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The Museum visit to our kindergarten
My kindergarten teacher has arranged a visit from Melbourne Museum.
A visitor from the museum will arrive in a big van and bring objects inside to show my kindergarten group.
The museum visitor may move the furniture around in my kinder room to make space for the museum objects.
I may get to see dinosaurs and fossils.
I may get to see Australian animals.
I may get to see bugs.
I may get to see something that lives in the ocean.
When the museum visitor begins telling us stories about the objects, I will sit on the floor and listen to them.
Some museum objects may be covered. The covers will come off as the stories are being told to me.
I may want to ask questions about or touch the objects I can see, but I will wait until the museum person invites me. I will take turns to ask questions.
The objects are real, but they can’t hurt me.
When the museum visitor tells me it is okay, I will be able to touch the objects gently. I do not have to touch anything I don’t want to.
At different times the museum visitor will invite us to move around.
We may touch the objects, dance, play games or make noises. I can join in if I want to.
At the end of the visit the museum visitor will pack up the objects and put them back in the van to go back to the museum.
