Museum Babies: Developing the Senses of Children through Art Activities with Parents Sarah Wright , Associate Curator, Family and Youth Programs - Gilcrease Museum Micha McCumber , OTR/L, Senior CPST, DIM facilitator Stella and Dot Star Stylist Dawn Parton , Associate Professor of Child Development - Tulsa Community College 2013 3rd International Infant and Toddler Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma Museum Babies I & II ages 0-3 years
Program Development • Pre – K classes (Kids Dig Books and Mini Masters) • Changes in parenting styles • Goals of the museum
Museum Babies I Ages 0-1 year old Twice a month Designed for parents and children First ½ hour – casual tour for parents Second ½ hour – activity for infants (Micha McCumber, instructor and TCC Early Childhood Development students)
Gallery Time - 20 minutes to ½ hour - guided
Activity Time - ½ hour to 40 minutes
Gallery Time - 20 minutes to ½ hour - guided Museum Babies II Ages 1 and 2 year olds Twice a month Designed for parents and children First ½ hour – casual tour for parents Second ½ hour – activity for toddlers (Micha McCumber - instructor, and TCC Early Childhood Development students)
Activity Time - ½ hour to 40 minutes
Review and Evaluations – Museum Babies I and II • Logistics • Personnel – bringing in TCC • Misconceptions • Parental responses • Meeting demand • Goals for program • Goals for parents Changes-based on evaluations • Times of day • Frequency • activities
Senses Activities • focuses on promoting experiences families may not provide • encourages development using many of the infant senses • incorporates museum and art as the common theme • allows child to become aware of environment/self in space • promotes bonding and a child’s feeling of safety • encourages activities from a developmental basis to promote interaction with family/child Micha McCumber OTR/L, Senior CPST, DIM facilitator
Development – The 5 Senses • Gross Motor Skills • Hearing - Head control Parent’s voice Sitting Rhythmic music • Touch Crawling • Fine Motor Skills Massage • Smell Midline orientation Pointer finger isolation Familiar smells • Taste Pincer grasp • Social Foods • Sight Safety Cause/effect Faces Color Movement Micha McCumber OTR/L, Senior CPST, DIM facilitator
Activities: • Color Wonder • Massage • Pincer grasp • Reading Books • Bubbles • Playdoh • Hide ‘n Seek • Water • Musical Instruments • Shaking • Stacking (blocks for stacking/banging together • Nursery Rhymes • Blowing • Peek a Boo Micha McCumber OTR/L, Senior CPST, DIM facilitator
Tulsa Community College • The Child Development program at TCC and our role in preparing infant and toddler teachers • Our infant/toddler teaching degrees, NAEYC ECADA accreditation, and the TCC Service Learning emphasis
• Infant toddler courses at TCC and the Museum Babies assignment experience for students • Examples of student work and reflection about the experience • Adapting the experience for your location and program
Sarah Wright Dawn Parton Associate Curator, Family and Youth Programs Associate Professor of Child Development Gilcrease Museum Tulsa Community College, West Campus T: 918.596.2774 T: 918-595-8039 F: 918.596.2770 F: 918.596.2770 sarah-wright@utulsa.edu dawn.parton@tulsacc.edu Micha McCumber OTR/L, Senior CPST, DIM facilitator Stella & Dot Star Stylist www.stelladot.com/micha michalobksu@yahoo.com Oologah, Oklahoma 918-852-7482
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