Curious George: Let's Get Curious!
On Exhibit: October 19, 2010 – February 5, 2011
The insatiable curiosity of Curious George – the little monkey who has captured the imagination and hearts of millions of children and adults for 65 years – comes to life at Kohl Children's Museum in October 2010. Curious George: Let's Get Curious! will introduce young children to Curious George’s world and lead visitors on a fun, meaningful interactive math, science and engineering-based adventure.
Based on the familiar characters in H.A. and Margret Rey’s classic stories published by Houghton Mifflin, the new Curious George exhibit inspires young children's natural curiosity as they explore early science, math and engineering through hands-on interactive play. The immersive exhibit environment takes place in the neighborhood where Curious George lives with his friend, The Man with the Yellow Hat. Visitors will recognize familiar characters and places featured in the classic stories and the PBS KIDS television series.
Things to Do:
- Apartment Building: Operate wheels to move George on pulleys from window to window. Climb the fire escape and climb inside to play with color, light and shadow.
- Sidewalk Produce Stand: Play customer or salesperson and explore shape, sorting, weighing and counting with fruit and vegetables.
- Construction Site: Design a building, make use of a bounty of building materials and get to work constructing different structures and using machines to move materials.
- City Park: Enjoy the urban green space: rest or give a hug to a full-size George and take a picture! Our youngest visitors will enjoy our busy wall activities for babies and toddlers.
- Space Rocket: Step up to the rocket Curious George took on his space adventure! Pose for a picture with George in his space suit and e-mail it home.
- Farm: Take a vacation to the country and visit the farm and care for the farm animals.
- Museum Within the Museum: Learn new things about George when you visit the Museum within the Museum. Follow H.A. and Margret Rey’s work, the escape from France to safety during World War II that saved the Curious George manuscript, and Curious George throughout the years.
Learning Outcomes:
- Science as Inquiry
- ask a question about objects, organisms and events in the environment
- plan and conduct a simple investigation
- employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses
- Physical Science
- develop an understanding of the properties of objects and materials
- develop an understanding of the position and motion of objects
- develop an understanding of light
- Life Science
- develop an understanding of the characteristics of organisms
- Science and Technology
- develop abilities of technological design: propose a solution to a simple problem; implement proposed solutions; evaluate a product or design
- develop an understanding about science and technology
- Algebra
- sort, classify, and order objects by size, number, and other properties
- recognize, describe & extend patterns, i.e. sequences of sounds, shapes or numeric patterns; translate from one representation to another
- Geometry
- recognize, name, build, draw, compare, & sort two- & three-dimensional shapes
- describe attributes and parts of two- and three- dimensional shapes
- investigate & predict results of putting together/taking apart two- & three-dimensional shapes
- recognize and represent shapes from different perspectives
- Measurement
- compare and order objects according to the attributes of length
- use tools to measure
Sponsored locally by Tetra Pak. Curious George: Let's Get Curious! was created by Minnesota Children’s Museum. Curious George television series merchandise © Universal Studios. Curious George and related characters, created by Margret and H. A. Rey, are copyrighted and trademarked by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and used under license. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. All rights reserved.
Activities in Curious George: Let's Get Curious!
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Character Appearance: Curious GeorgeTuesday, October 19, 2010
Come enjoy a tale of Curious Georges’s adventures, and then stick around as he greets children and poses for photos with guests.
Limited seating; first-come, first-served.
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Curious George: Let's Get Curious! Opens to the Public
Tuesday, October 19, 2010The insatiable curiosity of Curious George – the little monkey who has captured the imagination and hearts of millions of children and adults for 65 years – comes to life at Kohl Children'
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Character Appearance: Curious GeorgeWednesday, November 3, 2010
Come enjoy a tale of Curious Georges’s adventures, and then stick around as he greets children and poses for photos with guests.
Limited seating; first-come, first-served.
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Character Appearance: Curious GeorgeThursday, November 18, 2010
Come enjoy a tale of Curious Georges’s adventures, and then stick around as he greets children and poses for photos with guests.
Limited seating; first-come, first-served.
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Character Appearance: Curious GeorgeFriday, December 3, 2010
Come enjoy a tale of Curious Georges’s adventures, and then stick around as he greets children and poses for photos with guests.
Limited seating; first-come, first-served.
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Character Appearance: Curious GeorgeTuesday, December 14, 2010
Come enjoy a tale of Curious Georges’s adventures, and then stick around as he greets children and poses for photos with guests.
Limited seating; first-come, first-served.
