This November TCM will hold their second annual Yuletide Tour of Homes. The tour will be on November 15th, 16th, and 17th. Tickets can be purchased here!
The “Jingle Mingle” Cocktail Party will be held Friday, November 15, from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. and will feature music and a selection of wines and hors d’oeuvres. The Fa La La Luncheon is scheduled for Saturday, November 16, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This year’s theme, “Fa La La Llama,” will offer a fun ambience that will serve as the backdrop for a delicious lunch, complete with homemade soup, salad, breads, decadent dessert and iced tea or coffee. This year we will also have a Raffle of a Christmas quilt. The quilt is a of a contemporary Christmas poinsettia design. Tickets are 1 for $5, 3 for $10 and 8 for $20. The drawing will be at the close of the Tour on Sunday and the winner doesn’t need to be present to win. FAQ can be found on our website under the Yuletide Tour of Homes tab.
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Halloween is upon us! It is time to celebrate and enjoy the candy (just not too much). Here is a list of 4 easy costumes your child can wear this halloween. 1. Frida Kahlo This is a pretty easy costume. All you have to make is a flower crown. Put together some floral clothing, a skirt, and a scarf or shawl around their shoulders. Use makeup to connect your two eyebrows, and pose like a true artist. 2. Mario and Luigi This is great for a pair of siblings, friends, or a parent and child. Throw on some overalls, add a letter to your hat, pin on the buttons to your overalls, and pencil on a mustache! voila! You are Mario and Luigi. 3. Shadows This one requires buying a black morphsuit. They are fairly easy to come by online. But on the black morphsuit and layer normal black clothing on top. Now you are a shadow! If you prefer not to use the morphsuit you can just wear solid black clothing. 4. Troll Dolls
This one requires some tights, a nude leotard, hairspray, and some hair color. Tease up the hair as high as possible and spray it with easy hair spray paint. Temple Children's Museum is a member of Museums for All. "Museums for All is a cooperative initiative between the Association of Children's Museums (ACM) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to offer a signature access program that encourages families of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits" (Museums for All). So, what does this mean for you? Almost all events hosted and led by the Temple Children's Museum are free. In a situation where an event is not free any family receiving SNAP benefits still receives free admission to the museum, exhibit, or program. More info on Museums for All can be found at: https://museums4all.org/
Every Third Thursday of the month you can join Temple Children's museum for a pop-up at Bird Creek Burgers. We bring an exhibit from the museum and set it up for children to have fun and play! Our next pop-up is this coming Thursday for 5-7pm! KIDS EAT FREE WITH THE PURCHASE OF AN ADULT ENTREE We hope to see you join us in the future for a Third Thursday at Bird Creek. Below are some photos from fun we have had at our Third Thursdays.
Play is essential for the development of Children. The American Academy of Pediatrics says "Play is essential to development because it contributes to the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and youth." Play is so important that it is recognized as a human right for every child. Children are creative individuals who have great ideas for play. Often play is controlled by adults. Unfortunately, when play is controlled by adults children follow adults rules and guidelines and aren't as creative in their play. It is important to give children the tools and resources they need for play and then let them play on their own. At Temple Children's Museum we make play a priority. All of our exhibits are created to give children an environment to explore, play, and be creative. Children can come to TCM events and play however they want. We believe in the importance of play and encourage children of all ages to work together in play to create something fun. Corrie Hermans-WebsterDirector of Marketing Source: The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds, 2007, Kenneth R. Ginsburg and the Committee on Communications, and the Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/119/1/182
TCM was hard at work last Fall recruiting board members and forming committees to bring you all things STEAM this Spring. Our first board meeting took place at the Cultural Activities Center in January of 2018. We now have a full working board of directors, a FUNdraising committee and an Exhibit/Design Committee that meet on a regular basis. Our Programs committee is slowly taking shape and we are adding new volunteers all the time. Other committees that are actively seeking new members are our Facilities, Marketing and Capital Campaign committees. If you're interested in being part of TCM head over to our contact page and drop us a line! Without further ado, I'd like to take this moment to introduce you to our OFFICIAL Board of Directors for 2018... if you'd like to read more about them please head over to our Board of Directors info page and check out their bios! Executive Committee
