San Diego Children's Discovery Museum

This place is awesome! First time here with my 3 year old daughter and it was a blast. Very manageable size. Great indoor and very relaxing outdoor play area with plenty of shade and picnic eating areas. I enjoy the Children's museum in downtown San Diego, but that can be a little overwhelming for little kids. I am very pleasantly surprised with this great little museum. Returned her with my 7 year old son. He really enjoyed the museum, especially the outside area. I find this museum very pleasant. It’s across the street from a recently renovated playground, easy to make a day out of the whole area. We actually saw a performance at the Escondido Performing arts center, also across the street, then walked from there to the museum and back to the park.

Found this gem while on vacation while our toddler was going stir crazy. By the time we left it was getting very busy and a little cramped, but getting there at opening gave us a good two hours of play (both inside and out) that our daughter absolutely loved (as soon as you thought you saw everything, you found another little area that had more to do). As a three year old, her one complaint was that she was too big for the toddler area and thus couldn't go use the slide in that gated off area. She definitely has been begging to go back, though!

So many interactive projects. My grandson had a wonderful day here. Many activities help your child learn new things while playing. Best way to learn.