Preschool STEAM ~ non-Newtonian Fluid! (aka Slime)

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Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art!  There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing!  Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]

Kids’ Art Salon ~ Bridges

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Kids’ Art Salon is in it’s fourth year!  To celebrate this milestone AND to pay homage to STEAM 2018, we thought we would focus on architecture & engineering.  Architecture is the perfect choice for Pasadena’s year of STEAM because it incorporates science, technology, engineering, art and math! For our third session of the year, we […]

Preschool STEAM ~ Volume

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Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art!  There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing!  Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]

Preschool STEAM ~ Shapes, Building, Problem Solving

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Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art!  There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing!  Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]

Dig for Ancient Treasures ~ Archaeology

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Twenty seven budding archaeologists participated in Pasadena Central Library’s first archaeological dig.  Fortunately for them our Library has a “resident” archaeologist on staff – Luz Mejia-Ramos.  Luz works for the Support Services Department at Central Library but during her time off she travels the world to participate in archaeological digs. Luz obtained a degree in Archaeology from the National […]

Preschool STEAM ~ Kitchen Magic!

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Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art!  There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing!  Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]

Propeller-Powered Balloon Helicopters

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On Wednesday April 25, 2018 kids came to Pasadena Library to learn about elastic energy and the Law of Conservation of Energy, and then build a helicopter that would rise up in the air despite its weight. We attached helium balloons to a homemade helicopter that runs on elastic energy, […]