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Children's Museum of Montana
- Jan 20
- 1 min
Abnormal is good
It's been a while since we connected, but this felt like an important topic I have heard lately. Too often I hear, "Normal kids do this,...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min
Simple yet profound
The magic that is seen when a young mind figures out the "how" of something is so fun to me. My adorable nephew was playing at the...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
First do no harm!
We have heard that term used in creeds and covenants within the medical and first responders fields. I would now challenge all of...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Oct 4, 2021
- 1 min
Skills needed!
In our world of employment fluctuations, we hear business owners who cannot keep or find staff and we hear of unemployed saying there are...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Sep 13, 2021
- 2 min
Reaching the stars!
It is every parents wish for their children to reach for the stars and it touches our hearts when they fail or lose a challenge. Yet,...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
What about you?
There is a lot of talk about getting the kids prepared to go back to school physically, emotionally, and socially. While this is...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Jun 11, 2021
- 1 min
Importance of Play
Playing is something we see children do every day. When children play, they are not usually thinking “what am I going to learn from this...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
Are they ready?
It can be difficult for us to know whether our children are ready for school. One moment they are confident, imaginative, and grounded...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
Why do we have Children's Museums?
Writing by: Luz Chastel Messner History of Children’s Museums Introduced The world’s first children’s museum opened in Brooklyn, New York...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
Luz's Perspective on ASL
Why American Sign Language (ASL) is very important to me? Let's start with how I became deaf, during the time that my biological mother...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Apr 14, 2021
- 1 min
Always Perfect!
With her brows together from concern the young mother asked, "Why would I have others screen my baby boy, the doctor says he's perfect!"...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
Play until it's real!
The concept of learning through play is very old, in fact the game Senet is over 5,000 years old and played in Ancient Egypt. What is...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
Experience Life
My name is Luz, I am a new employee at the Children's Museum of Montana. I am 18 years old, and I am deaf. Growing up, I love to explore...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Mom's work, Guardian's work, Mentor's work,...
Have you given yourself a break? Do it! It is easy to see a tantrum and feel as if you have to "fix" it. It is easy to go into a full...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
Research
We naturally begin our life continually researching, in fact for parents with three year old's, you are hearing, "But why?" all day long,...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Feb 27, 2021
- 1 min
EMPOWERMENT
When we talk about empowering our youth let's make sure we add the power to have fun in life. We do not want wandering adults that do...
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Children's Museum of Montana
- Feb 25, 2021
- 1 min
Imagination
As leaders, mentors, and parents we take it serious to teach and model certain habits for our youth. We want them to work hard, use...
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