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Raise Your Play IQ – Power of Simplicity
by Alix Tonsgard
There is no doubt that parents, caregivers, daycare providers, and early childhood educators are under a tremendous amount of pressure to provide...
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DuPage Children’s Museum receives grant from Exelon Foundation to fund AWEsome Electricity exhibit
Above / DuPage Children’s Museum receives $100,000 grant from Exelon Foundation to fund AWEsome Electricity exhibit at its location at 301 N. Washington Street,...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Books for raising critical thinkers
by Alix Tonsgard
Providing an environment that stimulates creativity and innovation is one of the things we are most passionate about at DuPage Children’s Museum...
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Raise Your Play IQ – The early years: Learning through play
by Alix Tonsgard
I have been thinking about the Museum’s youngest visitors, the myths and realities that surround the early years, and what we do...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Physics in action
by Alix Tonsgard
Approaching the topic of science with young children can be daunting to those with little science background, or for those who may...
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Raise Your Play IQ – What’s really going on at the water table?
by Alix Tonsgard
The water tables are always busy here at the Museum because children are naturally drawn to water. Maybe it’s the way light...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Why do children love fairy tales?
by Alix Tonsgard
In present day when you mention fairy tales most people will automatically think of Frozen, or the like, and will equate young...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Learning Through Play with Bubbles
by Alix Tonsgard
Bubbles are a classic activity enjoyed by almost everyone both in the Museum and out. Like many experiences here at DCM, bubbles...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Play to Learn|The Caregiver’s Role
by Alix Tonsgard
Research has demonstrated time and again that providing rich and varied play experiences for children definitively has been proven to boost children’s...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Dig Your Hands In and Satisfy Your Senses|Sensory Play
by Alix Tonsgard
Childhood is often loud and messy, and while it may seem that this is the case merely to test our patience, noisy,...
