Michigan, Part Four dot A
Remember my posts on our trip to Michigan? That trip we took back in October? And how there was going to be a "Part Four" to wrap things up?
Well since then, we took another trip to Michigan for Mike's Mom's wedding. So I've decided to turn my Michigan "Part Four" post into a few all encompassing posts about my favorite things we did in the Mason area and on our drives during both trips.
Starting with Impression Five.
Impression Five is an awesome children's science museum in Lansing, Michigan. I much prefer it to our pricey local Utah children's museum. The Utah museum charges $8.50 for each per person, child, and toddler ($42.50 for our family), which seems a bit excessive for a little dress up if you ask me. In comparison, Impression Five charges $5 for adults, and $1 per age of each child ($21 for our family). Plus at Impression Five you learn about science, and science is cool!
Mike and his dad took the older two kids when we were out in October, and they had such a good time that Mike and I took all the kids again when we went out in April.
Here are some of our favorite things at the museum:
Bubbles
(big enough to stand inside of!)
Water
There was a big water table room,
as well as a special toddler room with a smaller version.
Pulleys!
Another fun exhibit was seeing how hard it was to lift yourself using 1, 2, or 3 pulleys.
The shadow wall and magnet exhibits were also very, very cool, but I can't find any pictures of those.
Mike loved Impression 5 so much that he bought places for the older two's hand prints on the wall. We meant to do our youngest's when we went back, but we had too much fun playing and didn't get to it. Now we have a reason to go back!
I almost forgot to post pictures of one of my favorite parts of the museum. They provided yellow pieces of paper where kids could ask science questions, and they would post answers to some of the questions on a bulletin board. We didn't have time to write the questions until we were in the car after we had left, but I really liked my kids' questions.
My 6 year old daughter's:
(Why do wishes not come true?)
and
(Why do worms like dirt?)
My 4 year old son's:
Well since then, we took another trip to Michigan for Mike's Mom's wedding. So I've decided to turn my Michigan "Part Four" post into a few all encompassing posts about my favorite things we did in the Mason area and on our drives during both trips.
Starting with Impression Five.
Impression Five is an awesome children's science museum in Lansing, Michigan. I much prefer it to our pricey local Utah children's museum. The Utah museum charges $8.50 for each per person, child, and toddler ($42.50 for our family), which seems a bit excessive for a little dress up if you ask me. In comparison, Impression Five charges $5 for adults, and $1 per age of each child ($21 for our family). Plus at Impression Five you learn about science, and science is cool!
Mike and his dad took the older two kids when we were out in October, and they had such a good time that Mike and I took all the kids again when we went out in April.
Here are some of our favorite things at the museum:
Bubbles
(big enough to stand inside of!)
Water
There was a big water table room,
as well as a special toddler room with a smaller version.
Pulleys!
Another fun exhibit was seeing how hard it was to lift yourself using 1, 2, or 3 pulleys.
The shadow wall and magnet exhibits were also very, very cool, but I can't find any pictures of those.
Mike loved Impression 5 so much that he bought places for the older two's hand prints on the wall. We meant to do our youngest's when we went back, but we had too much fun playing and didn't get to it. Now we have a reason to go back!
I almost forgot to post pictures of one of my favorite parts of the museum. They provided yellow pieces of paper where kids could ask science questions, and they would post answers to some of the questions on a bulletin board. We didn't have time to write the questions until we were in the car after we had left, but I really liked my kids' questions.
My 6 year old daughter's:
(Why do wishes not come true?)
and
(Why do worms like dirt?)
My 4 year old son's:
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