Planet Word: Community Day | District Fray

Monday, October 24, 2022

Planet Word: Community Day

925 13th St., NW Washington, D.C. 20005

Planet World Museum

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ONGOING:

(4^th floor) Blind Date with a Book with the artists at Relume Co – one free book for every museum visitor. Longer description here.
(lobby) Free Haiku with the poets at Hakuists – take home a personalized haiku composed on the spot. More info here.

DROP IN ACTIVITIES:

(Classroom A) Coffee and crosswords – refuel with coffee and snacks while you try your hand at a Planet Word themed crossword and other word nerd games
(Classroom B) arts and crafts for kids – our younger visitors can make their own Corduroy the bear puppet, or for a our very youngest friends, try to pin the button on Corduroy. Visitors of all ages can get creative with Scrabble tiles and make necklaces and bracelets.
(Courtyard) wish Planet Word a happy birthday – do you know how to write “Happy Birthday in a language other than English? Sign our giant birthday card to wish our museum many happy multilingual returns
(welcome desk) drop a token in gumball/word machine to get a corny joke about birthdays!

2-3x THROUGHOUT THE DAY

Building tour – Planet Word staff gives a brief history of the Franklin School and tours the roofdeck, classrooms, stairwells, and historic door
Globe raising – Planet Word staff gives a lightning talk about the design of the globe in Spoken World and demonstrates the globe’s amazing capabilities.

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