Calendar of Events

  • Art Adventure: Invent an Animal
    Monday, March 1, 2010 - Sunday, March 14, 2010

    Use your imagination to create a collage of a creature that can fly, hop, crawl, or all three and more.

  • Daily Discovery: Chick Observation
    Monday, March 15, 2010 - Sunday, April 4, 2010

    Investigate java chicks and document behaviors by graphing and making observational drawings.

  • Creative Dramatics: The Nature of Seuss
    Tuesday, March 16, 2010

    This month we use Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax to think about the way we interact with nature.

  • Eggs to Chicks Opens to the Public
    Tuesday, March 16, 2010

    View the life cycle of the Black Java and endangered White Java chicken in Eggs to Chicks.

  • Story Time
    Wednesday, March 17, 2010

    Yertle the Turtle, the king of the turtles, wants, wants, wants. He wants to be king of all he can see. As his tower of turtles grows and grows, the turtle at the bottom gets tired and bold.

  • Sensational Senses: Can You Moo with Dr. Seuss?
    Thursday, March 18, 2010

    What sound does a cow make? How about a chicken? What about a hippopotamus chewing gum? Using the story Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? by Dr.

  • Meet Little Critter!
    Friday, March 19, 2010

    As part of our Storybook Favorites Come to Life series, come enjoy the tale of one of Little Critter’s adventures in Just Fishing with Grandma, then stick around as Little Critter

  • Museum Open Late (until 5 p.m.)
    Monday, March 22, 2010

    The Museum will be open late (until 5 p.m.)

  • Creative Dramatics: The Nature of Seuss
    Tuesday, March 23, 2010

    This month we use Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax to think about the way we interact with nature.

  • Insect Zoo
    Tuesday, March 23, 2010

    Kids love bugs – and Anderson Pest Solutions loves kids. So it's only natural that APS would team up with the Museum to help kids learn more about the fascinating world of insects.

  • Usborne Book Fair
    Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - Thursday, March 25, 2010

    Usborne has books for kids of all ages. From board books to fascinating non-fiction to stories of pirates, princesses and animals, they are known for wit, whimsy and humor.

  • Story Time
    Wednesday, March 24, 2010

    Yertle the Turtle, the king of the turtles, wants, wants, wants. He wants to be king of all he can see. As his tower of turtles grows and grows, the turtle at the bottom gets tired and bold.

  • Sensational Senses: Can You Moo with Dr. Seuss?
    Thursday, March 25, 2010

    What sound does a cow make? How about a chicken? What about a hippopotamus chewing gum? Using the story Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? by Dr.

  • Meet Little Critter!
    Friday, March 26, 2010

    As part of our Storybook Favorites Come to Life series, come enjoy the tale of one of Little Critter’s adventures in Just Fishing with Grandma, then stick around as Little Critter

  • Museum Open Late (until 5 p.m.)
    Monday, March 29, 2010

    The Museum will be open late (until 5 p.m.)

  • Creative Dramatics: The Nature of Seuss
    Tuesday, March 30, 2010

    This month we use Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax to think about the way we interact with nature.

  • Story Time
    Wednesday, March 31, 2010

    Yertle the Turtle, the king of the turtles, wants, wants, wants. He wants to be king of all he can see. As his tower of turtles grows and grows, the turtle at the bottom gets tired and bold.

  • Children’s Health Art Fair
    Thursday, April 1, 2010

    Make going to the doctor fun by participating in a variety of free—and safe—art activities that take the fear out of needles, x-rays, doctors masks and other scary objects.

  • Meet Curious George!
    Friday, April 2, 2010

    As part of our Storybook Favorites Come to Life series, come enjoy the tale of one of Curious George’s adventures in Curious George Plants a Tree, then stick around as Curious Geor

  • Art Adventure: Wind Sculptures
    Monday, April 5, 2010 - Sunday, April 18, 2010

    Create a colorful wind sculpture made from different types of materials to explore the movement of the wind.

  • Meet Curious George!
    Friday, April 9, 2010

    As part of our Storybook Favorites Come to Life series, come enjoy the tale of one of Curious George’s adventures in Curious George Plants a Tree, then stick around as Curious Geor

  • Meet Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat!
    Friday, April 16, 2010

    As part of our Storybook Favorites Come to Life series, come enjoy a tale of Curious George's adventures, then stick around as Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat greet children and

  • Daily Discovery: What Will The Wind Blow?
    Monday, April 19, 2010 - Sunday, May 2, 2010

    Use your skills of prediction while investigating the power of the wind.

  • Meet Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat!
    Friday, April 23, 2010

    As part of our Storybook Favorites Come to Life series, come enjoy a tale of Curious George's adventures, then stick around as Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat greet children and

  • MEMBERS-ONLY Evening Hours
    Friday, April 23, 2010

    Don't miss out on the next members-only evening!

  • Touch a Truck Family Festival
    Sunday, May 2, 2010

    Location: Fields Chrysler Jeep Dodge, 670 Frontage Road, Northfield, IL 60093

  • Art Adventure: Wheel Painting
    Monday, May 3, 2010 - Sunday, May 16, 2010

    Use bike wheels as a painting tool to explore color mixing.

  • Eggs to Chicks Closes to the Public
    Monday, May 10, 2010

    Eggs to Chicks closes to the public.

  • Daily Discovery: Bicycle Drawings
    Monday, May 17, 2010 - Sunday, May 30, 2010

    Investigate a variety of parts from a bicycle through observational drawing.

  • Art Adventure: Recycled Sculptures
    Monday, May 31, 2010 - Sunday, June 13, 2010

    Be inventive and creative while making a sculpture from recycled materials.

  • Daily Discovery: Paper Pot Planters
    Monday, June 14, 2010 - Sunday, June 27, 2010

    Make and decorate a pot made out of paper that you can plant in the ground at home.

  • Daily Discovery: Gardening Play
    Monday, June 28, 2010 - Sunday, July 18, 2010

    Dig in the dirt and explore the different tools we use to garden.

  • Art Adventure: Insect Making
    Monday, July 19, 2010 - Sunday, August 1, 2010

    Discover color, symmetry and iridescence while creating an insect.

  • Chip in for Children Golf Outing
    Monday, August 30, 2010

    Please join us for the next Chip in for Children Golf Outing to benefit Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago!

  • An Evening to Imagine
    Saturday, October 9, 2010

    Join us as we honor Dolores Kohl Kaplan, our visionary founder, with a night of glamour and whimsy in recognition of her tireless advocacy on behalf of children here and abroad.

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