Learning through play at Discovery Museums in Acton

from MetroWest Daily News

By Chris Bergeron/Daily News Staff 

ACTON - On a nippy afternoon, twins Ava and Sophia Potts went “camping’’ at the Discovery Museums, toasting make-believe marshmallows and using little puppets to cast shadows of owls, raccoons and skunks on their tent walls.

Later, as grandparents Jeanette and George Potts watched, the five-year-olds from Natick waved their hands through a cauldron-shaped exhibit named the Sea of Clouds as if casting spells ... READ MORE