Minnesota Children's Museum“Thank you so much for bringing this to Worthington. We don’t travel out of town much.” In October 2011, the exhibit moved to the Handke Center in

Attn: Jess Hopeman Legislative Reference Library 645 State Office Bldg. 100 Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55155 RE: FY10-FY11 Arts and Cultural Heritage Interim Report: Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites Ms. Hopeman: On behalf of Minnesota Children’s Museum, I am happy to provide the attached interim report to the State of Minnesota on the Museum’s Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites touring exhibit funded by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. The official tour began in June of 2011, kicking off in Worthington, MN and has recently moved to Elk River, MN. In February, the exhibit will open in Redwood Falls, MN. The goal of Storyland was to develop and tour a fun exhibit throughout Minnesota, serving children and adults living in Greater Minnesota who have less access to cultural experiences. Storyland is a vibrant literacy exhibit that showcases family favorite books and provides host communities the opportunity for adult and child engagement in early literacy learning. Through this engagement, children are exposed to critical literacy development that can instill a lifelong love of reading. Play is how children learn. It can spark curiosity, charge creativity and inspire kids who will go on to change our world for the better. That insatiable inquiry children possess deserves a dynamic, stimulating, playful environment where they can experience the true joy of discovery that promotes development of brain architecture, those critical neural connections that scaffold learning. Storyland allows the Museum to respond to that natural curiosity while engaging parents, educators and caregivers around literacy building play. By sharing our expertise with parents and educators, the Museum is helping to equip adults with knowledge and tools necessary to turn any time, place, or event into a playful and magical learning experience for children. We thank the State of Minnesota for its support through the Clean Water, Land and Legacy amendment. Please contact James Lekvin, Grants Manager, at 651-225-6034 if you have questions or need additional information. Regards, Dianne Krizan President cc: Alyssa Haugen and Jane Xiong, Department of Administration

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Minnesota Children’s Museum Storyland: A Trip Through Childhood Favorites December 2011 Interim Report p. 1

Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Interim Report Narrative

Reporting Period: August 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011

1. Please briefly outline your original goals and objectives, as stated in your proposal. Minnesota Children’s Museum is a nationally recognized leader in building imaginative, immersive exhibits for young learners and in early childhood education. In an effort toward expanding access to arts and cultural experiences, the Museum created:

This visually stunning and educational exhibit engages children, families and educators in the world of books through three beloved stories. In our original proposal to the State of Minnesota and the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, we outlined the following goals:

• Creating immersive experiences and environments, informed by best practices and current research, to engage both children and adults in play and learning—specifically literacy-focused play.

• Developing high-quality, state-of-the art exhibits. • Forming a diverse and specialized advisory board. • Creating strategic partnerships with community organizations. • Providing high quality child and family-focused training for educators in communities

throughout the state. • Ensuring Storyland is accessible to all families.

In addition, the Museum seeks to embed a deeper commitment to reading in families and in so doing, improve literacy skills for young children. To do this, the Museum has launched a tour of the Storyland exhibit regionally to six Minnesota communities. Funding from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund has allowed the development, design, production, programming and traveling expenses of the exhibit as it tours to six communities across Minnesota at sites such as libraries, schools, and community gathering places so that children and adults around the state can experience these interactive, literacy-based environments. Since submitting our original grant request to the State of Minnesota, the Museum refined the Community Partnership Plan associated with the statewide tour of Storyland in line with the total funding received for this project. This work will instead be addressed through the Museum’s new strategic plan, which calls for fostering intensive partnerships that positively impact under-included children, families, and communities, leading to greater community impact locally and throughout the state.


2. What progress have you made toward your original goals and objectives? What activities led to meeting these goals?

During the last reporting period, the Museum finalized the exhibit design, fabricated the exhibit components and launched the regional tour, with the exhibit premiering in Worthington, Minnesota from June 10 through September 25, 2011. The exhibit was attended by a total of 1,074 children, including 363 children ages 4 and under, 261 children ages 5 to 9, and 450 children ages 10 and up. Comments from parents included:

“Wow – this is high quality!” and

“Thank you so much for bringing this to Worthington. We don’t travel out of town much.”

