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Sign up for their next PaM English-speaking guided tour and workshop at the Musée des Suisses dans le monde on 30 April, 2014
If you would like to introduce your young ones to art and culture, then there is a wonderful association called the Petits amis des Musées (PaM), which can help you do just that!
Created by Cécilia Finet, this active association currently has about 700 subscriber families, who have signed up to receive weekly suggestions on places of interest for children aged 3 to 8 years. Typically these include ideas for attending workshops and visiting exhibitions at the numerous museums and art centers in and around Geneva, most of which are free. Click here to find out more about the association, or click here to sign up and receive your weekly newsletter.
Once a month, on a Wednesday between 16h00 and 17h30, the association also runs a special guided tour and creative tea-time, focusing on a particular local exhibition or activity. Great for parents who want to get involved in an artistic activity with their child, the cost for this special event is Fr. 15.- for each child accompanied by an adult. Since the association was first launched in September 2012, the organization has run 66 activities of this kind for its members. Click here to see the full program of activities.
Local hockey association, Geneve Futur Hockey, is running a special ice hockey day for girls on Sunday, 2 October. Called “Just for Girls", the event will run from 9h30 until 15h00 at the Vernets ice rink in Geneva, and will aim to teach girls the basic skills of ice hockey, but in a fun, enjoyable way.
The event is one of many that are being held throughout the world to mark the occasion of World Girls’ Hockey Day, a new initiative being organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation to celebrate the future of female hockey. Female hockey is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, due in part to events being held like these.
Girls aged from 5 years and above, are invited to come to the ice rink at Vernets, even if they have never skated on ice or held a hockey stick in their life before! Beginners will have the opportunity to learn all about the game in the company of fellow novices, whilst those who have played before can benefit from specific training tips that will help them progress further in the game.
