Workshops for Kids
Sky Stuff*Thursdays
Ages 2 to 5
Join us for another energetic season of exploration and imagination! Preschoolers age 2 to 5 will enjoy warm and funny stories, exciting Museum adventures, and creative “make-and-take” crafts. From jets to bush planes, we offer thirty different flight themes designed to inform and delight your young aviator!
This bilingual program is offered Thursday mornings from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. or from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The cost is just $30 including taxes, per child, per session. To avoid disappointment, advance registration is required, as programs fill up quickly, and space is limited. We reserve the right to cancel a session in the event of insufficient registration.
Session 2 |
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Date | Theme | |
November 1st | Navigating the Night Sky | |
November 8th | Plane Parts—the Cessna | |
November 15th | Air Ambulances | |
November 22nd | Around the World Trek | |
November 29th | Travelling North |
Session 3 |
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Date | Theme | |
January 17th | Fixing Airplanes (restoration) | |
January 24th | Birds who Fly and Birds who Don’t | |
January 31st | Adventures in a Bush Plane | |
February 7th | Boarding Passes Please | |
February 14th | Valentine’s Day by Airmail |
Other five-week sessions will be offered in February, 2008.
Aviation Adventures for Groups*Throughout the year
These fun programs are designed as a special outing for the various groups from kindergarten and day cares, to day camps and Community groups. They can cater to any age, from 2 to 13. The participants will be engaged in interactive and educational activities and will learn about such fascinating aviation themes as Jets, Aircraft Missions and Helicopters.
Available on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the year and every week day during Spring Break, May, June, July and August. Please make your reservations at least two weeks in advance. Groups can spend an hour or spend the entire day at the Museum!
For pre-schoolers ages 2 to 5
Looking for a special activity for your preschool class, daycare group, or play circle? Come and enjoy a special edition of our popular Sky Stuff program especially for groups. These programs are planned with 2 to 5 year olds and accompanying care givers or teachers in mind, using preschool developmental concepts. A fun story sets the theme, followed by special activities in the Museum and ending with a super take-home craft workshop. Hands-on participation is emphasized.
The following four programs range from 60 to 75 minutes in length spent with one of our entertaining guides. You can complete your visit with unlimited free time in the Museum after the program.
Choose from these four exciting themes:
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Hangin' Around the Hangar!
Be a junior aircraft mechanic and learn the parts of an aircraft by helping take apart our model airplane and putting it back together again! Sit in the cockpit of the Cessna 150 and make some great aviation crafts too!
(60 to 75 minutes) -
Earn Your Pilots Wings
Listen to a thrilling story about a pilot and then climb aboard our big DC-3 to see everything first hand! Learn about all the different jobs people do on airplanes, and make your very own wings badge!
(60 to 75 minutes) -
All About Helicopters
Discover how helicopters fly, the different jobs they do and much more through an exciting rescue story, a visit into the Museum to see the real thing and a great “make-and-take” project!
(60 to 75 minutes) -
I Want to be a Jet Pilot!
Become the pilot of an imaginary jet in an interactive story. Try on real pilot’s gear, sit in an ejection seat and make a cool Starfighter Jet to take home!
(60 to 75 minutes)
Fees for the preschoolers is $3.50 per participant, per program with a $80 minimum charge per group (maximum 30 participants). We can accommodate groups with more than 30 participants. All accompanying adults are admitted free. Fees include all applicable taxes and Museum’s general admission.
For children ages 5 to 13
The following four workshops are designed as a special outing for the various day camps, day cares and Community groups in our Nation’s capital.
Our fun-filled programs are 120 minutes in length spent with one of our entertaining guides. Stay for two hours, or stay the whole day! From May to September you can take advantage of our all-weather outdoor eating area and our open park. Come for one program (morning or afternoon), or stay for two programs and make it an all-day outing! Please make your reservations at least two weeks in advance.
Ages 5 to 7
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The Mail Must Fly
Includes delivering the mail in a scavenger hunt, a biplane craft workshop where you can fly your biplane in a barnstorming challenge and an opportunity to take the controls of a Cessna 150!
(120 minutes)
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Helicopters Up and Down
Includes an interactive tour of the Museum’s helicopters, learning the different sounds helicopters make, how they fly, and what they are used for. Kids get to make and launch their own pair of rotors from the Museum’s mezzanine balcony, and come away with a cool 3-D paper helicopter they make themselves.
(120 minutes)
Ages 6 to 13
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Jet Pack
Includes the “Jet Mania” obstacle course, tours of our jets and cool hands-on aerodynamic experiments in the “Soaring Game”.
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Aircraft Missions
Includes a fun tour of the aircraft in the collection focussing on their different missions, a large mural craft activity and an opportunity to take the controls of a Cessna 150!
(120 minutes)
Fees for the children ages 5 to 13 is $4.50 per participant, per program with a $100 minimum charge (maximum 30 participants). We can accommodate groups with more than 30 participants. All accompanying adults are admitted free. Fees include all applicable taxes and Museum’s general admission.
*Sky Stuff and Aviation Adventures for Groups are part of the Museum’s Next Generation Program, sponsored by Pratt & Whitney Canada.
From the Ground Up!Evening Program
From the Ground Up! allows your group to enjoy the same activities and workshops as for Night Flight without having the participants sleep over. Just like Night Flight, this program can be tailored to suit your needs, including curriculum objectives and scouting and guiding badges.
Typical Schedule
Please note that the times can vary depending on your time of arrival and the activities may vary based on the age group and/or the season. Your own schedule will be set during our phone conversation the week prior to your visit.
- 5:00 Arrival, welcoming, rules etc.
- 5:30 Supper (*)
- 6:15 Interactive demonstrations Taking Off and The Body in Flight (Science and technology)
- 7:00 Amazing Air! Workshop (Science)
- 8:00 At the controls of the Cessna 150 (Technology)
- 8:45 General Guided Visit of the Museum in the dark using flashlights (History)
- 9:45 Departure
Please note (*)
Prices do not include meals or snacks. For information
on catering options, please e-mail the Reservation Office at
, and indicate “From the Ground Up! Catering” in the subject box.
Format: Interactive guided tour and workshop
Cost: $12 per student, $6 per accompanying adult
Minimum fee: $200 per group (maximum 35 participants)
Duration: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
From the Ground Up! is part of the Museum’s Next Generation Program, sponsored by Pratt & Whitney Canada.