All aboard! The world’s most beloved #1 blue engine will roll into
The Magic House for exciting fun and adventure. Thomas & Friends™:
Explore the Rails!, an interactive exhibit created by Minnesota
Children’s Museum and inspired by the popular children’s series
now on Nick Jr, will steam into The Magic House on September 21 for a
three-month stay though January 5. Featuring the favorite engines and
destinations from Thomas & Friends™, the STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math) –focused exhibit seeks to engage children,
ages 2 through 7, and families in foundational skills that foster STEM
literacy through playful learning experiences. The exhibit
incorporates foundational STEM practices that encourage thinking
mathematically, making comparisons, experimenting to solve problems
using a variety of methods and tools, thinking creatively and
reflecting on actions and results. Visitors to the exhibit will be
delighted as they find themselves surrounded by the Island of
Sodor’s iconic locations: Knapford Station, Sodor Steamworks and
much more. In the exhibit, children help Thomas and his friends solve
a variety of challenges, from a simple sorting and shape
identification activity to more complex engineering obstacles, such as
completing a train track using track pieces with different levels of
elevation. As children encounter new challenges and test their
abilities, the smiling faces of Thomas, Percy, Victor and others are
there to offer encouragement and remind children how “really
useful” they all are.
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The Magic House, St. Louis Children’s Museum
516 S. Kirkwood Rd. , St. Louis, 63122, MO, United States