PlayWiseKids' exhibits are designed to be hands-on to allow children to freely touch, feel, and play with everything. Children are encouraged to try new activities, or spend time in areas where they have enjoyed playing in the past. Our exhibits are so engaging that children frequently spend HOURS at PlayWiseKids.

The PlayWiseKids staff is constantly striving to add to or improve existing exhibits and to create new ones. So – don't be surprised if you find new dress-ups, reworked exhibit areas, or new activities each time you visit.

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Some of PlayWiseKids hands-on exhibits include:

A real Fire truck that children can pretend to drive and firefighter uniforms for dress-up Our child-sized Grocery Store complete with shopping carts, fruits, vegetables and other food packages. A Nature Exhibit designed by Long Reach High School's art teacher and Honors Art Students with oversized replicas of insects hanging from the ceiling, a pretend pond stocked with fish and a four foot dinosaur skeleton to assemble and nature puzzles. A Game Room where visitors can shoot hoops and take each other on in foosball! An Arts & Crafts area for coloring and creating masterpieces! Playhouse with a kitchen, a flower garden, and a table for pretend picnics! Dress-up areas for dramatic play where children can put on dresses, military uniforms, animal costumes and even tap shoes!!! A Tap Dance Floor with an electric piano for practicing and showing off dance moves in front of a large mirror!

Toddler Areas with slides, tunnels, dinos to climb on, manipulatives, and other age appropriate activities Oversized sandbox representing the Chesapeake Bay stocked with sand pails, shovels, and sand wheels. You may even find dinosaurs hidden in the sand! Medical Area complete with a real ambulance, x-rays, dental chairs, and scrubs, along with a life size skeleton to assemble! Soft block room chock full of oversized blocks for building Giant Block Room with over-sized tinker toys and lego's A jeep to drive with a slide in the back! Medieval Castle with a ball pit Board Room with a giant chalkboard and desks for playing school, an over-sized felt board for creating stories, and a large magnet board great for attaching letters, magnetic vehicles and magnetic animals. Train room with loads of wooden tracks and trains! Solar System exhibit for learning about outer space. This exhibit was designed and created by Long Reach High School’s art teachers and students.

What ages enjoy PlayWiseKids exhibits?

The quick answer is ALL AGES – but read on for more information…

Children under the age of 1 react positively to PlayWiseKids because they are stimulated by the colors, lights and the presence of other children. (Plus – it's a great place to meet other parents!)

Toddlers enjoy our sandbox, our soft blocks, the train room, the castle with ball pit, the jeep slide, the toddler play equipment and many other PlayWiseKids exhibits!

Children ages 2 – 10 enjoy pretending to drive our real fire engine; our new 4' tall dinosaur puzzle in the nature exhibit; dressing up and seeing themselves on television; dancing with tap shoes; arts & crafts; the game room; the ambulance and medical exhibit; putting on a puppet show; the construction room; the kids' grocery store; the Chesapeake Bay sandbox; computer games; the Board Room and the castle with ball pit!!!

Children over 10 have a great time at PlayWiseKids when they are accompanied by friends or younger children. They tend to gravitate to the dress up and dance areas, the fire engine and computer games, the nature exhibit, the game room, and the arts & crafts area.

Adults often ask if they can drive the fire engine or play in the sandbox!!! The answer is - of course – as long as you are supervising your children at the same time! We frequently see adults having more fun than the kids playing foosball or coloring in the arts & crafts area!

Because PlayWiseKids is fun for so many age groups, it is the perfect setting for a family-friendly company or group outing. PlayWiseKids can be rented-out for private parties and special events!!! Call us 410-772-1540 ext. 0 for more information.

Does the PlayWise Store sell the items that are available for play in the exhibit areas?

Many of the items that are available in our exhibits are stocked in the PlayWise Store. Customers may shop while at PlayWiseKids, or on-line at their convenience. Some of the items that you can find in the PlayWise Stores include Pre-K through third grade workbooks and flash cards, dress-ups, play food, wood kits, art supplies, educational games, bathub toys and placemats. Click here to access the PlayWiseKids store.