Alan & Brenda Leonard

> I hope the kids aren't permanently put off museums now LOL.

Probably not, Julie. But I *can* tell you how to permanently put them off
museums. My parents were very successful at doing that, and I'm just now,
at 32 getting back into museums.

Your docent was on the right track. You must make sure that your children
are LEARNING, and learning in the *appropriate* way, at every single
exhibit. Oh, and remember, museums are to LEARN. You should not be having
fun under any circumstances. <sigh>

I tell people that sometimes I think I was homeschooled, I just went to
school, too. My mother was bound and determined that my entire life be
educational, no matter what. She thinks I'm nuts these days. (Hmmm, maybe
I am! But I'm having fun being nuts!)

brenda

disclaimer: just in case someone takes it wrong, the second paragraph
contains sarcasm....

Diane

Also, make sure they're larning the RIGHT things. My toddler used to love going
to the zoo and learning about the fences and grasses. This is *totally
inappropriate* if your goal is to put them off. They must learn *only* the
information on the sign--not other, irrelevant stuff.

:-) Diane

Alan & Brenda Leonard wrote:Probably not, Julie. But I *can* tell you how to
permanently put them off

> museums. My parents were very successful at doing that, and I'm just now,
> at 32 getting back into museums.
>
> Your docent was on the right track. You must make sure that your children
> are LEARNING, and learning in the *appropriate* way, at every single
> exhibit. Oh, and remember, museums are to LEARN. You should not be having
> fun under any circumstances. <sigh>

Tia Leschke

>Also, make sure they're larning the RIGHT things. My toddler used to love
>going
>to the zoo and learning about the fences and grasses. This is *totally
>inappropriate* if your goal is to put them off. They must learn *only* the
>information on the sign--not other, irrelevant stuff.

I loved the part in one of Nancy Wallace's books where she skipped out of
high school to go to the zoo. She used to watch the little kids being
interested in anything and everything there, and sometimes even the
animals. <g> It really bugged her when the parents tried to direct their
attention from the candy wrapper on the path to the animal they were
supposed to be looking at.
Tia

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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In a message dated 5/28/02 1:01:54 PM, cen46624@... writes:

<< Also, make sure they're larning the RIGHT things. My toddler used to love
going
to the zoo and learning about the fences and grasses. This is *totally
inappropriate* if your goal is to put them off. They must learn *only* the
information on the sign--not other, irrelevant stuff. >>

The first time Marty was old enough at the zoo to get around on his own some
and to express what he was interested in, he was interested in the BIG rope
put between people and the cactus and other plants which were between us and
the chain link fencing enclosing big cats. Not the cats, the cage, the
plants---the rope. And there was a crow.

Sandra