South Florida Science Museum (Education Department). Good classes that enrich year-round. Summer camps, too. (www.sfsm.org/education.html)
Discovery Center, Ft. Lauderdale.
Museum of discovery, Ft. Lauderdale. (www.mods.org)
Astronomy Society of the Palm Beaches (www.palmbeachastro.org/)
Audubon Society of the Everglades. (www.auduboneverglades.org/) – They have after-school clubs for children.   
Gem and Mineral Society (Ask South Florida Science Museum)
Pine Jog Environmental Science Center (www.pinejog.org), 6301 Summit Blvd., 33415. Good sessions for kids – night walks, etc.  Florida Atlantic University sponsors this center.
The Palm Beach Zoo, Dreherer Park, West Palm Beach (www.palmbeachzoo.org) – Plan to have lunch there, too.
Young Astronaut Program – www.youngastronauts@aol.com  (Dr. Helen Gilmore, Local Contact). Individual memberships available. Some schools have clubs. The Helen Gilmore Learning Center has a Young Astronaut Club for youngsters third to fifth grades, meeting the third Wednesday of the school months, 3:30 to 4:30.
Lion Country Safari – Summer Camps available (www.lioncountrysafari.com/).
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in the Keys. You can take a ride in a large, glass bottom boat to see the reefs below. (www.pennekamppark.com)
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park Nature Center (www.macarthurbeach.org)
See displays regarding beach animals and plants. Nature walks and Guided Turtle Walks available.
Gatorama Gator Farm – US 27 in Palmdale, FL – Glades County. (www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/FLPALgatorama2.html)
Marine Life Center of Juno Beach – Guided Turtle Walks. (www.marinelife.org)
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center – 1801 North A1A, Boca Raton – Good sessions for children available. Excellent Guided Turtle Walks. (www.gumbolimbo.org)
Mounts Botanical Gardens, Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Walk through trails with beautiful South Florida plants – learn their names. (www.mounts.org)
Fairchild Gardens, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL (www.fairchildgarden.org )– Talk a walk through these beautiful gardens, and learn more about South Florida flowers, trees and shrubs.
Butterfly World, Ft. Lauderdale (www.butterflyworld.com ) – Enjoy being surrounded by butterflies. Wear colorful clothes to attract beautiful, flitting butterflies. Also a beautiful indoor display of the world’s butterflies.
Miami Science Museum (www.miamisci.org ) – They have excellent astronomy shows, and you can take the Tri-Rail to get there. That’s an experience in itself.
Arthur Marshall Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge.( www.fws.gov/loxahatchee) Good nature trails on catwalks in the swamp. Take a clipboard and pencil and let your child sketch his/her favorite plant or animal along the catwalk.
Canoe Trip – Johathan Dickinson State Park (www.floridastateparks.org/jonathandickinson) – North of Jupiter on US-1.
Canoe Trip – Peace River, Charlotte County, FL.
Kayak Lessons – Jonathan Dickinson State Park www.floridastateparks.org/jonathandickinson– North of Jupiter on US-1.
Young Eagles Program, (www.youngeagles.org)sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Call Owen Gassaway III at Florida Airmotive, Lantana Airport, to get a free ride for your child, from ages 8 - 16 (after you sign permission papers). After the flight, each child receives a certificate naming him/her a Young Eagle.
Regional Science Fair – This is held yearly at the South Florida Fairgrounds. It’s lots of fun to tour and see the variety of interesting projects on display. Call the School District of Palm Beach County Office – 434-8000 – ask for the Elementary or Secondary Science Fair contact person.

KidsPost – Monthly children’s newspaper with a circulation of 41,000, which is sent to all county schools. More than half of it is written by local children. The Helen Gilmore Learning Center is a satellite for KidsPost and has monthly meetings to teach writing/journalism skills – the third Thursday of school year months, 4:30 to 5:30. Many of our reporters’ articles are published. Call 588-3088 if interested.
County Libraries – Most Palm Beach County Libraries have a weekly or monthly children’s story time. Check for times. The Summit Library on Summit Boulevard, just West of Congress Avenue, has an excellent Children’s Library.
Spelling Bee – Check with School District offices – 434-8000.
Toastmaster’s Club – Curriculum for youngsters.
Debate – Schools sponsor teams in the upper grades. Check the Internet for more info.
Florida Stage, Manalapan – They have a yearly contest to see which youngsters, elementary to high school, write the best plays. Prizes include $500 savings bonds. The winners have excerpts of their plays performed by professional actors the night of the awards ceremony.

