In VMFA’s Early Childhood Education programs, infants, toddlers, and preschool age children discover the world around them through playing, singing, exploring, and creating. Held in the classroom, galleries, and studio, these programs foster children’s development, early literacy, autonomy, and decision-making skills.
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Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Find faces, feelings, and figures throughout the galleries to explore themes of identity. Then represent yourself in art with dynamic materials.
Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Identify your favorite places and make connections to your home and neighborhoods, all while exploring the museum.
Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Enjoy ocean-themed fun with water play, adventures to the Sculpture Garden, and aquatic art materials.
Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Observe colors in the galleries or outdoors and make connections to feelings with expressive games and songs.
Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Use your senses to enjoy water play, investigations of rocks, sand, creatures, and mixed-media art making.
Ages 15–30 months, with an adult | Discover patterns in imagery and music making across VMFA’s campus, then explore the use of repetition in active, animated art making.