A Field Trip Through The Body
While teaching kids about their bodies, ‘Sesame Street Presents: The Body’ at Bishop Museum emphasizes healthy living
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Food today, poo tomorrow! Want to know what happens in between? Well, take a field trip to “Sesame Street Presents: The Body” at the Bishop Museum and learn about the human body from your brain to your digestive system and all the way down to your feet.
With the help of Elmo, Oscar, Grover and the rest of the Sesame Street friends, island keiki can explore the human body, establish an early foundation of healthy habits, and most importantly, have fun doing it.
Jace Nagamine learns about nutrition in Mr.
Hooper’s Store Cafe
Jonah Kawamura exits Super Grover’s Obstacle
Course
“I learned to cover your nose when you sneeze because you don’t want to give people germs,” says 4-year-old Mia Kawamura as she pulls down a lever to irritate an enormous nose that actually sneezes on them.
“I learned to wash your hands with soap to keep them clean,” adds twin sister Hailey Kawamura while playing at Ernie’s RubA-DubTub, a play sink equipped with an interactive video. “And to brush your teeth so you don’t get cavities.”
“Sesame Street Presents: The Body” is a traveling exhibit with the Bishop Museum as its second venue on a national tour schedule. The exhibit, created by Thinkwell Design and Production, was launched at the Arizona Science Center last May.
“When you walk in, it’s like you’re in Sesame Street,” says Maxine Nagamine, who brought her 2-year-old grandson Jace Nagamine to the exhibit. “I think it’s really good.
All the colors are really stimulating and I like the interactive nature of it. You’re learning about the body, but at the time you’re having fun, and then there’s stuff for the adults, too. I liked the Digestion with
Oscar display, you can see the stomach acids turning.
Hailey Kawamura plays on Rosita’s Locomotion while sister
Mia makes her way through Super Grover’s Obstacle
Course
“This is actually our second go-round (of the exhibit). We were here on Sunday, but there wasn’t enough time to go through everything. And on Sunday I bought a family membership because we do anticipate coming back a lot. I think he’s at an age where he’s learning to interact with others, so this is a perfect place - it’s safe, clean, it’s got everything anyone could want for their child.”
“Sesame Street Presents: The Body” is a part of Sesame Workshop’s companywide, multi-year initiative: Healthy Habits for Life. The exhibit features four different education zones - How You Work, Your Insides, Your Outsides, and Staying Healthy.
In How You Work, children put their bodies to the test by crawling, jumping, balancing and climbing in Super Grover’s Obstacle Course; pumping, rowing or running on Rosita’s Locomotion; and dancing and boogying at Grover’s Dance Party.
For Your Insides, there’s Count’s Organ Organ, which musically teaches children about their internal organs; Oscar’s Sneeze Machine, where children can learn all about the nose, and the popular Digestion with Oscar, a display that shows kids what happens to food when they eat it starting from your mouth to your stomach and the, ah, end result.
Other activities include: Your Wonderful Hands, an activity table where children use their hands to make puzzles and handprints; Your Legs and Feet, an interactive exhibit that shows what happens when you put your legs in motion, and Use Your Head, a play-along question-and-answer game show about the parts of your head.
Jase Spargur goes on a healthy shopping spree
in Baby Bear’s Mini Mart while mom Lindsey plays
cashier
Throughout the journey, children are also reminded to stay healthy by eating healthy foods, staying clean and getting plenty of physical activity as well as sleep.
“This is great,” says Gay Shinbara, who toured the exhibit with son Noah and mom Vivian Tsuji. “I like all the interactive exhibits, and that he can touch everything and I don’t have to worry about it. He recognizes the characters from Sesame Street and he’s learning a little bit.”
“Sesame Street Presents: The Body” is open at the Bishop Museum now through April 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $14.95 for adults; $11.95 for youths age 4-12 and seniors 65 years and up; and free for children age 3 and under and for Bishop Museum members. Kama’aina rates are $7.95 for adults, $6.95 for children ages 4-12 and seniors 65 years and up.
A family membership is also available for $45 which includes year-round admission for two adults and all children under 18 in the same household. There’s also a family and friends membership for $60 which includes year-round admission for two adults and all children under 18 in the same household plus two guests. For more information, call 847-3511.
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