In October 2011, the exhibit moved to the Handke Center in Elk River, which houses the local district’s community education, early childhood family education, and early childhood special education services. The exhibit remains on display at Handke Center through January 22, before moving on to Redwood Falls in early February. Through January 9, 2012, at least 1,831* people have attended the exhibit in Elk River, including 735 adults, 789 children ages 4 and under, 262 children ages 5 to 9, and 45 children ages 10 and up. Visitors have come primarily from the local school district area, but also from communities such as Maple Grove, Wayzata, St. Louis Park, Onamia, St. Francis, St. Cloud, Zimmerman, and Lake of the Woods, among others. Nicole Huntley, the Elk River Area Early Childhood Coordinator, notes that all the visitor comments they’ve received have been positive. Many families have said it’s wonderful to have something of the Museum's quality in their community and closer than the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. She particularly points out one quote:

"This was so neat the girls (ages 5 and 6) loved it. Of course, there will be a trip to the actual museum to follow this week—what an inspiration! Thanks. Please do more!”

*This is the number of people who have signed in upon entering the exhibit. According to Ms. Huntley, the actual attendance is most likely higher.


3. Please share any significant findings or accomplishments in this period. Formal evaluation of the exhibit began in July. Cheryl Kessler, a professional evaluation consultant, serves as the external evaluator for the exhibit’s summative evaluation. The focus of the evaluation aims to answer the following questions:

• How and to what extent does Storyland promote, expand and/or support children’s perceptions of reading?

• How and to what extent does Storyland promote and support children’s desire to read? • How and to what extent does Storyland change adults’ perception of the critical role they

play in children’s early literacy? • To what extent do adults receive and intend to heed and implement the messages

presented in Storyland? Ms. Kessler has conducted training with staff and volunteers at both the Worthington and Elk River sites, engaging them in the data collection process (see Appendices A, B, and C). Representatives at both sites have been exceedingly enthusiastic and helpful. Data collection in Worthington occurred from mid July to early August 2011. Six Personal Meaning Maps (PMMs) were collected from children, and 11 (8 English, 3 Spanish) card sort interviews were completed with adults. While a full analysis of data will be done when the first three sites on the tour have completed data collection (Worthington, Elk River, and the upcoming Redwood Falls), a cursory review of the Worthington data indicates viable data for analysis. Data collection training at Elk River took place on December 20, 2011 and data collection is currently underway. A follow-up online survey will be sent to all Elk River and Redwood Falls adult card sort participants within a week of their visits (summer scheduling issues between Worthington staff and Ms. Kessler impeded the timely development of the survey for Worthington participants). Ms. Kessler will be in contact with the Redwood Falls site in early March to make arrangements for training and data collection there. Analysis of the data from all sites will be completed and submitted to the Museum for review by mid-August 2012. Results of the evaluation will be disseminated to project partners, funders, advisors, and the children’s museum field at large.

4. Other achievements or lessons learned in this period? During this period, media coverage of the exhibit has included one article in the Star Tribune, three articles in the Elk River Star News, and one article in the Mille Lacs Messenger. Two of the articles specifically credited the State of Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, and Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. (See Appendix D)

5. Conclusion As we continue the tour over the next 18 months to the remaining four sites, we anticipate learning much about the exhibit’s success and its impact on visitors. Support from the State of Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund has provided the means to develop this important literacy-based exhibit. Storyland is empowering adults to play a key role in building their children’s literacy skills through an arts/cultural experience. Funding from the State has ensured


the Museum can provide this educational exhibit that will enhance learning experiences for children throughout the State.


Appendix A

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In"'u"iml

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TO ""lU'e (Oft'~tenl dill (oI~tim, pl..se adh.... II (Iolely 15 llOSSibi. 10 thelolow'o"tl dIU(oiMtion instnKtionl

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~ yes, e!PI.", thl1lM: KIWI1\' lII'lWO PI"'. 0"" p.rt tldor.loq lhf"'-'" tile ..I1ibit.nd 0""IIt.rwlld. T"'n move to In IPlIfOpriite 5llIce Ind lIy to lh. Child'

"m KI &lid vou'r.lOint 10 do this .<lM\";. My nome is __' w.,.l', vour MmelW.'re loinl to Do 0... PI" now, befo'e voo 10 into I!Il' e!tWtIit lpoint to emill~ d

'~Ol'f"I.llnd llIe SfiOnd Plrt who:n you come out. Okay, lefller 'IIrt.cl!

