by Bob Ingrassia | Mar 23, 2016 | #PlayMoreMN, The Power of Play
Does your family have a hectic schedule? Do you wish you could find more time for your children to run around and play? Does it seem like you played more when you were a kid? If you answer “Yes” to any of those questions, you’ve got a lot of company. Minnesota...
by Bob Ingrassia | Mar 21, 2016 | #PlayMoreMN, Press Release
Children Often Too Busy to Play, Survey of Parents Finds Hectic Family Schedules Crowd Out Play Time; Less Play Reduces Opportunities for Children to Develop Essential Skills St. Paul, Minn. – Busy family schedules, screen time and safety worries are putting a...
by Bob Ingrassia | Feb 24, 2016 | #PlayMoreMN
Minnesota Children’s Museum hosted our second Pints & Play event on Tuesday evening at Bauhaus Brew Labs in northeast Minneapolis – and ran a fun experiment. Here’s how: We split people into two groups and gave each a set of Rigamajig building materials (wooden...
by Bob Ingrassia | Oct 6, 2015 | #PlayMoreMN, The Power of Play
Ever feel in your gut that we’re putting kids under too much pressure these days? Hurry up or we’ll be late. Did you practice today? Where’s that assignment you’re supposed to turn in? Pay attention or you’ll never learn. Not now. At...
by Bob Ingrassia | Oct 1, 2015 | #PlayMoreMN, Press Release
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Oct. 1, 2015) – Governor Mark Dayton and Minnesota Children’s Museum are urging Minnesotans to do something fun and creative on Oct. 7 to help show off the power of play.The governor declared “Minnesota’s Day of Play” to help the museum launch...
