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HOURS OF OPERATION
Tuesday-Saturday 9a-4p
Sunday 11a-4p

2nd and 4th Thursday, 6p-8p

CLOSED: August 30th-September 7th
DAILY ADMISSION
Kids $6.00     Adults $6.00
Seniors $5.00

MEMBERSHIPS
Family $85.00
Family Plus $115.00
Grandparent Family $65.00
CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: 815.469.1199
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11 S. White Street, Frankfort, IL 60423
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PRAIRIE SCAVERNGER HUNT:
Thursday, September 23, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Ages 4-10, KidsWork Children’s Museum
LIVE TO PLAY:
Saturday, November 6th. Betting on Kids is a Vegas style evening that will transform Frankfort’s CD& Me into a full fledge casino. We are inviting all adults to come out and play for a purpose.
PREPARING FOR WINTER:
Thursday, November 18 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Ages 4-10 KidsWork Children’s Museum
DISCOVERY CAMP AGES 3-5 &
CURIOSITY CAMP AGES 6-8:
Best value are the Full Day Camps...SESSIONS BEGIN JUNE 15TH! frankfort il
CELEBRATE A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY: Birthday parties at KidsWork Children's Museum inlcude use of the party room and the museum for 1 1/2 hoursbirthday party info
ORGANIZE A FIELD TRIP:Field trips include the use of the Museum for 2 hours and the use of our Program/Party room if needed.birthday party info
COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES: Our Art Room is always open – And you never have to worry about staying in the lines!art activities
BECOME A KCM VOLUNTEER: Join KCM's fun, creative team of dedicated volunteers!volunteer
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“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning.
Play is the real work of childhood.” Fred Rogers

As visitors enter the new KidsWork Children’s Museum, they will find lots of exciting exhibits filled with action and fun.

 THE FIRST FLOOR: SCIENCE IN ACTION
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Why Beans?
Did you see our Sensory Table on the Main Level and wonder, “What’s with the beans?” As children experiment with different sized containers in the sensory table, they develop math skills such as counting, conservation, timing, matching, classifying and sorting. As children manipulate the materials, they begin to understand concepts such as more/less, full/empty. Science concepts such as cause and effect and gravity (beans fall down from the cup – not up) are explored. As they use the materials, children also develop pre-writing skills as they pour, spoon, grasp, and work on eye-hand coordination tasks.

 THE SECOND FLOOR: CREATIVITY ABOUNDS
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Go ahead – color outside the lines!
We believe that all children are born artists. They are naturally curious, imaginative, inventive and intuitive. Art-making enables kids to use their imaginations and express their creativity. In the process, they develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, gross and fine motor skills, math and language skills. Our Art Room is always open – And you never have to worry about staying in the lines!

PINSCREEN

Frankfort Fire Department and Lincoln-Way North Key Club
Come to the Rescue of KidsWork!

frankfort fire departmentThe KidsWork Children's Museum Board was thrilled to have raised the funds needed to order a $20,000 interactive permanent exhibit called a 3D Full Body Pinscreen. The three perforated vinyl screens which comprise the exhibit each called for 66,000 clear pins and 66,000 ends caps to be merticulously inserted by hand. The Frankfort Fire Department and Lincoln-Way North Key Club came to the rescue! All three exhibit panels were painstakingly put together by the two organizations in just a few short weeks and were delivered to the Museum.

Firefighters unloaded the 200 pound panels from fire trucks and hauled them into the Museum with no mention made of sore fingers or the tedious nature of the job. Matt Jordan, Lincoln-Way North Key Club sponsor said,  " With every little bit of progress the students got more excited to see the finished exhibit--they were having fun "testing" the completed portions.  It was great for Key Club to collaborate with KidsWork and to know that their work was directly benefiting the Lincoln-Way community”.
LIGHT EXHIBIT
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 IMAGINE THEATER
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 PET VET
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 ART WORKS
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 TOT SPOT

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