Do you 'MOI"ile this word?" (PoinIIO "11..dinr'l.

If 110, lIy t'" word out loud Ind lSI< .i.in. d they nil dofI1 tnow t". WOrd,l' !lie PI,enllomist. ~ I!Il' mild truly doe""1 know Ihe word, lho... them !Of tile. tOM .nd po;m lhem 1o !lie

exhibit.

"G,..t' rd ~ke I"'u 10 use tIIis SLUE pen to wrtte or m.w, .nywIIe,. on Ihi' Plpet"ny

tII"'llhol Com... 1o mind wilen yoo lI'Mnk lOOUllhis word."

d l!Il'y ,,"wle, .,1<

""',,"n yoo re(ocnized till' wOfd, whilt poppe<! inlO yoor minc!? Did you see I pKlure or• word> Did you remem"", «>methinl' W,tt. 0' mow willI you lhoUJl1t of:

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rr)' 10 1Iav. childrtn wrilt Of d,aw ot I<on Ih,.. thingl tht , ... mottS IlI<m lhint of,

W""n u.. child IIYI nolhl"l tilt ''''''''I to mind, tlkt I GREEN ptn Ind for tach dflwWlC <If

word ICOI'I(rp11 u~ u..m'

.,... mr It>oLllth" dllwil(/wofd' (Prompa: What is ~1 WtIIt dot! ~ hlw to do with

"rtidlnC'! Why dkl you lIIlnk of lhis? - wt'rt 1oo1itl9 /Of prio( lllOWltdf1t!txptntlKt)

Rt<<lfd wIIIllll. chid SlI'S, vtfbltlm ~ poslilllo, In GREEN pon. You <In Sl1

Onu you'vt Isl;od Ihr child lboul thlt!: Ihi"lS rhty weOtt 0( dltw, hilnd u..m iI playlna cloI'd

'nd Sly:

"Ouy, now Fd lit you to hoOl on 10 this cilrd 10( lilt wtMlr you 10 tf'I(ou(tl tht

StOrylilnd .ml1it, W""" 10'/'. I.'dy 10 CO, bmC th~ <lId Iltcl:. to mr (fldiCIt. whtrty"" will btl Ind w.'1I1inish u..IC1Mty. llav. lload tlmrr

Nottth. pll\'"'1 cord you I"W u.. child on I"". PMM s/It.tlnd u.. Urn. lhoy .nttfod I""..hibil. Wh.n thoy rtlllm wnh thHlfd, nOl. rho tlmr on th. PMM, hind rhom 1II. PMM Ind,~EO ptllilnd II\':

"'0 hrlisn lIIis acrMty, Fd Ilkt you to "'" mls REO ptlllO wm. Of d,"w Inl'1hi1clllitcomrs 10 mind ilbout thr WOfd "rtildin(' now Ihllt y"" hill'. 1pel11 SOInt limt In IhtStOryllnd .ml1it. You <In liso ChI"it lOmtlllinllthil I"'" 1".ldy wrOl. Of d,.w:

Encourill. child 10 wrilt, dlilW, 01 Chllnrt ilt lUll thr•• thinCS, Whon thr chlkl Slys rIOthi11.11t COlntS 10 mind, Ilkt I BlACK pel1 Ind 101 .IC!I drowWlC 0( WOfd (COI'I(.ptl"5lc Ihom'

.,... flit 'OOUIlhis dlilwinll/word:IPrompt1: WhIt ~ ill WhIt OooS " hlw 10 do with ",.id,,('1 What mlllo you IhinO: oflIIis? Why did you chilnlt rhis? -loo1i1lg /Of fOfIn«tiofI to uhiM)

Rt<ord willI 1II. c!WId SIYl, vtfbltlm if poslilllr, " 6lA(K p.n. You con If.in Sly:

"I'm loi"lto writtthil 00wn 10 br w'. Iunde'S1,nd whn you"e Slyi"l:

Onct y(Il/vt ilslod Ihr child lboul thrt!: rhinft lhoy weOtt 0' drtw, soy:

"Ouy, we',. I. """.1 ThlnI: I"'" so much lor ""'''llllis ICl,.iry:

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bid ~ lltemlry.

