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ACM Groupsite is the Association of Children's Museums' central hub online. It's a space where children's museum staff, stakeholders, and partners can view upcoming events from ACM, network with other children's museum professionals, and ask for advice, share ideas, and access resources on our discussion boards.
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Session Proposal regarding Kindergarten Readiness?
: "I'm interested in creating a session that looks at Kindergarten Readiness programs that are wither in different stages of development, or are approaching this programming with a range scope and scale. We have an ongoing program at the Long Island Children's Museum (Together to Kindergarten) that is about 12 years old and we just recently complet..."
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Session Proposal: Developing Exhibits
: "Hello. I am considering proposing a session about exhibit development and would like to consider 2 angles:
1. Involving Families in Exhibit Development - at the Missouri History Museum, we opened the History Clubhouse a nearly 6000 sq ft exhibit dedicated to families (www.mohistory.org/historyclubhouse). Because this was a new endeavor for us as..."
Incentives for booking outreach or in-school programs
: "We're looking for others that have had success getting schools to book outreach (in-school) programs early (read: 2+months out). Likewise, curious if anyone has had any luck encouraging fall bookings.
We have had some success but many of our schools tend to wait until the school year is up and running, or wait until the spring semester, before t..."
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