Sometimes you need extra lessons. It might be a rainy day and you know you will not get outside to play today with your kids. Maybe you need to occupy a child for 30 minutes. Whatever the reason, the best times with kids can be those little extra lessons to learn more about something fun and interesting.
Did you know you don’t need to pay anything to use some amazing lesson materials? You can even find lessons that include STEM resources combined with history and language and art. For my kids, those were always the best lessons. Activities that encouraged imagination and opened a new world or way of thinking about things were the most exciting for all of us.
The Metropolitan Museum in New York (or the Met) is an amazing place to visit with your kids, but most of us don’t live anywhere near New York City. The amazing people at the Met created an online, interactive portal just for kids called #metkids. Inside your child will find an interactive tour of the museum, a really fun time machine, and perfect videos with accompanying projects and lessons.
The videos all touch various types and pieces of art, but use the art as a springboard to learn more about math, physics, history, and language.
Here is one example from the vast pile: Making Waves: What Happens When We Zoom on in Art?
In this 5 minute video lesson, your child will learn about light waves, ancient Japanese art, medieval tapestries, and microscopes. Then you can sit down with your child, using the instructions in the lesson to make your own microscope using simple items you have around your kitchen.
You can watch the videos directly in the #metkids portal where your child can browse and explore without your help, or on YouTube. If you want the extra activities, though, you can only get those in the #metkids portal.
That is just one of the many, many videos and activities all available free on the Met website for anyone to use.
