Baby Play

Baby Play is a tranquil and nurturing environment where infants and non-mobile children can experience tummy time activities for upper-body development and creeping and crawling for lower-body development. Discovery, exploration and interaction with their families add to the chances for children's social, cognitive and motor development.

Light Wall and Table

The Light Wall and Table provide children with the opportunity to use fine motor skills as they take pegs in and out of the wall and arrange them on the table. The exhibit also helps children make choices, sort items and learn the names of colors.

Art Bridge and Texture Path

The Art Bridge and Texture Path are exhibits that call on gross motor skills and build confidence. Special visual and tactile features promote sensory development, while introducing texture concepts and vocabulary. As children sit on or crawl along the Art Bridge, they can notice puppets from the Museum's collection housed inside of it.

Cause and Effect Activities

The following activities offer children important cause-and-affect experiences:

• Air Boxes, which are clear on both sides, contain assorted objects enlivened by an air compressor activated by pushing a button.
• Bubble See Saw has a water tank in the center where bubbles rise according to how often you go up and down.
• Children can spin and stop the Spinners to spin mirrors, rain colorful beads and affect liquid-filled cylinders.
• Ball Maze is a Rube Goldberg-type structure where the balls ring bells, go through tunnels and roll over various textures. It involves hand-eye coordination, helps refine young children’s gross motor skills and is incredibly appealing to young children’s fondness for doing  the same action over and over (so have a seat, Mom and Dad.)

Train Table and Rice Table

Children build confidence and express their sense of empowerment as they play at the Train Table and Rice Table. Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, tactile stimulation, planning, imagination, the use of tools and opportunities for social interactions are also put to use.