three sixty online. On social media in all of those ways on screen now David Cameron we
certainly. Appreciate it. Thank
you. And the Spartanburg Science
Center has been a fun. Education
destination for families and
kids for forty five years now.
Axis Carolina's eva brats. Is
exploring the center to show. Us
a couple of the high points ava
. Hey mark- yeah the big. By
here at the Spartanburg. Center
happy but ever doing. By Mary
Lou. Executive you've been here
for. Seven but you have even
more. Time in it to. So what is
this. Basis of education that
you provide here. One of the
things that we want to provide
to everybody is developmentally
appropriate learning for kids
and are active. This is an
interactive area. Kids can touch
they can play they can build
they can. Tear down and rebuild
which is what kids do as they
develop their way on up the-
ladder. And it's so important
especially in the age of having
a screen at everybody's front
pocket or in the car in their
car seats this is a big element.
How do you think it affects
their overall learning. Well
families that we've had come
here the children respond very
well to it- screens are fine but
their tool and really and truly
if you've watched young children
play. They turn it around they
bounce that they see if it
tastes. And we take special
special care in providing those
types of skills for those kids.
I see and we're in one of your
very very interactive rooms
you've got the what's up with
the awesome lighting see how
like Tricity work you've got
building blocks race cars. So as
far as what people could expect
to come here what- what's our
rooms you have well depending on
the age of the child we have a
fossil room. And we've gone
through the collection. Things
that they can touch to see what
these things feel like be its
goals were big shells or
whatever- all. The way down to.
Interact building with lego
small. We constructed this board
so that they can build three D.
lego. Out so depending on the
age of your child. In the
interest of your child you may
have a five year old that really
wants to do this and we provide
that opportunity. And doing that
for forty five years this is a
huge deal for everybody involved
at the center I imagine it is
and it we do UPS we support all
of our schools and all seven
school districts. Charter
schools. And we reach a little
over twenty thousand kids in a
regular school year- sometimes
parents don't know about us but
school kids know about as- well
and we also go to boys and girls
club which is now kids club of
the upstate. And we provide
learning for those children all
the way through it and- and we
have a program we carried
through in robotics for those.
Those children all meet my
mentioning of if also rebel head
back in here I love what you
said earlier you know put out
then you can touch it. So I mean
coming into a place like if I
was a kid I see some taxidermy
it's like oh my gosh don't touch
that I'm gonna get in trouble
many get yelled at my mom. So
when kids come in here what sort
of things are they asking one of
the questions you hear well they
want to know what they are and
we have people who can explain
that to him and then they
usually say can I touch it. And
we say certainly you can touch
it if they can't touch it. We do
have museum status we put it
behind glass. But we open these
cabinets and let them see it if
they have a real interest in it.
That is the way humans learn and
that is what we're trying to
provide here we set up this area
with games and activities. For
parents grandparents. And kids
when they come to sit and work
on. Some things different touch
something different. But again
interactive. Having those
conversations. It helps you
manage with the really. Right I
think it's so exciting it's
apparent one day to see what
your kid is interested in and
what a great place there is
literally. Everything here so if
you're a little nugget is maybe.
Struggling to speak you know
what their passion is really the
Spartanburg Science Center I'm
having a great time and- when we
come back we're going to. Find
out how they're celebrating
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