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Friday, December 11, 2009

Coalition for Quality Children's Media

From the website...The Coalition for Quality Children's Media is a national, nonprofit organization founded in 1991 whose mission is to teach children critical viewing skills and to increase the visibility and availability of quality children's media. families nationwide. The Coalition is a voluntary collaboration comprising more than 10,000 media professionals, lobbyists, policymakers, child advocates, educators, parents and families nationwide.

Our goals are..
A. To teach children to become critical media users;
B. To help adults recognize the importance of teaching critical viewing skills to children;
C. To help children identify and be aware of outstanding media programming;
D. To develop programs for children with special needs such as low-income, hospitalized or at-risk children.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Long Island Children's Museum


Long Island Children's Museum

11 Davis Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530

Open Tuesday-Sunday from 10am-5pm. Closed Monday.

General Admission: $10

Calendar of Events

Planning Your Trip

Bricks & Sticks

Investigate, build and shape our three-dimensional world using a variety of building blocks and interactive software.

Bubbles
Blur the boundary between play and experimentation as you step inside a giant bubble, blow bubbles within bubbles and make a giant bubble honeycomb.

Changes & Challenges
Enter a house, school or outdoor environment, and experience how people with differing abilities adapt to daily challenges.

More Exhibits