Children's Discovery Museum, Topeka: Pretend Science   Imaginosity, Dublin: Imaginosity, The Climber The Town Centre   McKenna Children's Museum: (Designer: Jack Rouse Associates) McKenna Children's Museum is guided by the vision of strengthening the community by inspiring families to share joyful, meaningful learning experiences. This world-class hands-on museum in New Braunfels serves central Texas children, their families, and the educational community. Entry Corridor Lend a Hand Ranch (Full Image) Ranching has been a way of life in the New Braunfels area since Anglo pioneers began settling the region. There are still many ranches throughout the area. Lend-a-Hand Ranch invites visitors to explore and experience life on a ranch, and to realize in particular how teamwork and cooperation is necessary to make it all work. Here, children and adults can re-enact personal and historical stories and also create new ones, through play.   Nevada Discovery Museum: Under the Stars Little Discoveries   Kohl Children’s Museum: Hands On House Car Care Center   The Children's Museum of Brownsville: Fishing Boat Fountain   The Children's Museum of Winston-Salem: Animal Alphabet Enchanted Forest   The Children's Museum of Naples: Banyan Climber Company Farm   Austin Children's Museum: Rising Star Ranch Song of Korea   Peoria PlayHouse: Peoria Then and Now By Your River Sweetly Flowing

Museum Consultant 1998 to present Knock Knock Children's Museum: Baton Rouge, LA: Museum Master Plan (new museum) National Museum of Aruba: Aruba: Archaeology Museum Family Experience Specialist (expanded museum) Kansas Discovery Center: Topeka, KS: Museum Master Plan (new museum) Healthy Kids Initiative: Children’s Discovery Museum, Normal, IL (Exhibit Master Plan) Imaginosity!, Dublin, Ireland: Museum Master Plan (new museum) Nevada Discovery Museum, Reno, NV: Exhibit Master Plan; Design Phase Content Specialist (new museum) Guangdong Science Center: Children’s WonderLand, Guangzhou, China: content development (new museum) The New Children’s Museum of Tampa, FL: Exhibit Master Plan (museum expansion) McKenna Children's Museum, New Braunfels, TX: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Children's Museum of Naples, FL: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Peoria Playhouse Children's Museum, IL: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Children's Museum of Iredell County (NC): Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Children's Museum of Central New Jersey: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Phoenix Family Museum: Content Specialist (new museum) Mid-Michigan Children's Museum: Exhibit Master Plan, Exhibit Design Phase Content Specialist (new museum) Austin Children's Museum: Exhibit Developer, Freeman Foundation Asian Initiative; Exhibit Developer, Rising Star Ranch (Infant-Toddler Area); Exhibit Planning, 'Growing Up', NSF-funded exhibit Madison Children's Museum: Museum Expansion Preliminary Plan; First Feats Exhibit Developer (*exhibit was winner of Metropolitan Life-AYM Innovative Practices Award) Winston-Salem Children's Museum: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum) Kohl Children's Museum: Museum Expansion Exhibit Master Plan, Content Specialist Exhibit Design Phase Kohl/McCormick Teaching Awards Story Bus Moveable Museum: Exhibit Master Plan; Project Management Children's Museum of Brownsville, Texas: Exhibit Master Plan (new museum); Project Management 1913 Schoolhouse Museum, Boynton Beach, Florida: Museum conceptual plan Louisiana Children's Museum: Exhibit development Director of Exhibits: Kohl Children's Museum 1992 to 1998 1998: The Shoes We Use. 1000 square feet; budget $125,000 1997: Mighty Maze. 800 square feet; budget $10,000 1997: StarMax Technology Center. 800 square feet; $110,000 1996: Chagall for Children. 1300 square feet; budget $220,000 1996: Election '96. 600 square feet; budget $20,000 1995: Construction Zone. 1,000 square feet; budget $125,000 1995: H20: 500 square feet; budget $105,000 1994: People: 1,200 square feet; budget $250,000 1994: All Aboard: 1,000 square feet; budget $45,000 1993: Recycle: 1,000 square feet; budget $30,000 1993: Traveling Recycle House; budget $25,000 1993: Art and Technology Center: 1,200 square feet; $15,000 1992: Election ë92: 500 square feet; budget $5,000 1992: State of Illinois Daycare Center Playroom: budget $10,000 Publications 2005: Applying Research to Children’s Museum Exhibits. Hand to Hand, Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums 2001: The Story Song lyrics; music by Ella Jenkins 1999: The Play's the Thing: Parent's Guide to Children's Media. 1998: What is a Good Toy? Parent's Guide to Children's Media 1998: Designing for Play. Hand to Hand, Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums 1997: Computer Connections: Using Computers to Bring People Together. Hand to Hand, Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums 1996: The Adult’s Role in Children’s Museums. Hand to Hand Quarterly Journal Association of Children’s Museums 1993: Children’s Concept of Play: A Study in Four Countries. Women Researching Play: Sweden 1993: Toys and Play. Toy Manufacturers of America: New York. 1993: Play and the growth of competence. In C. Schaefer (Ed.), The Therapeutic Powers of Play.Northvale, NJ: Aronson. 1990: Play is For All: Toy Libraries in an International Perspective. Women Researching Play: Sweden 1988: Come Play With Us. Parent booklet on play and toys. McKids Children’s Stores: Chicago. 1984-1990:“Toybox” column in Childsplay, newsletter of the U.S. Toy Library Association. 1986: Toys for Growing: Choosing Toys That Develop Skills. Chicago: Yearbook Medical Publishers.