Children learn best from exhibits involving lights and colors, which means you can either take them to a children's museum or let them rub their eyes too hard. Teach wee ones safely with today's Groupon: for $14, you get one-day admission for four to Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City in Shawnee (up to a $28 value). Admission is normally $7 for entrants age 3–63, $6 for those 64 and older, $4 for children 1–2, and free for children younger than 1 year old.

Recently named Kansas City’s Best Museum for kids by ParentsConnect, Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City stimulates young minds with fun-filled science and art activities. With a one-day admission, tykes and recovering tykes get full access to all of the museum’s interactive exhibits, such as the agri-themed Farm to Market area, the aqueous H2Oh! zone, and LEGO Ocean Adventure, where diminutive explorers can discover life under the sea and battle giant squids made of plastic. Exhibits are generally geared toward children age 2–10, though younger sprouts can investigate the goings-on at Small Wonders, a specially designed room perfect for crawling, climbing, and make-believe Magna Carta signings.