Making Sense of Art
At the start of every month, the Boston Children’s Museum Art Studio unveils a new creative endeavor intended to get the gears turning in our young visitors’ minds. For the…
Category: Play and Learn Anywhere
You don’t have to be inside the Museum to take part in the joy of playful exploration. Get fun, easy ideas for play that can be experienced anywhere you are.
Enjoy the Olympics at Home!
The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics/Paralympics will be starting soon! (To avoid redundancy, I will just say “Olympics” when referring to both the Olympics and Paralympics.) Watching the Olympic Games is…
Dadding in the Kitchen: Oobleck
If you find yourself at home with your children this vacation week, and you are looking for a kind of amazing, simple, fun and educational activity to do with them,…
Fall has come: It’s time for apple picking!
The crazy, fun summer has gone, and now it’s fall. As the air gets cooler, you might feel that fewer outdoor activities are offered in the community. This calm, quieter…
For the Birds
If you are a regular follower of the Museum’s Facebook page, you’ve probably seen the photographs of the seagulls that live on our roof. I watch the gulls and take…
The Big Picture: Art and Science
Close your eyes and picture a typical scientist. Now imagine an artist. You probably conjured up two very different images. But the truth is that artists and scientists have more…
Creative Confidence – Get messy, really messy!
Having creative confidence is trusting and valuing each and every one of your ideas and taking creative risks. In the Art Studio this is goal #1: to instill creative confidence…
Dadding on the Go: Travel Bingo
Ah, summertime. Warm weather, outdoor play and…the family road trip. Do you and your kids look forward to or do you dread long rides in the car? Keeping your kids…
The Power of Play 