What is a children’s museum? What is Discovery Place KIDS?
September 20, 2009
Posted By: Discovery Place KIDS
Children’s museums are cultural facilities that serve the needs and interests of children by providing exhibits and programs that stimulate curiosity and motivate learning. They provide play experiences that encourage children and adults to have fun while exploring together, and offer exhibit areas that focus on development of motor, communication and social skills while encouraging a love of learning.
Discovery Place KIDS
Discovery Place, Inc. strives to create innovative solutions to meet the needs of families in our ever growing region. Our community’s highest rates of residential growth and concentrations of families with young children are found in outlying municipalities such as Huntersville to the north, Matthews to the south, and counties surrounding... Keep reading.
- Half of all parents say they end most days feeling that they spent less time than they wanted to with their young child (Zero to Three-Survey by Peter Hart Research Associates.)
- Parents want to do what is best for your child. You hustle them from one activity to the next hoping to keep them safe, stimulated and busy.
- You hope that your child will be successful academically so you expect them to learn more and at an earlier age.
- Your job continues to demand more and more of your time. It’s hard to balance between home life and your career.
- You feel disconnected from your community. There seems to be no time to know your neighbors or be involved with organizations in your community.
How can you meet these challenges?
Children’s museums are... Keep reading.
Does the community benefit from the presence of a children’s museum?
September 19, 2009
Posted By: Discovery Place KIDS
According to a study completed by the Association of Children’s Museums, children’s museums positively impact children, families and communities.
- Children’s museums help children develop essential foundational skills.
- Children’s museums respect childhood.
- Children’s museums light a creative spark for discovery and lifelong learning.
- Children’s museums are environments where families connect in meaningful ways.
- Children’s museums serve as town squares and build social capital.
- Children’s museums are uniquely positioned to help reverse stigma and discrimination.
- Children’s museums strengthen community resources that educate and care for children.
- Children’s museums contribute to local economies and reduce... Keep reading.
“Some people talk about play as if it were a relief from serious learning or even worse: a waste of time. But for children, play is exceedingly serious . . . and important! In fact, play is a way for children to learn who they are, how the world works, how to solve problems and to express feelings. Yes, play is the real work of childhood, and for young people today, many children’s museums offer play experiences that other settings are not able to give them.” Fred Rogers
Children’s museums use play to encourage children to think for themselves, expand their problem-solving repertoire through creative exploration and exercise their bodies and their minds. Exhibits, programs and workshop provided by the museum are designed to engage children in simple and... Keep reading.
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