Bring your teaching lessons to life!

This Saturday, September 24, 2011 Discovery Place KIDS will open its doors to educators free of charge as we celebrate learning with our Educators Open House. Play, imagine and learn -- see the Museum through the eyes of your students while learning more about the educational programs Discovery Place KIDS offers. Here are the details:

- Free Museum admission for all Educators plus one guest
- Check in upon arrival
- School ID required at check in
- Free parking
- The Open House will run 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Upon check in you will receive a passport to guide you through the Museum. After you have been to each station you can drop your passport off at registration to be entered in to win a class at our location.

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Hi! My real name is Chui Ying, but everyone calls me Chewy. It’s a nickname left over from my teaching days when my toddler students found it a challenge to say my name.

I’m originally from Singapore, but relocated to North Carolina with my husband in August 2010. With over 6 years of speech and drama and preschool teaching experience in both Singapore and China, I continued to look for a teaching position when I moved here. As fate would have it, I landed a job as a presenter at Discovery Place KIDS and haven’t looked back since!

My role at Discovery Place KIDS is perfect for me because I also worked with young children in my previous teaching job. I love coming to work because I get to meet new people of all ages every day. One of the most rewarding parts is... Keep reading.

As of April 6, 2011, more than 100,000 visitors have experienced the Museum. We are so excited that we have seen so many families enjoying play and learning while experiencing Discovery Place KIDS. We are working hard to provide even more educational programming and fun in the next few months so stay tuned to learn about our new exciting offerings!

Also make sure to talk to our staff during your visit to learn more about what the Museum has to offer you. Click here to see a photo of the lucky 100,000th visitor and family with Can Can and the interim Director of Discovery Place KIDS, Barrett Long.

Children’s museums are cultural facilities that serve the needs and interests of children by providing exhibits and programs that stimulate curiosity and motivate learning. They provide play experiences that encourage children and adults to have fun while exploring together, and offer exhibit areas that focus on development of motor, communication and social skills while encouraging a love of learning.

Discovery Place KIDS
Discovery Place, Inc. strives to create innovative solutions to meet the needs of families in our ever growing region. Our community’s highest rates of residential growth and concentrations of families with young children are found in outlying municipalities such as Huntersville to the north, Matthews to the south, and counties surrounding... Keep reading.

- Half of all parents say they end most days feeling that they spent less time than they wanted to with their young child (Zero to Three-Survey by Peter Hart Research Associates.)

- Parents want to do what is best for your child. You hustle them from one activity to the next hoping to keep them safe, stimulated and busy.

- You hope that your child will be successful academically so you expect them to learn more and at an earlier age.

- Your job continues to demand more and more of your time. It’s hard to balance between home life and your career.

- You feel disconnected from your community. There seems to be no time to know your neighbors or be involved with organizations in your community.

How can you meet these challenges?

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