IMA lobby by Hanneorla on Flickr
Looking for something to do this weekend with your young child? Why don’t you visit the Indianapolis Museum of Art and play I Spy an Eye. I recently stumbled onto a website of a business called Birdcage Press. They specialize in games that make learning fun for children. What caught my eye (and lead to today’s post) is their Go Fish for Art card games. Their website said they have sold over 150,000 sets of this beautiful series which has been honored with Parents’ Choice Gold Medals. Their products can be found in many museums (locally at the IMA and The Children’s Museum) and toy stores or you can always ask an independent bookstore to order it for you. These would make a great gift for a teacher!
Getting back to my reason for sending you and your child to the IMA this weekend…I Spy an Eye. The Birdcage Press website has a learning center with a wealth of ideas for fun games to play at museums. Here’s why they suggest playing the I Spy game with your child: Nothing is as fascinating as eyes. They can say so many different things. Even very young children are captivated by a person’s eyes. Make a game of finding the paintings with the best eyes and hunt for as many different kinds of eyes as you can find. When children select a painting, ask them what the eyes tell them about the person. Or notice how many brush strokes it took to paint the eye.
If you need one more reason to wander the Indianapolis Museum of Art with your family this weekend…admission is free!
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