Habitot Children's Museum

About

Our Mission

Habitot is a hands-on discovery museum designed for the youngest children, 0-5 years old, who learn through, and thrive on, play and social interaction. 90% of a child’s brain develops before age 5. Brain development in the early years depends on enriching experiences and positive interactions and relationships. Our mission is to provide a space that helps parents and caregivers—from as broad an audience as possible—raise creative, curious, and confident children.

Theme-based exhibits like our small-scale grocery store, space station and mission control, and animal hospital are designed to give young children a context for play and learning about the world. Designed for small hands and bodies, our exhibits foster social interaction, problem-solving, building confidence.

Our Approach

Advocate for Early Childhood Learning through Play Publicly demonstrate with exhibits and programs that young children learn best through play, and they become socially skilled and emotionally healthy through play.

Support Preschool Arts

Cultivate children’s natural creativity and imagination in the early years, fostering authentic, self-directed “process not product” art, and present enriching cultural performances by musicians, dancers, storytellers, and singers.

Foster Parenting Education

Increase parent understanding of early childhood development and successful parenting to enhance parent-child bonding and family well-being so children thrive. Provide a space where parents learn from each other though observation and mutual connections.

Build Community

Be a welcoming center for community engagement, parent-to-parent connections, supportive caregiver networks, and the inclusion of vulnerable populations who might not otherwise visit a children’s museum.

Programs

Kailani Ridenour
Family Programs Coordinator