A new tradition was started last month that we continued in November. Free admission to the MET on the first Thursday of the month, compliments of Fresno's Art Hop. This month we had the opportunity to experience their newest exhibit on Dr. Seuss. Although this was not a child-friendly exhibit (as in not very much hands-on activities), we still had a blast! It was fascinating to see Dr. Seuss' art and writings as he worked as an editor, author, advertiser, and WW2 propaganda-er. I think the one thing that caught my attention the most, was his ability to not give up. It took 27 rejections before his first book was ever published and now, more than 100 years after his birth, he is one of the most popular and celebrated children's authors. Such a neat story!
They had a neat little (and I mean little) area set up for kids to read Dr. Seuss books and color Dr. Seuss pages that Ethan loved "stealing" the crayons and carrying them around. They had these cool mirrors that they could become characters from his books (see top left hand corner), and a giant kaleidoscope for them to play with.
When we finished with Dr. Seuss we went down to the Ask Reeves Science area where they had some cool puzzle games on loan from a museum in Oregon. Jon was very proud of the one with some math problems. We were NOT going to leave until he figured it out. . . he put his Math degree to good use, because we were able to leave before they closed! If you want to try it out, comment the answer and we will let you know if you're right. You can only use the digits 1-9 each once. Good Luck. (Oh yeah, the puzzle is at the bottom of the picture second to the Right. )
We are looking forward to seeing the Christmas trees this coming December. . . if you want to come along, let us know. The MET is open from 5-8pm.
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