Planet Word Community Day
About The Event
Planet Word is celebrating its 2nd anniversary with a spirited Community Day!
Activities include:
ONGOING
• (4th floor) Blind Date with a Book with the artists at Relume Co – one free book for every museum visitor. Longer description here.
• (lobby) Free Haiku with the poets at Hakuists – take home a personalized haiku composed on the spot. More info here.
DROP IN ACTIVITIES
• (Classroom A) Coffee and crosswords – refuel with coffee and snacks while you try your hand at a Planet Word themed crossword and other word nerd games
• (Classroom B) arts and crafts for kids – our younger visitors can make their own Corduroy the bear puppet, or for a our very youngest friends, try to pin the button on Corduroy. Visitors of all ages can get creative with Scrabble tiles and make necklaces and bracelets.
• (Courtyard) wish Planet Word a happy birthday – do you know how to write “Happy Birthday in a language other than English? Sign our giant birthday card to wish our museum many happy multilingual returns
• (welcome desk) drop a token in gumball/word machine to get a corny joke about birthdays!
2-3x THROUGHOUT THE DAY
• Building tour – Planet Word staff gives a brief history of the Franklin School and tours the roofdeck, classrooms, stairwells, and historic door
• Globe raising – Planet Word staff gives a lightning talk about the design of the globe in Spoken World and demonstrates the globe’s amazing capabilities.
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