Paris with my kids

Le Louvre

This is the last workshop that the boys were in the Louvre. Comic fans, they loved the workshop. The host was very friendly, crucial for the success of a business.

Visit the Louvre, a choice of work, quick drawing in a notebook provided by the Louvre at that time, and completion of the comics page in a manner explained by the facilitator.

Since then, Simon has discovered a new passion: the creation of BD

Practical Information

Price: 9 euros

Booking 14 days in advance

6-8 years: 21/09, 23/11, 10/12 at 10:30, 27/10, 14/12 to 14 h 30

8-12 years: 25/09, 09/10, 16/11, 20/11 to 14 h 30

Scéance 2 hours

Louvre Museum
75058 Paris Cedex 01
France
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Tel.: (33) 01 40 20 50 50
Fax: (33) 01 40 20 57 05

Monet's garden at Giverny

 

Last Sunday we went to visit Monet's gardens at Giverny. It was very hot but the ride was very pleasant.

Firstly, towards Vernon, where we picnicked along the Seine. We found a very nice place with few people. To get there, go past Vernon Beach (without interest), cross the bridge, and it is right after the bridge on the right: big spaces to play, tables, trees for shade .

Then to Giverny : it is imperative to buy tickets before on fnac.com, you avoid the queue at least one hour!

Here, you walk in the very fresh gardens. All the flowers were in bloom, even the famous waterlilies: a wonderfull place

You also visit Monet's house.

In all, it takes one hour visit.

We went back home because it was really too hot especially for Anthony, our baby,  but we had planned to go to Auvers sur Oise, the village of Van Gogh.


Practical Information:

Paris-Giverny: 88 km

Open daily
1 April to 1 November 2010
from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Admission Prices 2010 Home & Garden: Watch more expensive booking through fnac
Adults: 6,00 €
Children - 12 years: 3.50 €
Children - 7 years: free

Children's workshop in Quai Branly Muséum

Yesterday, we went to the Musée du Quai Branly with children. We have lunch at the coffee Branly. Simon participated at the children's workshop : "Doudou" Valentine, Felix and I have listened to a story we tell the adventures of a little girl named Rena, who travels America in search of his lost shaman. Indeed, the museum offers 5 narrated visits for family, one per continent presented in the museum: Asia, Africa, Oceania, North Africa and America. These visits last one hour and are really passionate children, a great way to make them love museums. The guide, disguised in traditional dress, tells the journey of Rena which begins in North America, where she used to hunt seals to protect against the cold and eat. Rena then gives us a traditional dance to a pole, then to her announcement that the shaman of his tribe is lost and must find it. Arming of courage, Rena began to walk across the continent: It comes down to reach the Amazon in South America, then goes back to the Caribbean islands. Advice helped various wizards, we discover during the journey the Incas, Mayas, Astèques the Mastèques, cross the Andes, talk to animals who are asking us to explain to people to stop destroying their environment ..... We discover a dozen works from the museum (Party America) and the legend that Rena will, at the end of his journey, the shaman long sought. We, certainly, will participate at the other 4 narrated visits! Practical Information Price: € 6, every Saturday at 14:30 or every day during the holidays. All tours are by reservation and buy on the spot depending on availability. service reservations: 01 56 61 71 72 Musée du quai Branly 37, quai Branly 75007 - Paris Tel: 01 56 61 70 00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday: 11 am to 19 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 11h to 21h Parking below Branly Museum, a little expensive but convenient.

Visiting Louvre with your family

We went to the Louvre last Saturday for a visit on "the stories of ancient Egypt, 7-12 years", program from the family visit in the Louvre. "

I was a little scared of theme for this workshop because I was afraid that the children are bored but it was just the opposite, and more.

We have been fortunate to have an extraordinary speaker, Sandrine. This outstanding narrator took us over an hour and a half, 3000 BC, through the stories of Egypt. At the same time funny and expressive, we've all been captivated by all these stories.

For example, we discovered that the fable of The Fontaire "The lion and the rat" was simply a repetition of an Egyptian story, how mummification was created, how the gods have prevailed among men and then ceased to govern the Egypt ...

At the end, everyone wanted to continue the stories, especially as Sandrine ended on a never ending story because Egyptologists have not found the papyrus ending. Children were stopping and asking our best cultural visit with children and without children elsewhere!

For all the workshops of the Louvre, reservations are made 14 days before the workshop. Places are rare , you must note in your diaries the dates selected.

For info, welcome to the Louvre is deplorable, so do not panic, stay and wait for the speaker (e) s.

Booking
Sale up to 13 days in advance:
- Funds for home groups, Wednesday and Friday
di de 9h à 19h and Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 am to 16h
- By phone (payment by credit card only), the
Monday to Friday, 9am to 16h 01 40 20 51 77.
Price: 4.5 € per child per adult € 8.5