Parent & Caregiver Support Group is Now Once Per Month! | |
Kids Exploring Fun is an autism youth program for kids (ages 5-12) to encourage engagement, creativity, socialization, and, of course, FUN! This in-person activity group, focuses on crafts, games, activities, and more, partnering with organizations like Big Blue Canopy, ABC Pediatric Therapy, or Ensemble Theatre to facilitate the programs. Each month’s Kids Exploring Fun follows a theme, which provides a focus for each of the activities. In January, the theme is New Year’s Day 2023, where our kids will join to create Wishing Stars, make New Year Resolutions, and have fun celebrating the new year together!
The in-person Kids Exploring Fun Activity Group meets at the Linden Grove School (4122 Myrtle Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45236) on Saturday, January 14 at 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Registration for each in-person is required at the site linked below. Cost is $15 per kid, which includes the price of facilities, activity supplies, and snacks. Click the flyer on the left to enlarge and learn more.
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CAM Kids Day: Winter Wonderland on Saturday, January 7, 2023 | |
Join the Cincinnati Art Museum on Saturday, January 7, 2023 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. for a CAM Kids Day! This month’s theme is Winter Wonderland! Get out of the cold and explore an artistic winter season at the Cincinnati Art Museum (953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202). Pick up an agenda and a family scavenger hunt at the front desk, then enjoy hands-on preschool activities starting at 11 am in the Great Hall, and docent-led activities throughout the museum starting at noon. Don’t miss a family-friendly performance by the Price Hill Duo at 1:30 p.m. in the Great Hall! Plus hands-on art-making in the Rosenthal Education Center and the My CAM custom scavenger hunts are available all day.
Schedule of Events:
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11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Artmaking in the Great Hall & Storytime with the Library in the
Fountain Room
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12-1:30 p.m. Activity stops throughout the museum
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1:30 p.m. Special Performance in the Great Hall
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2-3:30 p.m. Activity stops throughout the museum
Attendance is free, and registration is not required! Learn more about the event, and about CAM, at the linked site below.
|  | Sensory Friendly Mornings at the CAC | |
The Contemporary Arts Center in downtown Cincinnati is hosting a sensory friendly morning on Saturday, January 14 from 9-10 a.m. ET. This month’s theme is Building Identities! Join in on the fun at the Lois & Richard Resenthal Center (44 E. 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202).
During this event, the Museum will be made extra welcoming to more sensitive guests. Families will be able to choose from a variety of activities and do them at whatever time they feel most comfortable. Documentation of diagnosis is not required. Participants will receive a sensory map and social narrative, and a sensory bag with fidgets, hearing protection and sunglasses. There will also be quiet space available, as well as seat cushions, weighted lap pads, and more.
This event is FREE but registration is required due to the limited size of the program. Make sure to head to their Sensory Friendly Morning site to register!
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