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Looking forward to this. A way to stay in contact with others while our movement is restricted. #EarlyYears #MuseumHour #Stayintouch #outwardlooking #fourwalls

A big thank you to artists Ian Brownlie and Sophie Bennett for delivering an INSET day on Sensory Engagement earlier this term, and the teachers who attended. We explored going beyond purely visual engagement in galleries and beyond. Photo by Ian.

Just starting out with an early years programme? Curious about what’s happening in other museums & galleries? GEM’s latest Case Studies is full of interesting examples from practitioners. bit.ly/2X0fn0J Read & join us for our #MuseumHour tonight with @engagevisualarts

Sounds like a laugh. #childreninmuseums #EYmuseums #eyeline #GEM #museumhour

At Sainsbury Centre we work with a great team of artists on child-centred activities and family drop-in workshops. One of our challenges is making these sessions available to everyone. #museumsforall #earlyyears

Pre-pandemic there was a on-going growth in economic inequality and rise in number of children living in poverty. The economic barriers to visiting museums are real, even when museum entry is free. #musemsforall #inworkpoverty Joseph Rowntree Foundation

We worked with Rach Anstey-Sanders in an exhibition of contemp. ceramics by Magdalene Odundo. Handling collection of small ceramics really helped. Also Rach Anstey-Sanders 's ability to find comparisons for young children - she talked of yoghurt pots, plant pots & more #museumhour

This afternoon's #EdSkillsShare will be hosted by Claire Bown from 15:00-17:00. Learn more about 'Visible Thinking' and how it can improve tours and programmes at your museum. Read up and join in! bit.ly/3a4wuRF

Our latest issue of the #EngageJournal, Engage 44: Biennials and beyond, is now online! Edited by Sarah Perks Individuals can enjoy free access to the Journal until 31 July 2020. To take advantage of this offer, register here: bit.ly/2KaCEFC

Piat/to/eva Nelli @ZSMillei GEM Fitzwilliam Museum Kate Fellows Ruthie BG Dr Kate Noble Early Years Network University of Cambridge Museums Cambridgeshire County Council Devon Turner Sainsbury Centre Learning Työväenmuseo Werstas The Case Studies is available to read online, & you can buy the Journal from gem.org.uk/our-work/publi… Hope that it’s useful for you!

Latest version of #EngageJournal, Engage 44: Biennials and beyond, now online! Includes article by Learning Programme Manager Lawrence Bradby and artist Judith Stewart on British Art Show 8 in Norwich, looking at the nature of participation. #biennials #participation #publicart

Introducing our Message In A Bottle✉️ challenge! In the future we may be surprised to discover how lockdown really felt. So tell it like it is now! Post your lockdown message(s) to our virtual bottle using #TTMessageInABottle. We’ll take good care of them! #MuseumFromHome

Can't wait to welcome student visits back as soon as we can. In the meantime, we've made teacher's packs of looking, drawing and thinking tasks in response to the collection. Three packs: KS1-2, KS3-4 & KS5. Email [email protected] and we'll send one over! #MuseumFromHome

Sharpen your pencils ✏ & join me for an afternoon of experimental drawing from my still life set-up. Come away with new approaches to see/draw your home environment 👀

Our awesome Community Curators, Helen and Steph, were due to be talking Museums + Heritage Show & Awards today about #community co-curation and socially engaged practice. You can still listen in! Check it out.... youtu.be/XaAh1ac5Y7I Leeds Museums & Galleries Arts Council England, North Yvonne Hardman

In the film, Stephanie Davis, Assistant Community Curator, Lotherton Hall, says 'Any quality work ... always comes from commitment and a willingness to befriend and to be patient with people. People are what make objects valuable, what people think of objects.' Wise words.

Rach Anstey-Sanders (artist, teacher, Learning Programme Manager) writes on UEA Community Blog about creative play enabling us to adapt to 'the challenges in changing times. And ... to create a space to breathe in times that can seem suffocating' uea.ac.uk/about/media-ro…

Amazing & persuasive research by Abigail Hackett , Maggie MacLure & Sarah McMahon questioning 'the language gap' and the whole model of language that underpins early years policy and pedagogy. tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.108… #earlyyears #languagegap #materialityoflanguage

Free, online jam sessions with people with disabilities starts this Tuesday 7 July with Ipswich based @artslaolam #betweenspaces #eastofengland

This was a year ago tomorrow! Wonderful day at Sailors' Reading Room in Southworld teaching #WGSebald workshop for Sainsbury Centre Sainsbury Centre Learning. I value these experiences even more in retrospect #SaveTheArts