Hours and Fees

Bellaboo’s Regular Hours (Beginning September 7, 2010)
Mondays – CLOSED
Tuesdays – Thursdays 9 am to 5 pm
Fridays & Saturdays – 9 am to 8 pm
Sundays – 11 am to 5 pm

Tuesday Special NWI FoodbankThe successful canned food donation program that began at Deep River Waterpark this summer will continue at Bellaboo’s Play and Discovery Center at Three Rivers County Park this fall when the park department teams up once again with the Food Bank of NW Indiana.  For more info on the great work the Food Bank does click on their logo.

Bring in two cans of non-perishable, non-expired food and one adult will be admitted FREE when accompanied by a paid child on Tuesdays through October 26.

General Admission

  M-Fri Weekends and Holidays
Infant (under 1 year) Free Free
Toddlers (1 yr to 23 months) $4.95 $5.95
Children age 2 to 9 $6.95 $8.95
Adults and children 10 yrs. plus $4.95 $5.95

 

Children must be with an adult. Bellaboo's is not a daycare center or drop off location.

Adults are not permitted in Bellaboo's without a child.

Reservations for group field trips and birthday parties may be made by calling 219-963-2070.

Bellaboo's is closed on the following holidays: Easter, July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

WHAT IS BELLABOO'S PLAY AND DISCOVERY CENTER? The Center, designed by the White Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group, is based on the proven concept that there is a positive relationship between the way children play and their cognitive and social development.  Many facilities are adopting techniques designed to encourage the natural curiosity of children.  The Field Museum in Chicago, for instance, has opened the Crown Family Play Lab, which is all about hands-on experiences.  The key, there and at Bellaboo’s, is a simple one – children learn through play.  Everything is meant to be touched, moved, constructed, and played with.  At Bellaboo’s, activities will combine fun and entertainment leading to learning and development in a safe and secure environment. 

Educators and parents have long understood the value of play as it relates to the foundations for early learning.  When children use concrete objects in dramatic ways, such as playing in a pretend grocery store or a kid’s size construction zone, they learn social skills and competency.  Written cues through signs help children get ready to read and write.  They understand that the written symbols on paper carry meaning – even if they can’t yet read.   Play apparatus will help in motor development, including gross and fine motor skills.  

As adults, we may think children are “just playing”, but consider how much language development is happening as children respond to each other and work out the details of play. 

They’ll never know they’re learning. . . But, we will