Metropolitan Museum with Kids
Mommy Poppins has a great post on Visiting the New York Metropolitan Museum with Kids.
Her advice is well taken, and applies more broadly than just the met. There's no reason you cannot take your kids to any museum and have them enjoy it. In fact, we love taking the kids into art museums and art galleries. While we might not get to see everything we planned, it's great fun to see what they respond to.
Here's some additional tips for taking your kids to art museums:
- Prepare them. We love the mommy poppins list of books for the Met, and we often find books about other museums on Amazon.
- Respect their interests. Over time you'll learn what your children enjoy seeing. If they're not into something, don't drag them through it thinking that they will grow an appreciation over time
- Respect their limits. The fastest way to make your children hate the museum is to insist that they stay until they've seen every last thing.
- Make it fun, and get them engaged. The goal is to help grow your children's enjoyment of art, not to make them pass a quiz at the end of the day. You might be able to slip in the names of a few painters or movements, but really your focus should be on things your kids respond to.. For young kids, it can be fun just to talk about what they see in the picture, which colors they like, or which is their favorite picture in a room. Toddlers love to mimic the poses they see in sculptures. Older kids might enjoy a museum scavenger hunt where they try to find something specific or see who can find the most pictures of dogs.
Related links: Enjoying Cultural Activities with Kids and Visiting an Art Museum with Children
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Posted on August 28, 2007 |
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