miSci’s Little Edisons program, for kids ages 3 to 5, is fun way to nurture the curiosity of pint-sized future engineers, chemists, and inventors. Sessions are 45 minutes long and feature hands-on activities designed to teach problem solving and to encourage the joy of discovery and STEAM topic exploration.
Tickets for Little Edisons sessions grant entry to the program for a student and parent/guardian. Programs run 10 – 10:45 a.m. on scheduled days. To explore the galleries with your student between 9:30 and 10am, Little Explorers time can be added to a ticket for an additional $5.
School Year 2024-25 Session Pricing:
$15/class Non-Members
$13/class Members
Weekly Pass Discount:
Choose an entire week of programming to get a ticket good for both programs that week.
$26/week Non-Members
$22/week Members
Schedule
JANUARY
Friday January 3
Happy New Year
Little Edisons will read Happy New Year! By Clara Coleman and learn how different cultures celebrate the new year. Then we will create our own “fireworks” in a jar and have fun with confetti poppers!
Wednesday Jan 8
Faux Snow
Little Edisons will read Snow by Uri Shulevitz. Afterwards, we will test a few different faux snow recipes and compare them to real snow.
Friday January 10
Icy Experiments
Little Edisons will read Icy Escapades. We’ll learn about how different materials, such as sand, can add friction and help prevent falls!
Wednesday Jan 15
Magic Magnets
Little Edisons will read Magnet Max by Monica Lozano Hughes, then get to experiment with magnetism and learn how “opposites attract!”
Friday January 17
MLK Jr. Day
Little Edisons will read Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? and learn about the “melting pot” of America by making vegetable soup.
*Please bring your favorite vegetable.
Wednesday Jan 22
Constellations
Little Edisons will join miSci’s astronomer Kerry in a planetarium show about the stars of the winter triangle. Afterwards, we’ll get to make up our own constellations!
Friday January 24
Day of Clean Energy!
Little Edisons will read This Class Can Save the Planet. After the story, we’ll build a car that harnesses the power of wind!
Wednesday Jan 29
Dino Day!
Little Edisons will read Dinosaur Bones and learn about dinosaur bones and fossils. We’ll create our own dino dig kits and make dino fossils!
Friday January 31
Movie Morning
Today Little Edisons will have a movie day and watch The Land Before Time.
A Note of Thanks
miSci is forever grateful to Elizabeth “Beth” Hudson for founding the Little Edisons program. Beth brought more than 35 years of experience working in special education and a love of teaching pre-school children to miSci. She will be missed, and we wish her well on all her retirement adventures. Thank you, Beth!