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"
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> 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
> > >
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