King 5 Features Children’s Museum at JBLM
Watch now Friends from King 5 visit the Children's Museum at JBLM to feature Greentrike's second museum on Evening. Watch the segment for a tour of the Museum's playscapes and to learn more about the first community funded children's museum on a military installation.
Greentrike Turns Two
Greentrike, the nonprofit organization with the mission to honor children and champion play, celebrates its second anniversary this week. Greentrike spent the past year pedaling through difficult unfamiliar terrain while reaching huge milestones of learning and growth. During year two, Greentrike emerged from the pandemic by opening a second museum, [...]
Dr. Jill Biden Visits The Children’s Museum at JBLM
We had the immense honor of the First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, visit the Children's Museum of JBLM and state its importance to the military community.
Gold Star Community Program Award!
We’re honored to say Greentrike has been awarded the Gold Star Community Program Award! The Tacoma Public Schools Partnership Office instituted a Gold Star Community Partner Award to recognize and thank amazing partners who go above and beyond in supporting student success. Greentrike was selected as the recipient for the Gold Star [...]
Whole Child Summer Camp registration open now!
Registration for Whole Child Summer Camp is open now! Take your pick from nine different camps located around Tacoma! Sign up here: https://www.metroparkstacoma.org/whole-child-camp/
Whole Child Day Camp continuing through summer!
Good news! Due to popular demand, Greentrike is continuing its partnership with Metro Parks, YMCA, and Boys & Girls Clubs to extend Whole Child Day Camp through the summer! Watch for registration information soon.
How Do We Speak With Children? Podcast
Our podcast, The Center, has a new episode! In this episode, we ask: how do we speak with children? We sit down with Greentrike's Learning Experiences Director Alyssa Tongue, and find out about the science, the practice, and the reality of speaking and sitting with children. Transcription below: SHAUN (narrating): [...]
COVID-19 Update for Play to Learn
Update: Please visit our page designated for up-to-date information for COVID-19 closure and program changes. Our highest priority is the safety of our visitors and friends who participate in our programs, and visit our spaces. This includes staying healthy after visiting our museum or one of our programs. With recent [...]
Healthy Practices
We want all visitors and guests of our programs to be safe, and healthy after they play at Children's Museum of Tacoma, at our Play to Learn classes, or any of our programs. To insure this, we ask that all guests, adults and children alike, wash their hands before entering [...]
The Center : a podcast by Greentrike
We are excited to announce and share our first four episodes of The Center - a podcast produced by The Muse: A Children's Center staff and students. The children, and our host Shaun, discuss what it means to be a friend, and how to pretend, and even share some spooky [...]