• ~p comp,",.cl Ind any incomplt1'I~' btlow) PMMl tOltltltr in I loldt' 0( ",Wtlope.

• Wllffi dati coI.rnon is compltl., plac. compl~.cl PMMs Irld P"'I5 in ml~' 1lf0l'iil.cl tnd

~nd10 ~"" SClrf ConIUlmC

,t.p.pIoadl:

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1IIln'lhmI tnd Id t!lf:m 10 mioY lilt nI1ibit

• PiI..nl Sirs Ytl, child ..sIslanl. G" to child'sltvtl, show lIItm lilt cr••n ptn and Sly,

"11'11 dr"""inC letivirj. llhinl: "..•• it. it Would YO" "'. '0 II'j>" Wt""Y <1il Sly no,1II1nl; lhI'm tnd I" t!lf:m 10 mio\r lilt nI1ibi1

4ctiYity:• Child ",,",n'l '"'''Inil. 111. (IN' but wlnU 10 drlW '" siblinv w..,I'o do Ktivity. 100.

HiII't wm. !Milnt pilpt' tnd m'l pms on hind iII\d Ilow ctlild/tiblinll to draw !of I!.-wmi"""".

• PI,.nl inmuCI! child on _1'0 writ. 0( driW. Hili' lI-.. card son on ""nd and poItt.1y....phlsil. IhIt m. lim oftht 1etM!t" is 10 "n,,",mnd _, m. child'. p.,uptionl 01

,"Idine Ind thlt 111m is illdull ileti'I'ily - iI ca,d son-Ihlt lht'/ can do t lI1t'(lt

in..,.,t.cl.

• Child fl'U bOf.cl, do..,,1 wlnl'o !ini"'. '" rum off. Enli<t po..nllo hill't <IWd complol.

PMM 001 don'l pusll it. Wt!lf: dliId Ioostl in,",t<t, '"' tllm/Ilt' (0. Milk Itl. PMM

incompl~t.

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Appendix B

TIm" In Tim"Out: _

Reading

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Appendix C

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Appendix D

STAR NEWS ----:=..-

Children's Museumpulls into town


Appendix D (cont.)

STAR NEWS

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CblldNn'&presidenl,

IJr,1Exhibit tor children,

families villi run nowhough Jan, 22

by Boons SU1IwrlanclCC/1IfibiJtf/ll1 WfI!Qf

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tD five «IDlDlunillo in~linn laa..rlWII )'ro",to provide boa Datil'll,L••k·L.,ea upQri~n~i

Jur clu]d1en jJj;C~ LrrthIhJo~"h 8y,,,,,.ld.!lloryl"nd r."",.. Ofi

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Appendix D (cont.)

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STATE OF MINNESOTA LEGACY AMENDMENT GRANTFINANCIAL PROGRESS REPORTFY 2012

Grantee: Minnesota Children's Museum Agreement Number: B36321

BUDGET LINE REVISED BUDGET AMOUNT 07/01/11 - 12/31/11 1/01/12 - 6/30/12 TOTAL EXPENDEDITEMS FY 2012 EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES YEAR TO DATE

Sal. & Wages 24,291$ 14,026$ 14,026$ Tax / Benefits 4,688$ 2,421$ 2,421$ Print, Photog, Graphics -$ 1,101$ 1,101$ Exhibit / Program Supplies & Materials 3,250$ 468$ 468$ Contracted Services -$ Promotions & Advertising 4,000$ 465$ 465$ Prof. Fees / Consulting -$ -$ -$ Postage & Shipping 4,500$ 1,225$ 1,225$ Meetings & Receptions 272$ 62$ 62$ Travel 4,467$ 274$ 274$ Staff Training 500$ -$ Exhibit Construction 95,299$ 95,300$ 95,300$ Rent / Storage -$ -$

-$ Administrative 3,532$ 2,884$ 2,884$

TOTALS: 144,798$ 118,226$ -$ 118,226$

Prepared By: ______________________Keith Sterner (651) 225-6031 This report reflects expenditures:(typed name) (phone #) From: 07/01/2011 To: 12/31/11

________________________________________________ Signature of Project Director or Coordinator

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Minnesota Children's Museum“Thank you so much for bringing this to Worthington. We don’t travel out of town much.” In October 2011, the exhibit moved to the Handke Center in