Water Play at the DMA

Today a few of us observed and helped out with a toddler art class. DMA educator Leah Hanson went over museum rules with the kids in the lobby and then took them up to the American art gallery to discuss Eastport, and Passamaquoddy Bay by Thomas Chambers. Leah led the group in talking about what kinds of things you do when you're around the water, identifying different types of boats that you find in the water (pictured above), and singing "Row Row Row Your Boat" with different action words. For example, because a sailboat is powered by wind, they sang "Blow blow blow your boat." Afterwords everyone went outside to play with some toys and water (pictured below). This was a great opportunity to interact with the kids a bit more. I worked with some of them to count plastic fish and sharks, and another kid and I grouped all of the toys by color. They were pretty smart for a group of toddlers! What a great way to spend a hot day!