In August, thanks to a Twitter conversation I had with a former Indianapolis Star coworker (view Janet Schneider's July 18 tweet to me for more) the Spaldings were honored to be contacted by the digital operations and media team at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The Museum was getting ready to relaunch their Playscape exhibit after a $3M renovation, and wanted to follow along as five children under the age of 5 tested it out.
That's how our kids became two of the #Playscape5 blog team, which is asked to visit at least once a month from September through January and write a recap of the visit that the Museum could share with its stakeholders and out-of-towners. The parents provide the writeups, but video allows the kids to directly participate.
Besides contributing content for our special Myles and Ella page on the museum's blog, we also visit and post pictures about the Playscape to my social media accounts, which include Twitter, Vine and Instagram.
I also did a Storify: Indy kids get to try out fun #playscape at @tcmindy during a special preview night a few days before the grand opening on Aug. 31.
Our fellow kiddo bloggers are Torrence and Gage and Paul. They too will share their experiences as they learn and grow in the gallery ... and at home!
Note: The bloggers are compensated for the articles, via a free one-year membership. For those of us who were already paying members before this gig, the Museum simply extended us one year.
Here's the writeup from the Children's Museum on their website:
Sept. 13: See Playscape through the eyes of Myles (age 4 1/2) and Ella (age 1 1/2) in this post from dad, Tom. And continue to follow their journey online, on the blog, or by searching the #Playscape5 hashtag!
Here was the post on the Museum's Facebook page, made available to 80,000 fans.
Go to the Museum's website for more on Playscape activities that are held throughout the week.
