Everyday Inspiration
With the drudgery of sullen subway rides, repetitive routines, or long and difficult days at work or school, it can be easy to become immersed in the daily grind, losing…
A Lifelong Love of Learning
At Boston Children’s Museum it’s easy to find examples of visitors learning: toddlers developing motor skills as they dance in KidPower; rising kindergarteners playing with math manipulatives in Countdown to…
Welcome Critters!
On the third Saturday of each month, Boston Children’s Museum celebrates “Critter Day” when we have special live animal presentations delivered by local organizations. Most of these presenters bring wild…
Building Social-Emotional Skills
Social-emotional development affects children in many different ways. “Social-emotional” means how children feel about themselves and how they understand others. Healthy social-emotional development contributes to children’s self-confidence, empathy, interpersonal skills,…
Sometimes Good Things Come To An End
Today is my last day as the Spring 2014 Growdon Collections Intern. It’s bittersweet because on the one hand I’m leaving behind two new online collections of some of the…
Spring Training: The Importance of Outdoor Play
This month’s blog post is written by our Health and Wellness intern, Ashlee Burgess. She is a graduate student from Wheelock College pursuing a degree in Child Life. Ashlee loves baseball…
Sometimes You Have to Play Detective
The Museum has many different countries represented in its collections, and sometimes this means playing detective to figure out what a word or phrase on an object means. Sometimes this…
Talking to Children About Difficult Situations
When tragic events happen in the world, especially in places that relate to you, it can often be difficult to cope with these events. Parents and anyone who works closely…
The Power of Play 