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| - I hadn't been to the Science Center in probably 4 1/2 years, the last time Bodyworlds came to town. Yesterday, I experienced it again with my now-five-year-old son.
Since we went for the reduced evening fee, we were only able to get an 8:15 pm entrance into the exhibit, giving us more than two hours to explore the rest of the center. My son was pumped, and we spent nearly that whole time on the first floor. He is a Lego fanatic, so 30 minutes with Legos, building an intricate house with a backyard nearly killed me...but I digress. After herding him into the rest of the first floor, the fun began. Luckily, my son is very bright and inquisitive, so he did more than just push buttons on interactive exhibits. He learned.
It took a bit of effort to pull my son from the rest of the activities into Bodyworlds, but he got there and was very good in the crowded, hot, and close spaces. We looked at everything, and I gave him a little instruction at each piece. Thankfully, I had prepped him prior, so he had cursory knowledge of body parts and how things work together. Also, his father is a nurse, so I'm sure he'd heard a few things there as well.
One of the things I like so much about the AZ Science Center is the interactivity. I've taken my son to the Children's Museum of Phoenix a number of times and that just feels like playing. Here, it feels like learning disguised as playing. And, to me, that's the best way to get a child to learn. I'm thinking a membership is in our future.
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