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Looking for Books? A few suggestions for the preschooler in your life
I spent all of this summer either being (super) pregnant and running after a 3 year old, or trying to take care of a newborn and running after a 3 year old. Neither situation left me with a lot of … Continue reading
Museums and Kids…what is the point?
What is the point of using museums in your lessons or visiting them with young children? Museums can add an element you can’t get anywhere else. Whether that is because of a unique object, physical location or something else. You … Continue reading
The Right Way to Use a Museum
It is easy to pigeonhole “how” you are “supposed” to use a museum. After all, a lot of care and thought goes into most exhibits and it seems right that you are supposed to take the entire museum, work your … Continue reading
Conferences and Trainings…What Next?
As I’ve moved jobs from the museum to the classroom to the in-between contractor existence one thing has remained constant, workshops and conferences have been a big part of keeping me professionally “healthy.” It is often the one time in … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood Education
Tagged conferences, educators, engaging, museum professionals, training, workshops
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Routines
How many times have you read Goodnight Moon? In a day? In a week? In a row? If there is a young child in your life I bet there is A book that has been read until you can let … Continue reading
Oh! You’re an educator….I have this problem….
I experienced the educator equivalent of “Oh! You are a doctor? So…I have this rash….” Sitting in my optometrists office, the very nice and clearly exhausted doctor was talking about his 2 ½ and 3 ½ year old kids. He … Continue reading
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Tagged infant, preschool, teachable moments, toddler
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From Amateur to Expert
We are used to the idea that kids need time to go from amateur to expert. We don’t expect them to roll over…then get up and run around the room. We even have a buzzy education word to describe helping … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood Education, Kids in Museums
Tagged engaging, everyday, museums with kids, teachable moments, training
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Little Golden Books: How to use them?
I recently wrote about the treasure trove of Little Golden Books that we were given by my Godfather. As part of my “museum origin story” the focus was on how their history and connection to the past was so exciting. … Continue reading
#MuseumEdChat
Slowly but surely I’ve been taking on Twitter. I’m following folks, I’m making lists…and now I’m even helping launch a weekly chat. #MuseumEdChat (Thursdays, 8:00pm EST) is for anyone in the museum world, and especially those that think about education … Continue reading
“Starting Small”- Article in “Museum” magazine
I’m very excited to share that I have an article in the May/June 2015 issue of “Museum” magazine (published by the American Alliance of Museums)! The article is called “Starting Small: How Museums Can Engage with Their Youngest Visitors.”In it, … Continue reading
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