home!
Supports Science and Arts Education learning outcomes
Emotions In Motion
What are our emotions and how do we show them? Students will explore feelings and emotions through creative movement, art, and drama.
Supports Social Studies and Physical/Health Education learning outcomes
Paper, Trees & Me | Also available as a Museum To Go!
Trees are our best friends as we explore the paper making process from start to finish. This program includes creative dramatics, a story, and hands-on fun as we explore trees, paper, and the role of recycling. Students will create their own environmentally-friendly piece of paper!
Supports Science learning outcomes
This program is supported by Green For Life (GFL) Environmental Inc.
People In My Community
Students will discover more about the people all around them who are responsible for helping and caring at home, school, and in our community. What people do at work will come alive with creative dramatics and stories! Show what you want to be when you grow up by designing your own community helper headband.
Supports English Language Arts and Social Studies learning outcomes
Snakes, Birds & Bears
What’s that? Students will gain knowledge of various animals using props and creative dramatics, as well as make their own birdfeeders to take home.
Supports Science and Arts Education learning outcomes
Allergy Alert: This program uses nut free bird seed.
Swirling Stories
Show us you love to read! We’ll practice dramatic storytelling techniques as we read a book together. Students will shake things up as we make our own story shakers – retelling our favourite tales or creating brand new ones!
Supports English Language Arts and Arts Education (Drama) learning outcomes
Teepees, The Land & Us
Students will come together to help build our own life-sized, authentic teepee! Once the hard work is done, join us inside as we explore the importance of the teepee, storytelling, and our connection to the land.
Supports Social Studies and Arts Education learning outcomes
All About Me
You’re so special and it’s time to share why! What communities do you belong to? Make your own tale come to life as you use collaborative art to demonstrate your unique traits and classroom community.
Supports English Language Arts and Social Studies learning outcomes
Climate Heroes
Our climate is changing quickly and it’s time to take action. In this station-based program, students will get hands-on by testing our giant wind turbines and speedy electric cars, learn how to sort waste, and explore the climate actions they can take at home to help fight climate change.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Hide-Away Tales
Stories are everywhere! Pull the tab! Lift the flap! What terrific tales are hidden away? Explore the different ways of telling stories as you create a book that is a unique work of art.
Supports English Language Arts and Visual Arts learning outcomes
Living Off The Land
Survival is the word of the day as we explore how animals depend on their environment to meet their basic needs. Wonder where animals live? Surprised by what animals eat? Find out the answers to these questions and more through this interactive program that will have you constructing an environment for an animal and dissecting owl pellets.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Material Mayhem
The race is on! Materials must be sorted so that they can be recycled. The fun doesn’t stop here because now it’s time to create! The materials must become new objects – what can you think of?
Supports Science and Arts Education learning outcomes
This program is supported by Green For Life (GFL) Environmental Inc.
Math Mission
Students will become super sleuths by helping us explore and compare objects. Practice covering a surface as you create your own mosaic. Careful, it can get tricky!
Supports Mathematics learning outcomes
Pattern Play
Optical illusions trick the eyes, but these perceptual phenomena become the focus for students as they explore repeating patterns and create their own through art and movement!
Supports Mathematics and Arts Education learning outcomes
Teepees, The Land & Us
Students will come together to help build our own life-sized, authentic teepee! Once the hard work is done, join us inside as we explore the importance of the teepee, storytelling, and our connection to the land.
Supports Social Studies and Arts Education learning outcomes
Water, Water, Everywhere
We need your help! Students will clean up their water as they identify different kinds of pollution and its impacts. Conserving and preserving this natural resource gets special attention as we write your classroom water contract!
Supports Science and Social Studies learning outcomes
Climate Heroes
Our climate is changing quickly and it’s time to take action. In this station-based program, students will get hands-on by testing our giant wind turbines and speedy electric cars, learn how to sort waste, and explore the climate actions they can take at home to help fight climate change.
Supports Science learning outcomes
H2-Oh!
We’ll make it rain, and then we’ll need your help! Students will clean up their water as they identify different kinds of pollution and its impacts. With emphasis on the water cycle, conserving and preserving this natural resource gets special treatment as we write your classroom water contract!
Supports Science learning outcomes
Hide-Away Tales
Stories are everywhere! Pull the tab! Lift the flap! What terrific tales are hidden away? Explore the different ways of telling stories as you create a book that is a unique work of art.
Supports English Language Arts and Visual Arts learning outcomes
Made-To-Measure
Non-standard units of measurement are fun — especially when we use items that come right from our museum galleries. The fun never stops as students use non-standard units of measurement to create their own rulers to take home!
Supports Mathematics learning outcomes
Materials In Motion | Also available as a Museum To Go!
Dream it, plan it, design it, and build it… with building materials that are all recycled goods. We’ll put these creations on wheels to see what happens next! Race your car creations down our giant inclined plane as you explore position and motion!
Supports Science and Arts Education learning outcomes
This program is supported by Green For Life (GFL) Environmental Inc.
