ECHO Museum & Fun Day

We were recently given a free annual pass to ECHO Museum in Burlington, a Science Center we truly wouldn't be able to afford if it hadn't been gifted to us! It's a fun family day trip and we love the freedom to take a day off school work and head up there together.

The special exhibit is currently a dinosaur exhibit. It was a little disappointing compared to some we've seen. There were no skeletons or bones, just 5 or 6 slightly animated "statues". There wasn't even much hands-on, just a few signs to read.

Thankfully there was enough other stuff to see and do. We enjoyed an interactive presentation where the kids learned how MUD is formed and then they got to throw mud balls over the balcony onto the ground below (which Jacob of course did again and again.). 

We also saw weather exhibits, looked at native rocks in a microscope, saw some frogs and fish, played with kinetic sand and several other exhibits.

We ended up discovering the younger kids' favorite place at the end of the day-- they would have happily spent the entire time there if we had known about it. It was a giant play area with a huge slide, water tables (always Jacob's favorite), play store, and plenty of space to run around. This space alone made it worth it for them.

On the way home we stopped at a local playground to enjoy the beautiful weather, and even had our first ice cream of the season afterward!