Free Family Fun in Denver

Thanks to my friend Roberto, here are some free and inexpensive activities to do in Denver.

Denver Art Museum, 100 West 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000

The art museum is free the first Saturday of every month except July:

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York St., Denver, 720-865-3500

Monday, Jan. 19, 2009 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

Monday, February 16, 2009 (Presidents’ Day)

Monday, March 16, 2009

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Friday, October 23, 2009


Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield
, 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Rd., Littleton, 303-973-3705

Friday, January 2, 2009

Friday, February 6, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Friday, April 3, 2009

Friday, May 1, 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009

Friday, August 7, 2009

Friday, November 6, 2009

Friday, December 4, 2009

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, 303-322-7009

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Monday, February 2, 2009

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St., Denver, 303-376-4800

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Monday, January 19, 2009

Tuesday, February 14, 2009

Saturday, February 24, 2009

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (Veterans Day)

Other Denver attractions for families:

Colorado Railroad Museum

The Butterfly Pavilion
16th Street Mall
Buffalo Bill’s Memorial Museum
Children’s Museum of Denver
Call your local museums and attractions to find out the free days they provide.

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Favorite Charities

My favorite charities are the ones that help children and their families. Here are two I have been a part of over the years.
Christian Appalachian Project was founded by a Catholic priest, Father Ralph W. Beiting, who started this project with little money and a lot of faith. One of the first things Father Beiting did was to provide, not only for the physical needs of children and their families, but preschool and adult education. He was a man with vision like Maria Montessori.
The second charity we have enjoyed is CCF. We have had 3 foster children from India and Guatemala.
You get to know the children and their families through exchanging letters.
It’s amazing what each person can do in a small way to make the world a better place.
Giving to children is giving to our future hope.

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Snowflakes

Here is a unit study about snow flakes. It describes how to catch snowflakes, but I would not keep the aerosol spray bottles in freezing temperatures.

Here is an x-ray vision of an ice crystal.

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