Engaging a Child's Mind At the Smithsonian Early Enrichment
Center, the museums are a classroom for the very young - By I.
Michael Heyman - Smithsonian magazine, November 1998, Subscribe
(Page 2 of 2) By I. Michael Heyman, Secretary Readers of this
column know well that the Smithsonian Institution has a host of
programs that do not involve collections and exhibitions, yet
amplify the Institution's mandate for the "increase and
diffusion of knowledge." The Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center
(SEEC) is one of which we are proud. It is a preschool program
that provides children with the rich learning opportunities
available in our museum settings. SEEC, which originated in our
desire to provide on-site day care largely for staff children,
is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Today it has
evolved into a model preschool run by its own board of
directors, with facilities in the National Museum of American
History, the National Museum of Natural History and the Arts &
Industries Building. The program serv