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Author: Anna Housley Juster

Anna Housley Juster is senior director of child development and community engagement at Boston Children’s Museum working across exhibits, programs, and outreach. Anna began her career as a Head Start teacher and later served as director of content for the children’s television series Sesame Street. She holds an M.A. in Developmental Psychology, a Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning, and has spent over eighteen years researching children’s play and learning, but her two best teachers are her daughters, Alex (9) and Eliza (5). Anna’s favorite number is 3 and her favorite toy is a cardboard box.
Posted on April 19, 2016February 19, 2021

Power of Play in Action: One Mom’s Story

Welcome to our guest blog post from Mimi Tovar, mother of five and parent partner in Boston! Mimi was one of fifteen parent partners who participated in Boston Children’s Museum’s Power…

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Posted on February 2, 2016February 19, 2021

Play as Immunization: Mitigating Stress and Supporting Healthy Development through Collective Impact

This article, written by Anna Housley Juster and Saki Iwamoto of Boston Children’s Museum, is reprinted from “The Forum”, the newsletter of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Academy of…

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Posted on February 17, 2015February 23, 2021

Sick of Snow? Get Creative Inside.

SURPRISE! Weather reports predict it may snow again in Boston. This is good because we can still see the very top of our fence and a few more inches of…

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