Our Community
Students will discover more about their community in this energetic, outdoor walking tour of The Forks. Travel through time as we discover stories from our community’s past and present.
Supports English Language Arts and Social Studies learning outcomes
Note: This is an outdoor program, please dress appropriately
Pattern Play
Optical illusions trick the eyes, but these perceptual phenomena become the focus for students as they explore repeating patterns and create their own through art and movement!
Supports Mathematics and Arts Education learning outcomes
Teepees, The Land & Us
Students will come together to help build our own life-sized, authentic teepee! Once the hard work is done, join us inside as we explore the importance of the teepee, storytelling, and our connection to the land.
Supports Social Studies and Arts Education learning outcomes
What’s For Dinner?
My, what big teeth you have! Be an animal detective as you explore growth and changes in animals. Investigate owl pellets to discover an owl’s eating habits.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Around The World
Students will discover more about people in communities around the world by creating their own community scene. It’s up to your students whether this is a community from the past or present!
Supports English Language Arts and Social Studies learning outcomes
Climate Champions
Our climate is changing quickly and it’s time to take action. In this station-based program, students will get hands-on by testing our giant wind turbines and speedy electric cars, learn about greenhouse gases, and explore the climate actions they can take at home to help fight climate change.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Groundwater Guardians
What happens when groundwater gets polluted? Students will clean up their own waterway as they identify different kinds of pollution and its impacts. With emphasis on soils and the environment, conserving and preserving these natural resources get special treatment as we write your classroom water contract!
Supports Science learning outcomes
Know Your Rights
Did you know that cyber bullying is a form of bullying? Students support respect and fairness in this interactive program geared toward stopping bullying. Students take personal action to promote respect!
Supports Social Studies and Physical/Health Education learning outcomes
Polygon Patterns
Optical illusions trick the eyes, but these perceptual phenomena become the focus for students as they explore repeating patterns and create their own optical illusions using polygons.
Supports Mathematics and Arts Education learning outcomes
Published Plotters
The plot thickens! Develop your storytelling skills as you create a collaborative story as a class, then map out and publish your own original story. The Children’s Museum is the perfect setting for characters like yours!
Supports English Language Arts learning outcomes
Salvaged Structures
Dream it, plan it, design it, and build it… with building materials that are recycled goods. What will you do to make your structure stable? We’ll put these structures to the test and see what happens!
Supports Science and Arts Education learning outcomes
This program is supported by Green For Life (GFL) Environmental Inc.
Teepees, The Land & Us
Students will come together to help build our own life-sized, authentic teepee! Once the hard work is done, join us inside as we explore the importance of the teepee, storytelling, and our connection to the land.
Supports Social Studies and Arts Education learning outcomes
This New House
Expand your students’ knowledge of communities around the world and the different kinds of homes people live in. Students will be required to work in teams to build a kid-sized home using three-dimensional, prefabricated building materials.
Supports Social Studies and Science learning outcomes
Note: Teacher/Supervisor assistance required
What’s On The Menu?
Learn what animals eat and how some animals rely on plants for nutrition. Investigate real cattle feed and grow your own take-home plants by creating a germinator!
Supports Science learning outcomes
Canadian Stories
Students will discover more about the people and places in their cultural community through an energetic, outdoor walking tour of The Forks. Travel through time as we see the ways in which life in Manitoba has changed.
Supports English Language Arts and Social Studies learning outcomes
Note: This is an outdoor program, please dress appropriately
Climate Champions
Our climate is changing quickly and it’s time to take action. In this station-based program, students will get hands-on by testing our giant wind turbines and speedy electric cars, learn about greenhouse gases, and explore the climate actions they can take at home to help fight climate change.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Decide On Respect
Did you know that cyber bullying is a form of bullying? Students support respect and fairness in this interactive program geared toward stopping bullying. Students take personal action to promote respect!
Supports Social Studies and Physical/Health Education learning outcomes
Do The Green Thing
Composting is a great way to practice and learn about environmental stewardship and sustainability. We’ll show you all you need to know and then the rest is up to you!
Supports Science and Social Studies learning outcomes
This program is supported by Green For Life (GFL) Environmental Inc.
Light & Sight
Finally understand why optical illusions trick the eyes! Explore the role of patterns, light, and sight to understand what our brains see…or think they see.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Muddy Waters
What’s with all the dirt? Students will design and clean up their own waterway as they identify causes of erosion and its effects. What can we do to prevent the erosion of soils in lakes and rivers?
Supports Science learning outcomes
Prism Power
Prism production is in high gear in this hands-on program. Students will construct triangular and rectangular prisms after they have searched through the museum for real life examples of prisms in action!
Supports Mathematics learning outcomes
Published Plotters
The plot thickens! Develop your storytelling skills as you create a collaborative story as a class, then map out and publish your own original story. The Children’s Museum is the perfect setting for characters like yours!
