Small Exhibits

Small Exhibits

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Small exhibits and rotating art installations offer a more intimate experience and allow for focused fun and play.


Playmobil® – The World To Play

All Ages

Let your imagination do the walking through these fanciful displays of classic Playmobil® toys. Come see Dragon’s Land, the Zoo and cool School! CMOM has partnered with Playmobil® to bring you a series of installations highlighting the value of imaginative play. Learn how Playmobil® toy sets and figurines, designed to inspire a combination of real-life situations and fantasy adventures, help children develop important cognitive, social, emotional and motor skills.
 

Little West Side in the Creativity Lab

Ages 4 & younger
Welcome to the Little West Side, where CMOM's smallest visitors rule the town! In an intimate setting for pretend play, children pick up passenger “drive” the taxi around the neighborhood. Our Little West Side exhibit gives children the opportunity to build and strengthen reading and math skills while playing and exploring.
 

Block Building

A family activity for all ages.
Watch your children develop their creativity and confidence as they play with our blocks! Build your own creations or team up with other families to construct an entire city!

CMOM’s blocks are specially designed to help children of all ages build towers, castles, towns, bridges and anything else they can imagine. Unlike traditional blocks, these planks are long and thin and allow for an exciting mix of building and sculpting.

Your children will develop their motor skills, sense of balance, creativity, imagination and self-esteem. Best of all, they'll be having so much fun and be so proud of their creations that they won't even realize they're learning!

 

Brain Games

All Ages

Exercise your creative thinking and problem solving skills with these classic logic puzzles. Challenge yourself to look for patterns, think ahead, set aside preconceived ideas and look at problems from different perspectives.

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Gala Events 

 

Thank you for making our 2010 Benefit, honoring Andy Ackerman’s 20 years as Executive Director of CMOM, a huge success! Because of your generosity, we were able to raise $1.2 million to support our exhibitions, programming and outreach into the community. Watch the video shown at our event!

At the event, Honorary Chair Laurie Tisch announced a new initiative to replicate CMOM's exhibits and programs in New York City public housing. Stay tuned for more details! It’s not too late to make a difference … donate here!

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Calendar

Animal Stampers, 10:00am

Use animal stamps and colorful ink to create a wild picture.  
Kindergarten Readiness Skills: developing color and shape recognition, process of creations and skills needed for writing.

Clean-Up Together, 11:15am

Have fun helping CMOM Educators clean up the PlayWorks™ Lab using music and
brooms!
Kindergarten Readiness Skills: Developing listening and social skills, learning to transition from one activity to the next.

PlayWorks™ Circle Time, 11:30am

Sing, move your body and use your listening ears to hear special stories.
Kindergarten Readiness Skills: Learn new vocabulary, build listening skills and learn to be part of a group.

Mural Wall Painting, 12:00pm

Mix paint on the PlayWorks™ Mural Wall with your friends.
Kindergarten Readiness Skills: Science skills (color mixing and cause and effect).

Eco Art & Design: Wild Wolf Puppet, 12:00pm

Learn about how wild wolves live and why they are important to our world. Make a wild wolf puppet with moveable legs.

Animal Stampers, 1:00pm

Use animal stamps and colorful ink to create a wild picture.  
Kindergarten Readiness Skills: developing color and shape recognition, process of creations and skills needed for writing.

Eco Art & Design: Wild Wolf Puppet, 2:00pm

Learn about how wild wolves live and why they are important to our world. Make a wild wolf puppet with moveable legs.

Presentation: The Truth about Wild Wolves: The Atka Traveling Ambassador Wolf, 2:00pm

The program will include an awe-inspiring, up-close encounter with this important but misunderstood predator. Families will learn about the history of wolves in the United States, the importance of wolves in a healthy ecosystem, and the efforts to save these magnificent creatures for future generations.  Presented by the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC) in South Salem, NY
 

Mural Wall Painting, 2:30pm

Mix paint on the PlayWorks™ Mural Wall with your friends.
Kindergarten Readiness Skills: Science skills (color mixing and cause and effect).

Eco Art & Design: Wild Wolf Puppet, 3:00pm

Learn about how wild wolves live and why they are important to our world. Make a wild wolf puppet with moveable legs.

Eco Art & Design: Wild Wolf Puppet, 4:00pm

Learn about how wild wolves live and why they are important to our world. Make a wild wolf puppet with moveable legs.

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