Tiny Sparks! (for 3-5 year olds)
Discovery Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE14JA
Friday 20th March 2026 - Friday 22nd May 2026
Spark your child’s imagination with stories about science and curious objects. This is an opportunity for tiny engineering, inventing, discovering, designing and investigating.
At Tiny Sparks young children, aged 3-5, can explore Science, History and Museum Collections each week through play, craft, activity, song and story.
Tiny Sparks is the perfect place for little ones to socialise and make new friends!
Time: 10.30-11.30am and 1-2pm
Where: Discovery Museum, Play + Invent, 2nd floor.
Cost: £3.50 per child, per session, £3 for an extra sibling.
Dates and themes:
Tickets and themes for the following sessions will be added to the website in April.
Important Notes:
We need time to prep resources for each little one taking part in Tiny Spark sessions, therefore advance, online booking is essential.
These sessions are for children aged 3 to 5 years old, due to the content, resources, room space and furniture they are unsuitable for babies and younger children - unless they are accompanying an older attendee.
The afternoon session is a repeat of the morning session, please do not book to attend more than one session a day.
What to expect:
At Tiny Sparks young children, aged 3-5, can explore Science, History and Museum Collections each week through play, craft, activity, song and story.
Tiny Sparks is the perfect place for little ones to socialise and make new friends!
Time: 10.30-11.30am and 1-2pm
Where: Discovery Museum, Play + Invent, 2nd floor.
Cost: £3.50 per child, per session, £3 for an extra sibling.
Dates and themes:
- Friday 27th March - Transport
- Friday 1st May - Floating and Sinking
- Friday 8th May - Biodiversity
- Friday 15th May - Inventors
- Friday 22nd May - Space
Tickets and themes for the following sessions will be added to the website in April.
- Friday 5th June
- Friday 12th June
- Friday 19th June
- Friday 26th June
- Friday 3rd July
Important Notes:
We need time to prep resources for each little one taking part in Tiny Spark sessions, therefore advance, online booking is essential.
These sessions are for children aged 3 to 5 years old, due to the content, resources, room space and furniture they are unsuitable for babies and younger children - unless they are accompanying an older attendee.
The afternoon session is a repeat of the morning session, please do not book to attend more than one session a day.
What to expect:
- Sessions will take place in Play + Invent on the 2nd floor. Our welcome desk will be able to direct you on arrival at the museum.
- We recommend arriving early to allow plenty of time to make your way through the museum.
- Please wear clothes suitable for messy play. You might like to also bring a spare outfit with you!
- Other children participating in the session may have food allergies, we therefore ask that no food is consumed during Tiny Sparks. Thank you for helping us to keep everyone safe.
- For Safeguarding, only adults accompanying a participating child will be admitted.
- To run sessions we need a minimum of three children, aged 3-5 years old, booked on to attend. If we do not make these numbers we will contact attendees to let them know.
