A Day at the Museum

Sweltering in the heat yet? Does the pool that froze you in June feel like bathwater now? Do you have a countdown timer until the first day of school begins? Do yourself a favor and take the kids to a museum. Sometimes an adventure into science starts in seeing something you never imagined you could lay eyes. Ten-billlion year old diamonds? I think yes. A working butterfly hatchery? Absolutely! Magic in the eyes of your kids? Come on, even if you had to pay for that it would be priceless. Sometimes you have to see an old thing from a new light, or maybe see it for the first time. Museums spark the imaginations of kids; they spark curiosity and questions and an excitement about the world around them. Summer goal? Make a museum scavenger hunt: have your kids seek out the following:

1) One thing you loved that you never saw before.

2) Find something that grosses you out.

3) Share something you learned that you didn’t know before.

4) Something you want to learn more about when we get home.

5) Tell me about your favorite thing you saw today and why.

As your children see things they’ve never seen before, before you explain what it is, ask them what they think it is and what they would do with it if it was in their house. Ask them to choose what things they would buy if those things were for sale or they could find one. Make the museum an adventure! Most of them are free or reduced in price and air-conditioned. I love the ‘discovery’ center for kids but don’t rule out the classic museums. There is science to everything: how paints were made, how cannon balls fire, why fabric disintegrates over the years. Talk about that kind of stuff with your kids and look it up at home. All of you may discover a whole science you never thought you’d love!

Happy Summer!
~ Dr. H

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