Jupiter Historical Society
Historical Society of the Palm Beaches – They now have the top floor of the old West Palm Beach Courthouse for a museum. They have excellent children’s curriculum which is being woven into fourth grade and eighth grade Florida history in the public schools. They have a very good film on county history.
The Historical Society of the Palm Beaches also has a fabulous film, called “The Night 2,000 Died.” It includes interviews by young, Glades, gifted children. They interviewed survivors of the 1928 hurricane, one of the worst in America’s history. Many of those interviewed are now dead.
Fort Lauderdale History Museum.
Lake Worth History Museum – Lake Avenue and Federal Highway. Excellent museum upstairs.
Palm Beach County Historical Museum – Located on North Dixie Highway in downtown, West Palm Beach, the old county courthouse, built in 1916, has been recently authentically restored. The second and third floors have an excellent collection and display of the county’s interesting history, with docents providing interesting details. Lantana Town Manager, Mike Bornstein, served as the model for the county’s unique Barefoot Mailman exhibit. Bornstein re-enacts the shoeless walk from Lantana to Miami yearly and takes participants.
Seminole Indian Village, Dania, FL.  Check out the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s website at www.seminoletribe.com  Also visit the wonderful Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum in Okalee, Florida in South Florida. Don’t miss the excellent film chronicling the history of the Seminoles. Your child is sure to find something interesting in the Gift Shop. It has excellent children’s books about the Seminoles, also.
Leadership Palm Beach County for Juniors – Good training for older youngsters.
Junior Achievement, 5601 Corporate Way, West Palm Beach, FL – 33407 – An actual, little store for children where they buy and sell to learn the ways of economics. Many elementary schools take field trips to this site.
Florida Culinary Institute, 2410 Metrocentre Boulevard, West Palm Beach 33407 – Cooking for Kids - Saturday classes.

Math and Science Fair – Check for the School District of Palm Beach County – Curriculum Dept., Elementary and Secondary Department.
Home – Do lots of cooking and baking at home to afford many fraction measuring opportunities. Buy your child his/her own flexible measuring tape. Every child loves the one that retracts by pushing a button. Be sure your child has his/her own foot ruler, yardstick AND metric measuring tools. Many tests call for children to be familiar with these quantity tools. Encourage your child to measure bed, length of a bike, skateboard, etc.  From an early age – on let your child have his/her own bedside clock. Start early showing your child how to recognize wake-up time, lunch time, favorite TV program time, dinner time and bedtime on the clock. Help your child quantify the world around him/her.

Norton Art Gallery – Take in new exhibits. After seeing the entire exhibit, ask your child to stand by his/her favorite.
Armory Art Camp, 1703 S. Lake Avenue, West Palm Beach – Good classes, good camp.
Boca Raton Museum – Art lessons.
Old School Square, Delray Beach – Music and Art for kids.
Lighthouse Center for Arts, Jupiter – Summer Camp.
Art Link International Gallery – 803 Lucerne Ave, downtown Lake Worth. See famous “Highwaymen” paintings of Florida.
Morikami Museum, Delray Beach – Workshops on Origami, Bonzai gardens and other topics.
Flagler Museum, Palm Beach – Filled with beautiful art.
Society of the Four Arts, Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach – Children’s Programs. Beautiful art exhibits that change monthly during the Winter season.
Music – Kretzer Baldwin Piano, 860 Military Trail, West Palm Beach – Kathi Kretzer offers piano lessons. She sponsors numerous music events in the community year round.
Youth Symphony of the Palm Beaches.
Klein Dance Studio, Lake Avenue, Lake Worth – Dimitri Klein is a first-class teacher.
Lake Worth Playhouse, Lake Avenue, Lake Worth – They offer children’s drama lessons. Check with other community theatre groups to see which ones offer children’s programs.
Palm Beach Photographic Workshops, Inc., 55 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach – They have summer camps that teach photography to children.

MENSA for Kids – Check the Internet for information.
Odyssey of the Mind – Children are trained in creative problem solving in this organization. Small teams of five children compete with other county youngsters to win a chance to go to state and national competitions. Curriculum is available to use in teaching individuals or entire classrooms. Check the Internet for the website.
Home Depot offers building classes for kids. Check it out.
Fishing Club of the Palm Beaches – The local club has activities for youngsters.
Keyboarding Classes available at Helen Gilmore Learning Center for all ages. (www.drhelengilmore.com)
Tutors – Tutoring available for remedial or enrichment packages of sessions, all subjects - preschool to adults – Highly qualified, state licensed teachers - Helen Gilmore Learning Center, 510 W. Lantana Road, Lantana, 588-3088, website: www.drhelengilmore.com .