shedd aquarium: We planned on the Sears Tower and the Planetarium. I think we would have time for one more stop. He has already been to the Shedd Aquarium. I want to take him to a really neat place to eat also that is geared towards kids. Thanks!|||Since you are in the area, you should definitely check this out: http://family.go.com/travel/vacations/il鈥?/a> kid friendly, parent approved! Good luck! and have fun in our city!|||The Museum of Broadcasting is One the Field Museum is two and Navy Pier is Three, I would go as many Places in the City as Possible.|||Navy Pier, The Field Museum, Dave and Busters arcade maybe? you should go to Rainforest Cafe to eat! its really really cool!|||How about the Field Museum to see 'Sue' the T-Rex or any of the awesome stuff at Museum of Science and Industry.|||Of course you meant to say my 6 year old and I, didn't you? Museum of Science and Industry Natural History Museum Lincoln Park Zoo All of those are really fun places...I think the Museum of Science and Industry is the most fun for a kid. Have fun~|||rainforest cafe... it is so cool inside and so many things to see. and yes, it is still there.|||I have a five year old son, I live and work in Chicago tourism, so here's a few suggestions. ***Lincoln Park Zoo is free & open year round. Aside from all of the animals, if the weather is nice you can take him for a ride in one of the paddle boats in the lagoon where you get an excellent view of the city. Don't eat "zoo food" though, you're only a block or so from Melo's, RJ Grunt's, Stanley's, and the Chicago Pizza & Oven Grinder Company. ***Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is also a pretty nice stop for kids. My son really liked it there, there's lots of hands on stuff for them to do, and a butterfly sancturary which is like a huge greenhouse loaded with like a good thousand butterflies. You're right by the zoo, so the same suggestions for restaurants go here. ***Muesum of Science & Industry is my son's favorite. There's lots of boy things there like a bunch of actual trains, cars, and airplane simulator, a huge model of Chicago also with working trains...best of all, an actual coal mine exhibit! You travel in an elevator a few hundred feet below the muesum to a coal mine where you learn all about the business. The highlight is a ride on a coal train, like you were a miner on your way to work...though it is closed for renovations until 4/4. Not much notable to eat in the Museum, or within a block. If you want walk or take a cab up to 53rd & Harper...I usually eat at the Leona's or Hyde Park Gyros. It's way better than eating at the Science Cafe in the muesum. ***Navy Pier is very nice for kids. There's the Ferris Wheel, a mini golf course, a Children's Muesum, and the IMAX theater that shows really wicked 3D educational movies & usually one kids movie, like right now it's Spiderwick. When it warms up the Pier is reall nice, fireworks at night, and funnel cakes along the pier. Eat at Capi's at the main entrance, it's pretty nice...a definite upgrade over the McDonalds and America's Dog.|||the navy pier was cool but i was like 10 when i went and i was kinda bored. the field museum is cool too and the science museum is really cool cuz its all hands on but it took us like 3 hrs to go through it all and we were movin really fast. the museum of science and industry is what its called.|||-You must go to Rain Forest Cafe to eat, so much fun for kids! -Kohls Childrens Museum at Navy Pier................(all of navy pier is good for kids) - Yummy gourmet popcorn at Garettes Popcorn shop on Michigan Ave. -Ethels chocolate lounge on Michigan Ave|||the bean during the summer and you have to go to the first unos ever to eat where the classic chic ago deep dish was invented|||Rainforest Cafe! if its still there...|||American Girl Store!|||Navy Pier!