Pretend City Children’s Museum is Where Imagination and Education Come to Play!

Pretend City Children’s Museum provides children with unlimited opportunities to develop creativity and learn through purposeful play. Through 17 interactive exhibits and activities guided by a highly trained professional staff, children learn foundational math, reading and science skills, while fostering curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, organization, teamwork, self-confidence and socialization. But did you know that we are also a 501©3 community funded, non-profit organization? We rely on community support in order to provide educational programs and events, offer free admissions for underserved schools and families and operate and expand the museum. Watch our video to learn more!

Meet the Andrews, our "green" featured family!

The Andrews Family moved into the Pretend City Our Home Exhibit on Earth Day! From the City of Orange, The Andrews Family truly believes in and practices a green way of living. We hope they will inspire all Orange County Families. The Andrews make greener lifestyle choices each day such as using homemade non-toxic cleaners for their home, using green personal care products, buying local and living off their own land, utilizing an at home recycling system, and making their purchases at garage sales and thrift stores to promote the importance of reusing products.

Another interesting aspect of their story is that they are bee keepers who work to rescue bees and preserve their habitats and the precious honey they produce. Rescuing bees results in promoting the greening of our planet through the bee’s pollination process as well as adding to the natural production of honey and important bi-products! Through highlighting the Andrews’ lifestyle, Pretend City hopes to increase awareness about the critical nature of making greener lifestyle choices at home, provide accurate information on reducing and recycling waste, and positively impact the awareness and habits in our community.

Pediatric Literacy

How to choose the right book for your child’s development!

When: Monday, May 21
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

What books should you choose for your child that will help to develop important developmental milestones? Join Dr Geeta Grover, M.D., a Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Orange County Chapter, in learning how and why it is important to promote children’s literacy development. Research has proven that the more children are read to at a young age the better vocabulary they will have by age 3. Dr. Grover uses this knowledge and incorporates the importance of developmental milestones to provide parents with the tools needed to encourage literacy growth.

Members Go Green Activities

As part of our play with a purpose activities, each month there will be a specially dedicated day for our members to go green with us.

Check out this month’s day and activities:

May
• Members Go Green – Magazine Mix-Up
• Members Go Green – Newspaper Art
• Members Go Green – Crazy Crayons

June
• Members Go Green with Sid the Science Kid – Wondrous Water
• Members Go Green with Sid the Science Kid – Awesome Air
• Members Go Green with Sid the Science Kid – Lowering Landfills
• Members Go Green with Sid the Science Kid – Stump Surroundings

Learn more about Pretend City Goes Green