Susan Chandler - President Ellen Burnett - Vice President Kathryn Hermans - Parliamentarian Hannah Weekley - Secretary Bruce Bates - Treasurer Board of Directors Bruce Bates Joelle Bedwell Susan Gaskins Jenny Harvey Daron Jermstad Megan Kiella Andrew Lambert Kayla Landeros Chonie Pischinger Jennifer Williams Did you know that TCM is 100% run by volunteers?? No one gets paid, not even our board members. Over the past year we have had some AMAZING people volunteer with us periodically and a couple that have decided to stick around for a more long term opportunity. I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to our Design Committee Chair - Cara Deetz and our Programs Committee Chair - Susan McCoy. Without these women TCM would be lost. They, along with our board members and committees are responsible for bringing our exhibits to life and into the community! I asked them to share with you a little bit about themselves below - if you'd like to know how you can be more involved with TCM sign up for our newsletter here - or hop on over to our contact page for specific needs we are trying to fill! ![]() Cara Deetz Design Chair How long have you been in the Temple area and what brought you here? I’ve been in the Temple area since May 2017. I have family here and my husband got a job here! What interested you most about working with TCM? I’ve always worked with kids and my degree is in art education. Getting to use my passion in art and working with kids, while constructing exhibits in which children can learn is really rewarding! What is your favorite memory with TCM to date? A fellow exhibit design committee member and I took a day trip down to Austin for a couple meetings for upcoming exhibits. We got to know each other a lot better, while also having some very interesting experiences! My tire blew out, we were late to our first meeting and what I we thought was going to be a few hour trip, turned out to be a very long day. BUT- it was fun getting to know her better both professionally (talking through what directions we’d like the museum to head) as well as personally (through some crazy experiences together). How do you spend your free time (besides working with TCM)? I spend time with family and friends. I also enjoy doing art projects, cooking, and baking. What does TCM mean to you? TCM has been a great way to meet new people as well as really grow me in ways I haven’t yet experienced! I love getting to work with the Exhibit Design Committee and really enjoy watching the array of talented people we have on our team come together and really dream up some really awesome ideas for exhibits. But not only the dreaming, but their ability to make it become a reality. ![]() Susan McCoy Programs Chair How long have you been in the Temple area and what brought you here?
Although we've lived in Belton 17 years since my husband's retirement from the military, I moved into Temple ISD 10 years ago after teaching elementary classroom and finally visual arts in Killeen and Belton. Temple ISD was actively moving toward recognizing education through the eyes of multi-intelligent students and accommodating student learning from different perspectives making it an exciting place to be! What interested you most about working with TCM? I retired this past May having taught 21 years feeling as though education was not an adventure anymore. So just by chance, when I discovered the Temple Children's Museum as a work in progress I could not have been more excited to have found a new adventure and that missing link where students and teachers could surprise each other while making their own discoveries! I truly believe children's museums and schools working together to advance learning is a win, win relationship. What is your favorite memory with TCM to date? My favorite memory and "this is it!" moment came when Kathrine and I introduced The Paws & Claws Vet Clinic as a traveling exhibit to Chisholm Trail Elementary in Belton for Career Day. The kids were excited and interested. We learned from each other. The students were able to experience for themselves what becoming a Veterinarian might be like, all from make-believe and play. (So many "light bulbs" going off it was almost blinding!). How do you spend your free time (besides working with TCM? It's funny to think I spend my free time reading and researching, traveling to see family and just sightseeing, drawing and building stuff and searching for the new and unusual. What does TCM mean to you? Temple Children's Museum fits perfectly into what I find natural to do. The best part about Temple Children's Museum is the adventure in learning I was afraid was lost but now, very soon, will to be an adventure in our children's future! We recently visited Temple ISD's "Excellence in Education" vendor fair and received a lot of questions about or Sensory/Magnet bottles. Our homemade bottles were a hit at our summer pop-ups as well with all ages!
