Visual Processing: Seeing is Learning, or is It?
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Summer Camp Kick-Off 2013!
Summer camp season has begun at DuPage Children’s Museum! This year our preschoolers opened up with Earth Science Explorers, which engaged the children in dirt digging, sand raking and much more! In...
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Getting Ready to Read and Write
Reading and writing develop in many ways and at various ages in young children. These skills can begin forming long before a book is picked up or chalk is used to color on the sidewalk. Adults can...
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Developing Concentration and Attention Skills
While visiting the Museum on a Friday morning, four-year-old twins are enjoying story hour in the Family Resource Center. Mom asks, “Can you jump up and down three times, just like the mouse in the...
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Decisions, Decisions!
We all make decisions each day. Some have become automatic and some take careful thought and planning—What will I wear today? What will I eat for breakfast? Will we vacation this summer? We have to...
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Memory & Learning
The development of young children is a dynamic process influenced by children’s interactions with their environment and with peers, family members, teachers and other people in their lives. From...
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Facilitating Physics Play at DCM
You don’t have to be a physicist to explore the concepts of physics at DuPage Children’s Museum (DCM). You just need the right materials for exploration and discovery! Some concepts of basic physics...
View ArticleBubbles! Bubbles! @ DuPage Children’s Museum
Bubbles are a fascinating summer favorite! At DuPage Children’s Museum they are a year-round favorite! Many questions can invade play as we think about what might cause common household items to come...
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Summer in Review: Preschool Summer Camp!
Part One. The end of summer is upon us. Soon we will get into fall routines and summer will be a memory. Before we move into fall schedules, let’s celebrate a bit of summer with a look back at...
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