Supports English Language Arts learning outcomes
Teepees, The Land & Us
Students will come together to help build our own life-sized, authentic teepee! Once the hard work is done, join us inside as we explore the importance of the teepee, storytelling, and our connection to the land.
Supports Social Studies and Arts Education learning outcomes
Tracks & Scats
Learn where animals live and how animal survival is related to their habitat. Be an animal detective as you investigate scats and cast your own animal track.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Canadian Stories
This guided outdoor walking tour will identify historical buildings, waterways, and sites at The Forks connected to the fur trade and early settlement. Dress for the weather as we highlight the past and the present with your students.
Supports Social Studies and English Language Arts learning outcomes
Note: This is an outdoor program, please dress appropriately
Climate Champions
Our climate is changing quickly and it’s time to take action. In this station-based program, students will get hands-on by testing our giant wind turbines and speedy electric cars, learn about greenhouse gases, and explore the climate actions they can take at home to help fight climate change.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Changing Matter
Describe water and other substances as we conduct our own wacky experiments! Is the change in substance reversible or irreversible? Chemical or physical? Students will explore properties and changes in substances as they become scientists for the day!
Supports Science learning outcomes
Choose Respect
What is respect and how do you show it? How does respect or disrespect affect our relationships? Students will brainstorm what respect means as they create a collaborative art display.
Supports Social Studies and Physical/Health Education learning outcomes
Published Plotters
The plot thickens! Develop your storytelling skills as you create a collaborative story as a class, then map out and publish your own original story. The Children’s Museum is the perfect setting for characters like yours!
Supports English Language Arts learning outcomes
Quadrilateral Quandaries
Optical illusions trick the eyes, but these perceptual phenomena become the focus for students as they explore patterns with quadrilaterals and create their own illusion!
Supports Mathematics and Arts Education learning outcomes
Ready, Set, Go!
Students will race to uncover the mystery behind nutrition labels as they work together to build a strong foundation for healthy living.
Supports Science learning outcomes
Real Life Math
Students will need to visualize, draw, and build a real life math problem that relates to the museum. Are you up for the challenge? Explore area and perimeter and then design your own Children’s Museum!
Supports Mathematics learning outcomes
Simple Machines
Learn about simple machines as you use them to make your own inventions! The best part is that all inventions will be made with recycled goods.
Supports Science and Arts Education learning outcomes
This program is supported by Green For Life (GFL) Environmental Inc.
Teepees, The Land & Us
Students will come together to help build our own life-sized, authentic teepee! Once the hard work is done, join us inside as we explore the importance of the teepee, storytelling, and our connection to the land.
Supports Social Studies and Arts Education learning outcomes
Free Guided Tours For Educators
Never been to the Children’s Museum before? Educators are welcome to book an appointment for a free guided tour of our galleries before booking a school visit. Contact our Sales & Bookings Coordinator at 204.924.4005 to book your guided tour today.
Recommended Visit Time
- The recommended visit time is 120 minutes. This includes time for school programs and exploration time in the museum’s galleries.
Program Availability
- All programs are based on availability and booked on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Preschool and Kindergarten programs are available Monday to Friday from September to June.
- Grades 1 to 5 are available Tuesday to Friday from September to April and Monday to Friday during the months of May and June.
- School programs are also available in July & August. Please call 204.924.4005 to inquire.
- Free2Play Access Program bookings are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, contact our Sales & Bookings Coordinator at 204.924.4005.
Adult to Student Ratio Requirement
Please bring the appropriate number of adult supervisors for your visit.
- Preschool and Kindergarten • 1 adult for every 5 children
- Grades 1 through 5 • 1 adult for every 7 children
Failure to provide the required adult supervision on arrival may result in non-admission.
Payments, Cancellations, and Refunds
- Refunds are not available for parts of programs missed due to late arrivals.
- Payment should be made upon arrival at the Admissions Desk before your program begins or will be invoiced if requested at time of booking.
- Cheques should be made payable to the Children’s Museum.
- Seven (7) days’ notice by email at schools@childrensmuseum.com or by phone at 204.924.4005 is required for the cancellation of any Children’s Museum school program or self-guided exploration booking.
- Please be advised that any cancellations made within seven (7) days of your program will be charged full price according to information provided at time of booking.
Rates
- The Children’s Museum requires a minimum booking of 10 children to qualify for school program rates.
- Only School Programs booked in advance qualify for school program rates. (Walk-ups will be charged general admission fees.)
- All supervising adults are admitted free of charge.
- Prices and programs are subject to change without notice.
Lunch Policies
- The Lunch Box (eating area) cannot be reserved and is available on a first-come, first-serve basis only.
- As a courtesy to visitors with life-threatening allergies, please do not bring products containing nuts into the museum.
School Bus Information
- School buses may load/unload groups in the designated Loading Zone area in front of the Children’s Museum.
- All school buses that require parking must register at least 2 weeks in advance of your visit by contacting 311 via phone or fax, or by emailing 311@winnipeg.ca. Parking fees may apply.