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Mike Lee posted a reply on Re: Creating Pre-K Summer Camps
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Said: The biggest challenge we had for this age group was in terms of bathrooms and making sure kids were self sufficient. A lot of it also depends on times/models. Our camps are 2-2.5 hours long. Others are full days. ...
Jennifer Acord posted a reply on Re: Creating Pre-K Summer Camps
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Said: There's a whole different set of rules for kids younger than kindergarten. We had to jump through a lot of hoops this year to make it possible with state regulations. Before you do anything, find out what your state requires and if you can g...
Brianna Borka posted a new Topic
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Creating Pre-K Summer Camps
We currently offer summer camps for kids who have finished kindergarten through age 11 but I strongly believe that if we offered even a few opportunities for 4 and 5 year olds we'd fill them up (and spread more word about our other camps). But I only have peripheral experience with those sorts of day camps from previous jobs at nature centers and a zoo and I would love to hear from other Children's Museums what you do and any suggestions, pitfalls, etc. We wouldn't be trying this until e...
Danielle Desjardin posted a reply on Re: Grocery Store packaging - What do you fill ...
Thursday, Jul 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Said: Thank you all for your insight and photos! It's always so interesting to me to see how differently everyone does things. Jackie - I'm really interested to know how the rubber hose penne pasta has held up over time? What a g...
Elena Tsakakis posted a new Topic
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Upcoming Webinar: The shared listening experience of a children's science podcast
Hello!
The Evaluation and Research staff at the Science Museum of Minnesota are hosting a webinar, Engaging on the move: How a vehicle supports family learning conversations for podcast listeners, on July 28 at 1:00 PM Central to share findings from a National Science Foundation project exploring how a children's science podcast supports joint media engagement and family learning...
The Evaluation and Research staff at the Science Museum of Minnesota are hosting a webinar, Engaging on the move: How a vehicle supports family learning conversations for podcast listeners, on July 28 at 1:00 PM Central to share findings from a National Science Foundation project exploring how a children's science podcast supports joint media engagement and family learning...
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