Location: 106 Central Ave. Medford, OR 97501 Phone: 772-9922

1. KidTime! Discover Experience! Hands On Museum for children! Location: 106 Central Ave. Medford, OR 97501 Phone: 772-9922

2. Questions • What is the main purpose of this facility? • How will it help my child further their education? • What are some of the benefits of this facility? • How does this facility collaborate schools, parents and teachers? What are some examples of how it does this?

3. Introduction KidTime! Discovery is a hands on museum that gives children the opportunity to learn through hands on experiences. The main purpose of this facility is for children to learn by doing and interacting. It creates a social environment for children to interact with each other and also gives parents, teachers, and children an opportunity to collaborate together to develop a successful education experience.

4. Activities KidTime! Offers • Music • Arts and Crafts • History Exhibits • Drop-in Preschool Class • Early Childhood Development • Low-cost Family Memberships • Special Events and Birthday Parties • Field Trips

5. Objectives Of KidTime! • It connects imaginative play with children’s ability to succeed throughout life. • Gives parents, teachers, and students the opportunity to collaborate together and form a fun safe learning environment for each student. • Gives students an opportunity to learn through a hands on experience and use kinesthetic learning.

6. Front Entrance Location

7. KidTime! Activities • KidTime! Provides Arts and Crafts including oil painting, straw painting, and animal and plant crafts. • Calendar of activities and crafts are provided • Children can enhance creativity and express themselves through art. “Art Alley”

8. KidTime! Activites • Provides different stations of history mostly based on the town of Jacksonville • All equipment and furniture was donated by the Jacksonville Museum • Gives children the opportunity to learn about history here in their own community. “History Exhibit”

9. KidTime! Activities • Brain Forest provides balance beams, hopscotch tubes, and rock climbing. • Provides stations including “Guess the Animal” and “Plant Facts” • Let’s children learn information on animals, plants, and different habitats. “Brain Forest Room”

10. KidTime! Activities “Construction Zone” Provides a rubber pit, tractors, parts, and other equipment Construction Zone provides the opportunity for children to learn how to assemble parts together and learn measurements.

11. KidTime! Activites • Dress up ballroom • Dance Studio • Dramatic Play • Sing and Dance Competitions • Stage Performances • Children can use dramatic play and express themselves through art and theatre. They are also able to be creative and socially interact with one another.

12. Other Programs KidTime! Provides • Spanish Speaking Head Start Programs • Preschool Programs • Children Sessions • Meetings and Programs for Foster Parents • Healthy Start-teaching about nutrition • On track programs-mothers in recovery from addiction

13. Resources Come In Today! Information and Pictures of KidTime! were used by the official website Kidtime.org