KID Museum

What is the Mind of a Maker? It is the worldview at the root of all of KID Museum’s programs. KID Museum provides a transformative learning experience that helps kids develop skills to solve problems creatively and embrace an #innovator mindset so they are best positioned for future educational and career pathways. 💡 Imagination - I come up with new ideas and possibilities. 🌻 Reflection - I think about my experiences and observations to help me learn and grow. 👟 Perseverance - I keep trying even why something is harder than I expected it would be. 🛠 Skill building - I practice new skills that will help me express my ideas. 🔭 Exploration - I try new things and am curious about the world around me. 🎯 Initiative - I take action to make my ideas come to life. ⚙ Teamwork - I work with others by sharing what I know, helping when I can, and asking for help when I need it. 🧠 Perspective taking - I think about other people’s points of view and care about how they feel. To learn more about the Mind of a Maker and KID’s innovative curriculum visit https://lnkd.in/g-73fEmf

When you see kids at KID Museum, you can tell right away that something is different. Yes, their heads are bent over in that familiar way, but not over their phones – they’re bent over their invented prototypes, hard at work. Instead of scrolling, they are using scroll saws. Instead of engaging with social media, they are engaging with real people in real time. This month's Futurist was co-authored by Cara Lesser, KID Museum's Founder & CEO, and Liza Manfred, KID Museum's Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, who partnered to highlight the benefits of maker learning as we head into the summer. Read the full piece over at our blog: https://lnkd.in/eb7fae-e

Thank you to each and every student, family member, friend, guest, community leader, corporate sponsor, KID staff member, special guest... everyone who joined us for this year's Invent the Future Expo. We are so grateful to have been able to bring together so many people to celebrate the innovation happening right here in our region. Everyone has the power to #InventTheFuture and it's days like these that rings truer than ever. Again, thank you from all of us here at KID Museum – we hope to see you again very soon.

A HUGE thank you to all of the sponsors and partners who helped make our Invent the Future Expo possible this year! We're thrilled you joined us it celebrate the innovators in our community (and hope you had fun meeting the KID community too). This year's Invent the Future Expo sponsors included Accenture, Amazon, Andy's Pizza, Battelle, Boeing, Brookfield Properties, Custom Ink, Google, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Pepco, Sandy Spring Bank, Verizon, and Xometry. Thanks again – we hope you'll join us again in the future!

If you’re heading to American Alliance of Museums's 2024 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo, be sure to check out the “Not the F Word You Know: Embracing Failure to Move Forward” session, featuring a few of KID’s incredible staff members. Jacqueline Eyl, Chief Program Officer; Annalise Phillips, Managing Director of Programs and Learning Innovation; and, Cat Scharon, Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation, will be leading a session on how are we creating safety in our #workplace for our staff to push themselves and embrace #failure as a positive part of the process that helps us to learn about ourselves as individuals and as team members. Learn more about this session and more at https://www.aam-us.org/.

Are you ready for this year’s Invent the Future Expo? Featuring student projects from KID’s Invention Programs, hands-on design challenges, exhibitions from leading corporations, and an array of KID activities in our maker studios, this free event is sure to bring out the innovative spirit in everyone. And don’t miss the award ceremony at 2 PM! We’ll be celebrating the innovators of today and tomorrow on Sunday, June 2. Get your free tickets now before space fills up: kid-museum.org/expo

Join us on June 2 for this year's Invent the Future Expo as we celebrate students and industry innovators in our region as they showcase their cutting-edge solutions to the question: What will you make to improve life on this planet? Join students, families, educators, corporations, elected officials, and university partners to celebrate the innovators of today and tomorrow. Learn more and get your free tickets now at kid-museum.org/expo.

It’s always #TeacherAppreciationWeek here at KID. Thanks to our partners in the classroom, hands-on learning doesn’t stop at the end of a field trip or Sunday visit. Our amazing educators work alongside school and museum professionals to bring maker education into classrooms, libraries, and makerspaces all across the country. Thank you to both our educators and the teachers who make what we do possible!

We're thrilled to have a few of our KID Museum staff representing us at American Alliance of Museums's 2024 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo this month! Jacqueline Eyl, Chief Program Officer; Annalise Phillips, Managing Director of Programs and Learning Innovation; and, Cat Scharon, Senior Manager, Research and Evaluation, will be leading a session on how are we creating safety in our #workplace for our staff to push themselves and embrace #failure as a positive part of the process that helps us to learn about ourselves as individuals and as team members. Check out more details on the meeting right here: https://lnkd.in/eE27Md4B

Save the date for KID Museum’s #InventTheFuture Expo! Join us on Sunday, June 2 and celebrate the innovators in our community at this free family event showcasing cutting-edge solutions to the world’s biggest problems – invented by students and industry leaders alike. Stay tuned for tickets and learn more at kid-museum.org/expo