Educational & Community Outreach
The museum's outreach efforts included:
The Mobile Met Science Outreach program, which visited schools, YMCA groups, day care facilities and summer school programs from Los Baños to Visalia and provided free hands-on science lessons inspired by the California Science Standards for children in kindergarten though sixth grade.
The Docent Outreach Project, which allowed teachers in grades 1 through 3 to take advantage of the Met’s programming without traveling to the museum. The program's lessons were one hour long and feature hands-on art instruction.
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), which used art to teach critical thinking, communication skills and visual literacy. These lessons were provided in English, Spanish and Hmong, free of charge to schools.
The Met on the Move program, which debuted on October 13, 2008, included its mobile outreach vehicle, the Met on the Move, which provided hands-on activities and lessons in Art and Science to elementary schools in and around the Central San Joaquin Valley. The Met on the Move was the latest addition to the City of Fresno's Department of Parks After School, Recreation & Community Services Mobile Fleet.
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