![]() Mascots in attendance will include Sugarland Skeeters’s Swatson, Ronald McDonald, PBS Kids’ Digit from Cyberchase and H-E-B’s H-E-Buddy. ![]() Special events and performances complete with confetti cannons are scheduled for the grand opening including a drumline, Cookie Joe’s fusion of classical, jazz and hip-hop dance moves, and the Ismaili Dance Ensemble’s traditional Indian dances. The event will culminate with Kids’ Committee members presenting the key to the City of Kidtropolis, the Discovery Center’s main attraction. Local Boy Scouts of America will present the colors and lead the Pledge of Allegiance. ![]() Fort Bend County Judge Robert Hebert, seven mayors in Fort Bend County, along with city council members and elected officials will attend. representative Pete Olson, who will serve as emcee. Special guests include Nancy Olson, wife of U.S. And the first 500-children to arrive, will receive commemorative t-shirts! Baird, a global financial services firm with offices in Houston, will serve as grand opening sponsor and offer free admission to the public for the day. SUGAR LAND (May 5, 2016) – The Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center-A Very Special Project of the Children’s Museum of Houston will host its grand opening at 9:45 a.m. With the Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center, children and their caregivers, regardless of their socioeconomic status, will have access to enriching learning experiences.First 500 children to receive commemorative t-shirts!īaird to sponsor free admission on opening day The FBCDC will respond to six essential community needs in Fort Bend County: (1) to foster the development of children, (2) increase and support parental engagement in children’s learning, (3) provide learning experiences that reinforce and supplement school classroom instruction, (4) protect against the negative effects that poverty has on educational attainment, (5) serve a multicultural, multilingual population, and (6) promote workforce preparedness. The mission of Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center (FBCDC) is aligned with the Children’s Museum of Houston’s mission of transforming communities through innovative, child-centered learning. Additionally, parents in Richmond, Rosenberg and Sugar Land have benefited from the Museum’s Parent Stars program, a school-based initiative which provides bilingual resources and support so they can increase the learning and literacy skills of their children. It has worked with more than 40 partners in the community to ensure that underserved populations get free access to the Museum and to raise awareness about the Museum’s family learning programming. ![]() The Museum also has delivered outreach programming to low income families living in Fort Bend since the mid 1990s. Those summer efforts were well received with 21,000 visitors each year. In 20, the Museum conducted summer venues at available retail spaces within Town Square in Sugar Land, each for six weeks. The Museum has worked alongside Fort Bend for several years. It gives the Museum the opportunity to enrich the educational lives of Fort Bend’s children by expanding cultural and educational family-focused opportunities. The Discovery Center occupies a 12,000 square foot restored building and features six exhibits. The Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center is a very special project of the Children’s Museum of Houston.
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