Have a beach blast as you dip into a variety of special activities, like moon sand, sailboats and a lobster art project. Play beach balloon volleyball. Join the limbo contest! Learn about tropical life through stories and experiments, and design a Life’s a Beach collage.

We’re bringing the tropics to the MMCM! So, wear your tropical attire, and plan on playing fun tropical games. While you’re here, create a take-home sea turtle craft, or play in the sand box….or both!

Visitors can search for images of different seashells hidden throughout the museum. Completed scavenger hunt charts will be displayed in the Art Mart. While you’re here, try your hand at creating an egg carton fish scene, or play in the sand box….or both!

Our Students perform in 3 Christmas Variety Shows. The songs are a variety of Christmas songs played in ensembles of strings and woodwinds, piano groups, Rock Bands and choral arrangements. It is formal attire in a theater setting. Show times are: 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm, and 5;30 pm. The cost of tickets is $8.00 if purchased at our studio or $10 each at the door.

Join us for a heart warming celebration of music. SPCM students and faculty preform a variety of pieces, sure to get you into the holiday spirit. Hear pianists, recorder playerss, Renaissance Band, Klezmer clarinet, Saint Paul Children's chorus, Suzuki Strings, 6 year old drumming sensation Ky Ngo, and so much more! Proceeds benefit our Music for All program.

Math Kangaroo Competition is an international, once a year event, always held on the third Thursday in March. Any student in grades 1 through 12 qualifies if he or she can work independently: read and answer a multiple choice test. Each student receives a t-shirt, a certificate of participation, and a gift in addition to a competition booklet and a pencil on the test day. For more information, visit: www.mathkangaroo.org .

Math Kangaroo Competition is an international, once a year event, always held on the third Thursday in March. Any student in grades 1 through 12 qualifies if he or she can work independently: read and answer a multiple choice test. Each student receives a t-shirt, a certificate of participation, and a gift in addition to a competition booklet and a pencil on the test day. For more information on the contest, visit: www.mathkangaroo.org .

The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center will host COFFEE & COMET, a very early morning viewing party for Comet ISON on Tuesday, November 26, at 5:30AM! The Space Geek Team will fling open the Ticketing Rotunda and be ready to track the passing of ISON over Balboa Park! Galileo’s Café will be open—you can pre-order a light breakfast, or purchase coffee and munchies that morning. Join us to get all the breaking news about Comet ISON as it streaks through the sky over San Diego and is visible to us (weather and marine layer permitting, of course!).

Come enjoy an afternoon listening to these young violin and cello performers play Suzuki repertoire in group settings. These ensembles work throughout the semester, mastering their pieces and performance skills. Always upbeat and filled with energy, this recital will make you smile and tap your toes!

Back by popular demand, Nate the Great will dazzle the audience with his amazing magic tricks! Countdown on the hour, every hour to 2014. Crowns and noisemakers provided! Popcorn, face painting, bounce house fun, music, games, entertainment, and so much more! Celebrate the New Year with the entire family at the MMCM!