Below you can find instructions on how to create your own at home. We used this blog post as a guide to create our bottles. Materials needed:
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The possibilities are endless with sensory bottles. Add Glitter to your baby oil for a fun twist and eye catching sparkle, or throw in some metal washers with the colored rice and use the magnets to seek them out. Some tips from our founding board member Ashley Heinrich on constructing your bottles: "The baby oil is key to keeping your metal objects from not rusting, the glitter helps to mask any discoloration on the bottle that could be caused by the oil." "I think the colored rice really works best for longevity purposes." Temple Children's Museum began to take shape over many meetings around dining room tables starting in January 2016. With the support of the community and many volunteers TCM became a reality. Today we are a museum without walls that serves Temple residents and the surrounding communities.
Ellen Burnett - Ellen has a degree in history from Texas A&M with a minor in Sociology. She is a former High School Social Studies teacher and coach. Ellen has worked with children of all ages in an education setting, from individual care to large scale classroom teaching. She currently organizes a play group for pre-school age children and their parents. Susan Chandler - Susan graduated from the University of North Texas with a BFA in Interior Design. She is Montessori certified for ages 6-12 and taught Montessori education for 9 years. Susan also has experience organizing summer programs and teaching art to children of all ages. Ashley Heinrich - Ashley graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S in Nutrition and a minor in Speech Communication. She is a former restaurant special events coordinator, summer camp assistant director, and lab manager. Ashley has worked with children and adults of all ages and backgrounds. Currently she teaches peer fitness classes and volunteers with both children and youth church programs. Kathryn Hermans - Kathryn has a degree in Education from Texas State University. She is an established member of the community, and very involved in the arts and humanities. Kathryn is currently the director of Covenant Lutheran Pre-School. Hannah Weekley - Hannah and her husband Zack retired from travel nursing to start a family in Temple. Hannah currently works as a PICU nurse at McLane Children's Hospital and has a passion for helping young families connect through hands on learning. Recently we asked each of our founding board members "What does TCM mean to you?" Ellen: "I see Temple Children's Museum as a place where parents and caregivers can experience childhood again with their kids. A place to put away the distractions of life for a few moments and really connect with one another. On a more personal note, TCM has brought me back to life, so to speak. While I enjoy being home with my kids and spending those precious moments together, I have always maintained a desire to serve others and be involved in my community. In the short time we have been around, Temple Children's Museum is already making a direct impact on the community and it feels good to be a part of that. I look forward to seeing what the future holds for this adventure." Susan: "Opening a children's museum has been a dream of mine for quite some time. I wanted a place to take my own children; somewhere we could play, learn, and explore together. I hope Temple Children’s Museum will benefit our community by providing an environment which stimulates creativity and generates excitement for learning from visitors of all ages. For me, seeing this dream turn into a reality has been very humbling and rewarding." Ashley: "My involvement in Temple Children's Museum is based on three foundations. The first is to to be a positive impact on my children and their learning. As with most moms, my children are my life! They are both a never ending full time job. Second is to be an active member in my community. It has been a dream of mine to follow in the footsteps of my grandfather, a prominent member in his community for over 60 years. Third is to promote a healthy and happy life for others through STEAM education. To be able to combine my children and my small dream with a holistic educational approach is the best opportunity I could have imagined. I believe that the extreme interest from our community members and organizations only further cements these three 'principles' and I look forward to the impact the museum will have on the people of the community for generations to come. " Kathryn: "Raising my four children in Temple and being a pre-school director I have always been aware of the need for hands on learning opportunities in Temple. When Susan came to me with this idea I immediately said 'We can make that happen!' I am very active in the community and passionate about education, so the museum really brings both of these together for me and allows me to leave a legacy for future generations in the community I love so dearly." Hannah: "To me, Temple Children’s Museum means a place to experience learning and joy as a family. Temple is the place my husband and I have chosen to raise our family, and we love everything that this amazing community has offered to us personally. Working with children has always been my passion, and sharing that passion with an inspiring group of people that spans across Bell County has been nothing short of extraordinary. Being a part of something that has the potential to forever change the landscape of Temple and its families through hands on learning and interactive play is such a humbling experience, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to be a part of something so impactful." Thank you for taking the time to get to know us! We look forward to meeting each of you at one of our pop up exhibits around town. Be sure to check the events tab for more information on where we'll be and when! |
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AuthorCorrie Hermans-Webster, Director of Marketing. Archives
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