Spark Memories. Build Brains.

Babies are born ready to learn.

Unlock the immense potential within your baby! The early years are vital for development, and parents play a pivotal role as their child's first teacher. Every experience shapes their learning abilities. By incorporating play and engaging activities, you can ignite their curiosity and boost their brain development.

Create impactful moments that shape a lifetime of learning with these engaging activities!

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Find fun, kid-friendly activities that are free or low-cost in Milwaukee County!

Enter for $2 per person through the Museums for All program
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If you participate in WIC, Foodshare, BadgerCare, or Medicaid, get a $20 annual family membership
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Enjoy family free days for Milwaukee residents
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Find free events at your local library branch or join virtual storytime from home
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Visit permanent exhibits for free on the first Thursday of every month
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Find the city’s best kid-friendly businesses, activities and events.
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Find all the free and reduced-admission rates for museums around Milwaukee and surrounding communities
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Find local kid-friendly activities
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“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read. There are only children who have not found the right book.”

Frank Serafini
"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. "

Malcom X
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play IS serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."

Fred Rogers
“Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn.”

O. Fred Donaldson
“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardour and diligence.”

Abigail Adams
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

Dr. Seuss
“Play is fundamentally important for learning 21st century skills, such as problem solving, collaboration, and creativity.”

American Academy of Pediatrics
“Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.”

Ernest Dimnet
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

Frederick Douglas
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”

Leonardo Da Vinci
"Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift."

Kate DiCamillo
“One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.”

Carl Sagan

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Spark Memories. Build Brains.

Babies are born ready to learn.

Create impactful moments that shape a lifetime of learning with these engaging activities!

Check Out This Local Organizations

“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read. There are only children who have not found the right book.”

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. "

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play IS serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."

“Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn.”

“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardour and diligence.”

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

“Play is fundamentally important for learning 21st century skills, such as problem solving, collaboration, and creativity.”

“Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.”

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”

"Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift."

“One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.”

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Spark Memories. Build Brains.

Babies are born ready to learn.

Create impactful moments that shape a lifetime of learning with these engaging activities!

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Betty Brinn Children’s Museum

Milwaukee Art Museum

Milwaukee County Zoo

Milwaukee Public Library

Milwaukee Public Museum

Milwaukee with Kids

Museums for All

On Milwaukee – 100 Things for Kids to Do

“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read. There are only children who have not found the right book.”

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