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Children's Museum Observation
My observation of the Children’s Museum took place on February 29,2016. I arrived at the museum at 12:45 and stayed until 4:45 that evening. During my time at the museum I saw four children total. There were three boys and one girl. The boys ages ranged from what appeared to be about one years old to about six years old. The girl seemed to be about four years of age. The children really seemed to enjoy the museum. The young girl played with the kitchen set while the boys seemed to like the water area. I tried to interact with the girl while she was “cooking”. I asked her what she was serving and she said “gumbo”. I tried asking which type but she seemed to be shy. The diversity among the children was not too broad. All looked to appear white

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