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Welcome to Bellaboo's Play and Discovery Center. |
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Birthday parties have their own check in station to make it easier for birthday party guests. |
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Bellaboo's cafe is conveniently located in the center of the building surrounded by the play rooms. The five private birthday party rooms are located in another area of the Center. |
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Play rooms line the perimeter around the cafe. |
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There's plenty of seating at Bellaboo's cafe. |
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Watch for the Born Learning Trail Signs throughout Bellaboo's and then do the activities along with the little ones. Born Learning is a part of United Way's Success by 6 program. For wonderful resources click on their link
www.UWSuccessBy6.org
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Don't forget there is free WiFi for adults. |
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 Support our Bellaboo's Room Buddy. Check out Children's programs by clicking on the logo
"I love it. My daughter is almost 3 years old and can't walk without help. She stood for 1/2 hour in the water play room. This gave us great joy and hope for her. Thank you so much." Helene
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Support our Bellaboo's Room Buddy. Check out public radio by clicking on the logo
Every parent knows that water is magic. In Bellaboo’s water play area children can manipulate gates to change the flow of water and direct boats. The water play is two levels to fit the needs of shorter and taller children and is wheel chair accessible. |
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The water table is one of the most popular rooms at Bellaboo's. |
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Big blocks, construction cones,hats and vests provide kids the needed tools to build. |
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Little builders don't want to leave the construction zone. |
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The train table is two levels of train fun. Children may stand along the perimeter of the
table or duck underneath into one of the two holes. |
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The train table is easy for all sizes to reach. |
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Each room has seating areas for grownups so adults may keep an eye on little ones as they play. |
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The Tot room, just for toddlers and crawlers, is paddled throughout and filled
with lots of colorful soft toys that will be cleaned though the day.
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Items especially for "little hands" provide a perfect place to play and explore. |
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Children use their incredible imaginations when they play so Bellaboo’s promotes and supports imaginative
role-play
with props and loose parts. The "street" leads to the play kitchen and dress up. |
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The pretend village is a favorite location. The grocery store, pizza parlor, dress up room and play kitchen are connected by a "street" dotted with mail boxes. |
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At Bellaboo’s activities are designed to match children's physical size and abilities. This includes height, grip, reach, and field of vision so tasks can be performed with a minimum of stress and maximum of efficiency and safety. |
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Dollies need to eat, too. |
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"Let's treat dad to lunch." |
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Dress Up and playing in the kitchen! Is there a better way to spend your day? |
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In the pretend village the kitchen, grocery store, house with dress up play, and pizza parlor offer a variety of play options that support learning. |
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Preparing to open the store. |
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Checking out. "Would you like paper or plastic?" |
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It s busy day at the market. |
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There is plenty of opportunity to climb and exercise. Remember, socks are required in the climbing gym and ball pit. Save yourself some $ and bring them with you. Otherwise we can sell you a pair. |
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What kid doesn't like to climb and slide? Don't forget socks!! It's easy to do in the summer time when children are wearing sandals and flip flops. If you forget socks, we do have some for sale. |
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The soft play area at Bellaboo’s offers children an invitation to move within safe and tolerable limits. Filled with climbing areas, slides, and ball pit, it provides children an opportunity to explore and use those muscles. Cleanliness is important at Bellaboo’s so the balls in the pit get washed each day. Kids can even help when they put the balls through the target and watch them move through the interactive ball washer. |
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In Bellaboo’s pretend pizza parlor children can create their own dishes
and serve them up. |
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Even little guys can make the pizza. |
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Little pizza chef. |
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The face painting studio hosts child size stools and makeup lights. Using special face painting crayons, children decorate their faces in numerous ways. |
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We know that children learn by doing. Providing a place for them to paint their own faces, rather than doing it for them, stimulates creativity. Looking in the mirror to create their own design stimulates coordination and thought processes. |
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In the art room, both self-guided and instructor-based art activities are offered.
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There's a bit of the artist in each of us. |
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Colorful child sized table and chairs with lots of artist tools bring out the artist in everyone. |
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Storytelling and school group lessons are conducted in the "theatre." |
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Stretch and reach and other exercises can be a part of the group tours. Check them out by clicking on the group reservations button. |
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The best teaching occurs when the emphasis is on joining the child in hands-on interaction rather than on imparting knowledge. Children have a natural curiosity that requires direct sensory experience rather than conceptual generalization. In the instructor-guided “real” cooking area children are seated along a work counter while the instructors are located at eye level in the cooking well. Children will mix and prepare food items |
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Each child gets to prepare their own snack. |
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Kids love to mix their own ingredients. |
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Stuffee© is a one-of-a-kind ambassador for health. He is a super-sized doll with a zipper down the middle of his chest and abdomen. When the zipper is opened you will find all of a human body's internal organs. |
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Stuffee©, with the aid of trained instructors, is used to teach children preschool through grades four about the human body and how it functions. |
