Alet Boshoff wrote: > Hi Emily, I'm Alet Boshoff, Coordinator Youth Market development from the > Northern Flagship Institution in Pretoria, South Africa. > Yes , we do run ECD programmes in some of our museums, which we believe have > the correct mix for this age group. > ECD learners love programmes with > * lots of interactive play; > * live animals; > * natural science, not even with live insects, but are still more interestd > in live things; > * musical insruments which they themselves can play ; > * dancing to music; > *singing simple songs, clapping their hand to the rhythm; > *Skipping to a rhythm; > *listening to stories, but above all watching Puppet Theatre. > > One needs however to be careful: > * young ones can be qiute destructive and break thing easily,as they tend to > climb ,sit, lie on everything possible; > * and keep in mind that the various age groups do differ in their likes and > behaviour eg 2 yrs olds will differ from 3 yrs olds; > *5 -- 6 yrs old are more steady in behaviour. > > It is a wonderful market to tapp into, very rewarding! > Presentators of these prgrammes need however to understand them very well. I > found it necessary to let all my educational officers be specially trained > in working with ECD learners. > Lots of sucess to you, may you enjoy it! > Kind regards, Alet Boshoff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Talita Fourie" <[log in to unmask]> > To: "Matlou, Alpheus" <[log in to unmask]>; "Boshoff, Alet" > <[log in to unmask]>; "Saskia Kempff" <[log in to unmask]>; "Steyn, Ansie" > <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:42 AM > Subject: [Fwd: Early Childhood Development programs at Museums] > > > > > > > "Holtrop, Emily (MHM)" wrote: > > > > > Hello Museum listers! > > > > > > I am writing to find out what other museums and cultural institutions > are > > > currently doing in the way of early childhood programming (4 and 5 year > > > olds). It has been brought to our attention that this is a hot group to > > > market programs to and we are looking to jump on that band wagon. If you > > > have any suggestions on what has worked and what hasn't worked for you, > > > please share! Also if you have a website that I can look at that tells > of > > > your programs, I would love to see it! Thanks so much! > > > > > > All the best > > > Emily Holtrop > > > Historical Museum of Southern Florida > > > > > > ========================================================= > > > 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).