A day at the museum: How to follow kids’ leads to support curiosity across generations

When adults thoughtfully pay attention to children’s curiosity and questions, they can support child development and foster the exchange of meaningful insights.

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Child Punctures Magritte Painting With Pinecone at Israel Museum

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Belgian Surrealist René Magritte’s iconic 1959 painting Le château des Pyrénées is undergoing conservation after a young visitor to the Israel Museum pierced it with a pine cone. Ha’aretz reports that a six-year-old boy was visiting the Jerusalem institution with his family when he discovered the pine cone in the museum’s sculpture garden and used it to puncture the canvas several […]

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Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969

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