Imagine Nation

On Thursday we hooked up with some Homeschooling friends over at a children's museum called Imagine Nation in Bristol, CT. This is a much larger children's museum than our local favorite, and a bit less museum-like -- pretty much it's just a huge play space. And play the kids did -- here Zoo Boy plays a fishing game with another boy.


J and his favorite toddler buddy, little J, dress up like soccer and basketball players in the sports exhibit. Apparently this is a virtual reality type exhibit that puts you into various sports clips shown on a big screen, but the camera functions weren't working on this particular day. Didn't stop J and little J from running around the exhibit and having a great time pretending they were sports players anyway!

Bristol is the home of ESPN, and my kids were immediately drawn to the realistic sports-casting desk exhibit, and wound up spending most of their time there. The kids were able to read sports scores from a prepared script and see themselves on the TV screen (Zoo Boy is pointing out just where that is).

We adults were able to watch them too, from a TV monitor outside the broadcast booth. J's in there reading the scores, while Zoo Boy provides some commentary. I thought they looked pretty good in there! A future career in Broadcasting for one of them, perhaps??

After all the playing, the group settled in the cafe area for some ice cream. They have a great old-fashioned soda counter set up, complete with a player piano!

Fun place, we shall return at some point!