Educational

Target Corporation is offering FREE entrance to the Miami Children's Museum on the 3rd Friday of every month now through the end of 2017.  Since "free" tends to attract crowds especially to a popular spot like the Children's Museum, please be sure to come early  (or late) to avoid the crowds.  The free admission is from 3pm to 9pm.  Please leave strollers in the car or at home due on these evenings. 

School is almost here! Get your brain waves working with some fun activities to help you start the year on the right foot.  Come in to the Miami Children's Museum and let the kids decorate their own bookmark and pencil case and participate in a backpack relay race! Practice your science skills in a fun experiment and enjoy performances based on children’s literature by the MCM Players. 

NFL Alumni Max Jean-Gilles has teamed up with Jemmy Jasmin and the Stars of Tommorrow Foundation, the City of North Miami Beach, Fish Grease Restaurant, and SouthPromo.com to host the 6th Annual HangOut Day NFL Youth Football & Cheerleading Camp, a Free event being held at the Allen Deleonardis Youth Center located at 1770 NE 162nd Street on Saturday, July 15, 2017 from 8AM – 3PM.

Join the Loggerhead Marine Life Center for their Kid's Pier Fishing Program on July 23rd from 8 am at the Juno fishing pier.  Participants will learn basic techniques for fishing from both a beach and a fishing pier including knot tying, casting, species identification, and proper release protocols. In addition to fishing skills, participants will learn to be ethical anglers. Limited space available.

Do you want to watch as adorable hatchling sea turtles waddle their way to the open ocean?  Join the Loggerhead Marine Life Center as they release hatchlings on select evenings this August.  The program begins with an exclusive, behind-the-gate tour to meet our current sea turtle patients, followed by a presentation and ends with a trip to the beach to see LMC staff release sea turtle hatchlings into the ocean.  This is a memorable and informative opportunity for families to be apart of this magical experience.

Sea turtle Hatchlings are here!  The Biologist Beach Walk program at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center will last 9 weeks beginning the first week of August and run through the end of September. The program will be offered three days a week: Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. Times: 6:45 am - 8:30 am.  Get up early and don't miss this unforgettable experience!

The 2nd annual Dine Out Downtown Delray Restaurant Week is scheduled for August 1-7, 2017.  Produced by the Delray Beach DDA, the week will showcase the diverse dining scene and wide array of culinary experiences Downtown during the summer season, and will feature special prix fixe multi-course lunch and dinner menus and culinary experiences including cooking classes, wine tasting/food pairing dinners, juicing/nutrition class, cocktail class, chef demonstrations and more.

Don't miss the SCIENCE fun enveloped in Sci-fi entertainment at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale for a weekend of exploration.

Star Trek Voyage Weekend

July 23 & 24, 2016

Noon to 4 p.m.

Exhibits and Activities:

Star Lab Planetarium - Engage in an exciting trip through time as we explore different cultures beliefs about the night sky and how stars can assist in navigation.

Join the Museum of Discovery and Science Museum in Fort Lauderdale for their Tarzan and the Jungle Weekend July 2 & 3, 2016 Noon to 4 p.m.

Exhibits and activities will include:

Jungle Agility Course - Think you can swing through the trees like Tarzan…test your skills with this agility course!

Safari Binoculars - Make your own set of binoculars to take on your jungle adventure.

It is the season of the Summer Games and Miami Children’s Museum (MCM) is getting ready to debut an exciting competition of its own.  It’s the return of the MiChiMu’s Summer Games exhibit!  Created entirely by MCM’s educational staff, the newest exhibit is an interactive wonderland of athletic competition and cultural diversity.