The Exploration area focuses on social science and history. The Discovery Sailboat and Toddler Tide Pool are educational exhibits that promote early childhood development by helping children better understand historical contexts and the world around them.
Storytime Inventing *Opening May 19*
Enhance your little one’s reading comprehension and problem-solving skills through interactive challenges inspired by some of your favorite children’s storybook characters. From constructing clever traps to engineering towers, this hands-on experience promises to spark creativity and foster essential developmental skills. Storytime Inventing is presented by Kid Spark Education.
Habitat Hangout
Calling all Explorers! Get ready to join the adventure at Habitat Hangout. Explore the rich environmental wonder that is San Diego County through two habitat areas: the Coniferous Forest and the Chaparral. Through our Habitat Hangout, little ones and their families will explore environmental sciences in hands-on experiences gaining skills in sorting and classification, comparing and contrasting, social awareness, and more! Thank you to Habitat Hangout supporter Escondido Rotary.
Our Home
At the Our Home exhibit , children will use their imaginations to grocery shop, cook, clean, and more. Kids can go shopping in the marketplace, use mini shopping carts, and buy play food to make meals in their "home".
Toddler Tide Pool
The Toddler Tide Pool area gives our youngest visitors a chance to explore, experiment, and play in a safe place built to stimulate their growth and development. Foam block climbing structures and enclosures encourage crawling, pulling up, cruising and early walking. The area includes tactile and sensory games and activities, tactile mural, reading cushion area, foam and tumble block area, and images of sea life. Thank you to Toddler Tide Pool supporters: Price Philanthropies Foundation, The Quiksilver Foundation, and Kidz Care Dental.
Reading Book Nook
Choose your beanbag and get cozy in the Book Nook with a wide selection of books for children TK- 10 years old. Thank you to our Reading Book Nook supporters: The Linden Root Dickinson Foundation and KPBS.