I had to do a career day for K-2 students, which was a bit daunting!  I
had a PowerPoint where I did a Google map where I showed how I got from
where I worked to their school, then I had a picture of our office area
to show what work looked like.  I talked a little bit about the kind of
things in the collection and that our job is to take care of these
items. Really basic stuff, and then I showed images of some cool stuff. 

Then I told them we were going to do what curators do and I gave each
table a reproduction of different photographs that had kids working.
Each group had to decide what was going on in the photograph.  At the
end each photograph was on a PP slide and then each group talked about
what they thought was going on.  During group work I walked around to
help them out. I had 45 minutes to do all this for about 4 different
classes of students.  It actually worked really well.  Even at such a
young age they really like looking at the photos and thinking about what
was happening.  Especially since many of the kids in the images were
around their age.  I also had some small white gloves which I made them
all wear which make everything infinitely cooler.

One thing to consider is instead of just touching and showing, actually
have them do something.  Like I said, I had no idea if I was going to
stand up there and hear crickets chirp or not, but the kids really got
into it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of las834
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 8:40 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Museum-in-a-Box for Kindergarteners

Hello Colleagues,

I have been invited to come to speak (present?) to 60 kindergarteners
about
what museums do. (!!)  I am a curator at a small history museum and have
done presentations and Museums-In-A-Box / Discovery trunks for school
children before, but not for this young an age group.  The teacher who
wants
me to come is so excited...so I am asking for your input, suggestions
and
help for what type of presentations you have done and what types of
things
you brought with you that would work for this little age group.  Please
advise and thank you!

Best,
Laurie

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at
http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed
information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail
message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should
read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message
to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read
"Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).