The Souris Valley Museum is pleased with the support shown for its first winter camps.
The museum held two camps for youths during the winter break for local schools. The first was Winter Wonderland Camp for children ages three to five from Feb. 20 to 22.
“In that camp, they are exploring where snow comes from and how it’s made,” said Mark Veneziano, the director-curator for the museum. “Also, they’re looking at who and what lives in snow.”
For example, they learned about the Inuit people and how they once lived in igloos.
The children also had fun playing with ice.
The Invention Camp was held for children ages six to 10 from Feb. 20 to 23. Participants learned about great Canadian inventors and their ideas. The first day of the camp, for example, saw the children learn about the history of Canadian inventors.
They were also part of team projects in which they built something.
“Thursday and Friday (Feb. 22 and 23) are basically going to be days where they could create their own inventions and figure out what they would like to invent,” said Veneziano.
Nine children were signed up for Winter Wonderland, and 13 registered for Invention Camp.
Veneziano said the museum wants to offer camps during the school winter and spring breaks now that the museum is a year-round attraction. The response from the community has given them confidence that these camps will be annual events.
“Everything’s great,” Veneziano said. “It has been a very busy day with the kids here, but we’re very excited. We are happy to be open, and we’re happy to still provide these programs to our community.”
