The DCM Family Resource Center (FRC) includes favorite child-rearing and family resources. Here you'll also find information geared to a focus, which changes every
few months to give you updated information on a variety of topics. Come by to look through our many resources, drop in for our scheduled programs or attend one of
our lectures. This page provides an overview of the information we currently offer.

Making Connections to the Arts

Did you know?Children motivated in the arts develop attention skills and strategies for memory retrieval that also apply to other subject areas (Learning, Arts, and the Brain, 2008).
The following are some of our specialists’ favorite resources highlighting children and the arts:

These favorites and other books highlighting children and the arts are available to explore and/or borrow when you visit the DuPage Children’s Museum Family Resource Center. If you would like your own copy, most books are available online.

Focus Sheets

The following Focus Sheets can be downloaded and printed for use at home or for review before your next visit to DuPage Children’s Museum:

• Play at the Museum: Exploring the Arts Together
• Just for Grown-Ups: Exploring the Arts with Children—Online Resources
• Just for Grown-Ups:  The Truth about Cleaning Up
• Focus in Play:  Complete Summary of Presentations ACM InterActivity PreConference Workshop held at DuPage Children's Museum in 2007--the podcast covers only the keynote speaker portion of this conference, provided here to give you an idea of the content included in the summary.

During your visit to DuPage Children’s Museum, make sure you pick up these additional Focus Sheets found in the Family Resource Center and exhibits throughout the museum:

• Play at Home: Your Child and the Arts
• Play at Home: Children’s Literature and the Arts
• Just for Grown-Ups: When Art and Math Intersect
• Just for Grown-Ups: Children’s Feelings in Public Places
• Start in Art: Art and the Emotional IQ
• Why Watch a Tiny Great Performance at DuPage Children’s Museum?
• Illinois Early Learning Tip Sheet: Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Art Works!
• Illinois Early Learning Tip Sheet: Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Music, Sound and Movement
• Illinois Early Learning Tip Sheet: Out and About with Preschoolers: Close Up with Visual Arts

Children’s Literature

The following are some of our specialists’ favorite children’s literature based on art themes:

These favorites and others are available to explore when you visit the DuPage Children’s Museum. If you would like your own copy, most books are available online.

Art and Early Learning in Illinois

Did you know?The Illinois State Board of Education’s Early Learning Standards (2000) and Early Learning Standards-Kindergarten (2006) feature Fine Arts standards to parallel the Illinois Learning Standards for K-12. These standards were based on national research and standards from the Arts Education Partnership (Washington D.C.), the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations and the National Association for the Education of Young Children.