Small Explorers at the State Museum: Dino Motion & Maker Magic! 🦕🦖✨

Event: Small Explorers Learning Together: Dino Motion!

When: Saturday, March 14, 2026 & Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM ET

Where: New Jersey State Museum (Discovery Den) • 205 West State Street, Trenton, NJ

Event link: https://collections.humanitix.com/small-explorers-learning-together-programs

Why iCode Princeton 💛 this event We believe that the best way to learn about the world is to physically explore it! The NJ State Museum’s Small Explorers Learning Together program is an incredible, 45-minute adventure designed specifically for toddlers and preschoolers (ages 1–5) and their caregivers. This month’s theme is Dino Motion! A museum educator will lead families through an interactive Storytime, a hands-on gallery visit, and themed activity stations where kids get to build a craft to take home. We love any event that blends storytelling with hands-on, tactile discovery, that is the exact same recipe we use to make learning tech fun!

How this event aligns with iCode Princeton 🌈⚙️

• The Mechanics of Motion: When toddlers pretend to stomp like a T-Rex or learn how dinosaur joints moved, they are actually learning the very basics of physics and mechanics! Those are the exact same principles our older students use when building and programming VEX Robotics.

• Curiosity-First Learning: Exploring a museum gallery teaches kids to observe, ask questions, and interact with their environment. That curiosity is the foundation of the scientific method and computational thinking.

• From Tots to Techies: Today it’s dinosaur crafts and Storytime; tomorrow it’s block coding, Snap Circuits, and 3D printing! We meet eager young minds right where they are with our STEAM Junior program, helping them transition their love of discovery into real, foundational tech skills.

Join the fun, then keep the momentum going at iCode 🎒🚀 After your little one finishes their prehistoric adventure at the museum, keep that creative momentum rolling at the iCode Princeton campus!

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