toddlers | Children's Museum (Winnipeg, MB)

Mini Mondays

Mini Mondays are very special days at the Children’s Museum! Join us on Mondays from 10:00AM – 2:00PM for a fun-filled day of creative and stimulating programming exclusively designed for toddlers. We provide tailored crafts to help develop fine motor skills, activities that aid in dramatic play, and a special story time at 11:00AM and 1:00PM. Each month, we will explore a different theme in our weekly programming that helps our youngest visitors learn and grow through hands-on fun!

December Activities

Theme: Holidays Around The World

This December, we’ll be celebrating different holidays around the world together! We’ll begin by making a traditional Hanukkah toy, the dreidel, and spinning them in an interactive game. Next, celebrate St. Lucia’s Festival of Lights with a crown craft and light activity that will be sure to brighten your child’s day. Then, we ho-ho-hope you can join us on December 18 for Cookies & Milk* with our special, jolly guest. We’ll have special story times, a cocoa and cookie craft, and a chance to meet with Santa himself.

December 4: Holiday Hanukkah & Dreidel Spin
December 11: St. Lucia Crown & Festival of Lights
December 18**: Cocoa & Cookies Craft and Cookies & Milk With Santa

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LOVE LOCAL: SPARK CREATIVE LEARNING IN MANITOBA

Source: Portage La Prairie Family Resource Centre

Portage La Prairie’s Family Resource Centre has shifted their programming to virtual offerings, but there’s still plenty of activities to participate in this month! Wiggle, Giggle & Munch (a physical activity and nutrition program) runs every other Monday starting January 10, Babies & Babble (parent and baby sensory activities) happens every other Tuesday starting January 11, and Toddler Shenanigans (tactile play) happens on January 20. Check out all their programming this month and sign up for a session!

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CREATION STATION: NEWSPAPER POLAR BEAR CRAFT

Source: iheartcraftythings.com Materials Polar bear craft pattern (optional; available at this link) Blue, white, and black cardstock Newspaper Googly eyes Hole punch (optional) Black marker Scissors Glue Directions Begin by cutting out several pieces from your newspaper to make your polar bear. Start with a large circle for the polar bear head and another half…

Jan 09, 2022 • Activities for kids, at-home crafts, craft, Creation Station, winter activity

SHOP FEATURE 5

(For the week of January 10, 2022) Check out this week’s Feature 5 – a list of top-selling products from Shop, the Children’s Museum’s gift store, now with FREE shipping in Winnipeg on orders over $25! Read More… Ludi Sensory Tube Price: $22.99 each This educational toy is an inflatable cylinder covered with fabrics in…

Jan 10, 2022 • arts and crafts, feature 5, science, shop, Shop Feature 5, Toys

ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

Source: mamapapabubba.com This play dough subtraction smash activity is a fun visual and tactile way for little kids to start learning subtraction! Materials Play dough, in four or five different colours Cardstock or blank flashcards Scissors (if using cardstock) Marker Plastic tray Directions Using blank flashcards or cardstock cut into squares, write out some basic…

Jan 13, 2022 • Activities for kids, Creative learning, math, STEAM, STEAM activity

Jul 05, 2021 • books, feature 5, shop, Shop Feature 5, toddlers, Toys

SHOP FEATURE 5

(For the week of July 5, 2021)

Check out this week’s Feature 5 – a list of top-selling products from Shop, the Children’s Museum’s gift store, now with FREE shipping in Winnipeg on orders over $25!

Again! Again!
Price: $22.99

Just two words, but they say so much. Two words that give us a glimpse into how our children see and feel about the world. This journal was created to capture those priceless moments – the funny, sweet, and unexpected things your kids say and do… in a way that only they can. Inside you’ll find plenty of space to record who was there, what was happening, and all the other details you’ll want to remember in the years to come.

Published by Compendium, illustrated by Jessica Phoenix.

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Snappys
Price: $9.99

These bright and cheery plush Snappys by Aurora Baby are safe and easy for little hands to grasp, and help develop fine motor skills with a variety of assorted snaps. Sold individually, each measure approximately 6”.

Suitable for ages 18 months+

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Discover & Sense Station
Price: $16.99

Encourage your little one to explore multiple senses, with the PlayGo Discover & Sense Station featuring a variety of colours, textures, and shapes for little hands and grips. Suction-cup design helps stand firm on smooth surfaces, providing hours of entertainment as your baby relaxes while reclining comfortably in the swing or car seat.

Suitable for ages 6 months+

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Jungle Fabric Activity Ball
Price: $15.99

Early learning has never been more fun! Rattles are a classic toy to offer to your baby to help develop motor skills. Indeed, object prehension is first expressed as a grasping reflex, and this lightweight activity ball rattle is designed with a handle and a teething ring that will perfectly satisfy this instinct and enable very easy grasping. Its bright colours and round shape train babies to follow the rattle with their eyes when it is shaken, helping develop their field of vision. Covered with a soft fabric, the rattle bounces like a balloon as it falls without making noise. The flexible teething ring may be easily and safely hung from strollers, car seats, cribs, and more.

Suitable for ages 3 months+

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Learn & Wonder Tablet
Price: $20.99

Explore and learn while playing! This tablet introduces letters, words, colours, animals, and more to your little one while encouraging language development skills, hand-eye coordination, and imagination. Includes over 314 songs, melodies, sounds, and phrases and offers three interactive and entertaining levels of play to challenge curious little minds.

Suitable for ages 18 months+

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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

Source: wisekidneticenergy.ca Founded in 1990, WISE Kid-Netic Energy is the largest community outreach program offered by the University of Manitoba, with support from the Price Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Science. They offer hands-on, curriculum-based science, engineering, and technology deliverables for youth in Kindergarten through Grade 12. Scroll through WISE Kid-Netic Energy's collection…

Jul 06, 2021 • Creative learning, french language, French Science, STEAM, STEAM activity, University of Manitoba

LOVE LOCAL: SPARK CREATIVE LEARNING IN WINNIPEG

Source: cdem.com/en/events/movies-under-the-stars For a third year in a row, the Conseil de développement économique des municipalités bilingues du Manitoba (CDEM), in partnership with Cinémental and the Alliance Française du Manitoba, presents Cinéma sous les étoiles (Movies Under the Stars) at the beautiful St. Boniface Cathedral. Cinéma sous les étoiles offers Manitoba audiences free outdoor screenings…

Jul 08, 2021 • french culture, French literacy, outdoor activities, Things to do in Manitoba, Things to do in Winnipeg

CREATION STATION: WATERMELON SPONGE PAINTING

Source: fantasticfunandlearning.com This watermelon sponge painting art activity will invigorate the senses, spark creativity, and add in a little bit of math! Materials Sponges cut in various sizes of triangles White cardstock Tempera paint Small paper plates Paintbrush Directions Preliminary steps include cutting several sponges into triangle (or wedge) shapes, rounding the bottoms to give…

Jul 11, 2021 • art, arts and crafts, at-home crafts, Creation Station, summer, summer activities

Mini Monday

Mini Mondays are very special days at the Children’s Museum! Join us on Mondays for a fun-filled morning and afternoon of creative and stimulating programming exclusively designed for toddlers. We provide tailored crafts to help develop fine motor skills, activities that aid in dramatic play, and a special story time in our Time Squared gallery. Each month, we will explore a different theme in our weekly programming that helps our youngest visitors learn and grow through hands-on fun!