Tips & Tools: Sensory Experiences on Guided Tours
On a guided tour, using an approach that appeals to all or some of the senses will help you to make your tour experiences more… Read More »Tips & Tools: Sensory Experiences on Guided Tours
On a guided tour, using an approach that appeals to all or some of the senses will help you to make your tour experiences more… Read More »Tips & Tools: Sensory Experiences on Guided Tours
In praise of the humble notebook… I have hundreds of tips and tools in my head that I could share with you, but today I’ve… Read More »Tips & Tools: Using Notebooks for Activities on Guided Tours
⭐️VISIBLE THINKING ROUTINE OF THE WEEK ⭐️ BEGINNING-MIDDLE-END I absolutely love this routine. It has always been a STAR ⭐️ for me with groups of… Read More »Visible Thinking Routine of the Week: Beginning-Middle-End
THINKING ROUTINE OF THE WEEK: HEADLINES HEADLINES is a thinking routine that helps to capture the essence or heart of something being discussed. It is… Read More »Thinking Routine of the Week: Headlines
Are you looking forward to leading your tours again in 2020? Are you getting excited by the thought of the new season starting? If… Read More »Stuck in a Tour Rut? 6 Tips to Refresh your Guided Tour
In my previous post on facilitation skills, ‘A Quick Guide to Facilitation Skills on Guided Tours‘, I talked about the many skills required to being… Read More »Verbal Facilitation Tools to Make Your Guided Tours More Interactive
During Visible Thinking in the Museum training, I teach participants facilitation skills for guided tours or educational programmes with art and museum objects. I use… Read More »A Quick Guide to Facilitation Skills
When we think of play in the museum setting, we often think of science museums where children can experiment with scientific concepts through play,… Read More »Thinking Outside of the Box with Play in the Museum
As a museum educator, it can sometimes prove difficult to balance the limitless information held within the museum and its collections, and the constructivist museum… Read More »A Guide to Participation in the Museum
Working with family groups can be a challenge for museum educators, especially when striking the balance between engaging the children and the parents at the… Read More »3 Golden Rules for Successful Family Tours