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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🏛️ What if a museum visit was just the beginning of a learning journey? From historic school bags to botanical boxes, museum objects can spark curiosity and open up new opportunities for learning.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Distracted? Curious? Sleepy? Grumpy? The children in this picture are all holding a book, but none of them seems to be reading... 👀 Try it with your learners: choose one child and ask them to come up with three words to describe how that child might be feeling or what they might be thinking.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On Knowledge Day, many Ukrainian children go to school in a shirt whose embroidery can tell an informed eye which region that style comes from. 🔎

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“It doesn’t have to be perfect. The main thing is to get started.” It can be revealing to see how other people in your field go about their work.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What if learners could step inside the science, artworks, or worlds they’re studying?

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ever learned a new word and then found yourself looking for an excuse to use it? That impulse is useful. The more often we meet a word — in something we read, hear, say or write — the more familiar it can become.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Three free literacy resources worth bookmarking. 📚 For International Literacy Day, our curators picked a few favorites for young readers: 📖 stories about girls creating change 💬 reading and listening in nine languages 🌍 a free digital library with books from around the world

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

How do children learn new words - and what helps them stick? 💬 Every new word we hear, read, say or write helps build connections in the brain. And the more ways we experience a word, the easier it can be to remember.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Back-to-school shopping can be about more than ticking off a list. 🛍️ It can be a great opportunity to help learners think about the difference between needs and wants, recognize the marketing strategies advertisers use, compare prices, and consider more sustainable shopping choices.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you've ever sat around a table playing a board game with a child, you may know the moment: the first plan hasn't worked, the board suddenly looks different, and it's time to figure out another move. 🎲

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

What was always in your school bag? Maybe a sandwich you forgot to eat. A folded note asking “Do you like me? Yes / No.” Something you carried around for weeks for no obvious reason. These three bags belong to children in our colleagues’ families and give us a glimpse of the school day today.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

💧 Looking for unique ways to teach your students about water conservation? Nearly 200 years ago, Londoners were drinking "Monster Soup" – polluted Thames water depicted in a caricature by William Heath. Today, the global water crisis looks different, but the need for solutions is just as urgent.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🧵 Before stories were on screens, some were stitched. With the Bayeux Tapestry soon on display at the British Museum, it is a good moment to revisit one of the world’s most famous textile stories.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

How do travel and exploration shape children's understanding of the world? In our online story, “What is a perfect globe?”, young learners can discover how people throughout history charted, studied, and taught the world’s geography.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

“Exercise doesn't just make our bodies stronger, it makes our hearts kinder.” School sports are full of small learning moments: taking turns, following rules, noticing who is left out, and finding a fair way to keep playing.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Barbara Pape explains learner variability with an image many teachers already know: the iceberg. 🧊 On the surface, a child might seem distracted, tired, or hard to reach. But what we see first may only be the visible part.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Looking for a creative way to develop your students' listening skills? 👂✨ Our lesson plan, “What can I learn from sounds?”, invites students to explore the power of listening and discover how sounds can influence their learning, imagination, and well-being.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

✨ At the Digital Museum of Learning, our free, interactive exhibitions bring together scientific insights, cultural heritage, and art from around the world to help children discover better ways to learn and thrive.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🖼️ Mural at the Bigogwe Early Childhood Development Centre in Rwanda by Timothy Wandulu. We showcase this artwork in our story, “Design a robot that learns like you!”, which invites children to explore how they learn best.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

“If you want a garden to grow, you need to plant the seed.” In BOLD’s Teachers’ Voices podcast, Michelle Blanchet uses this metaphor to talk about futures literacy: helping young people see that the future is not simply something that happens to them.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A cat waiting for code. 🧩 A robot that learns like you. 🤖 A time machine full of old ideas about the future. 🚀 In Teaming up with Technology for Learning, children explore how technology can help them test ideas, solve problems, notice how they learn, and imagine the future.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What plants do your students walk past every day without noticing? 🌿 In The Theater of Plants, learners begin with a nearly 400-year-old book full of plant descriptions and illustrations. #TeacherResources #ScienceEducation #Botany #ClassroomIdeas

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A superhero mask in a school outfit? Not unheard of. 🦸 For Alison Spence Montillet, an English language and CLIL educator in Switzerland, that question became a way to build clothing vocabulary.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🎨 Visual storytelling: engaging children through artworks and objects. In our "What if? Learn how to imagine the future!" story, learners explore visions of tomorrow through children's artworks, historical objects, classical paintings, and contemporary illustrations.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🧸 Why do some childhood memories stay with us forever? According to research insights from @boldinsights.bsky.social, "memories of real-world experiences are shaped by personal meaning, emotion, a child’s own sense of agency, and social interaction."

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

📚 A book from 1925 imagined that people might one day learn while they sleep. That idea appears in Ralph 124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback, one of the books Daniela Lozza read while creating the time machine in our new story, “What if? Learn how to imagine the future!”

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

“If you wear these glasses when you read a book, you enter the scene described in the passage you are reading.” That is how Masatoshi Kumagai, age 9, imagined the future. 👓

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Head, shoulders, knees, and toes… 🎶 Before we knew what “learning through music” meant, many of us were already doing it: matching words, rhythm, movement, and memory.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🪞 Miraculous mirrors and robotic helpers - how did people in the past imagine the future? Our new story, "What if? Learn how to imagine the future! encourages children to think about how ideas become reality and even go beyond today's inventions to come up with their own ideas!

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Want to try a new learning story with your class but not sure how to turn it into a lesson? We’re looking for teachers of 7–12 year olds to test a Digital Museum of Learning story with their class in autumn 2026.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Every child has a way of learning. They may not always have the words to explain it. Our worksheet “Why do we all learn in different ways?” helps children aged 7–12 put some of those ideas on paper.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

What can old classrooms, sea creatures, monster soup, and botanical adventures teach us about protecting the planet? 🌍 This World Environment Day, explore our exhibition, "Making the Environment Matter", and discover how children have learned about nature and the environment across history.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

How can feeling hungry, tired, curious, or encouraged affect a student’s ability to learn? 📚 Learning can change from subject to subject, task to task, and even from one moment to the next.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

3D images in the classroom, more than 100 years ago? At the new SchulSchaulager in Köniz, we saw objects from Swiss school history that we helped digitize for the Digital Museum of Learning: an old school satchel, wooden pencil cases, a botanical box, and a stereoscope that made photos appear in 3D.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

How can you help each individual student thrive in your classroom? 📚 An animated video from @boldinsights.bsky.social shows how adaptive teaching can help educators tailor instruction to meet learners’ diverse needs while keeping shared learning goals in reach.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

How can creative activities help children engage more deeply with learning? 🖍️ A FanZine is a creative mini-magazine that helps children explore ideas through art, storytelling, and imagination. ✨

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

How do students decide what they want to buy and why does it matter? ♻️ The artworks, cartoons, advertisements, and historical objects in “Are you a smart shopper?” can be used to open up discussions with young learners around budgeting, consumer habits, fast fashion, and eco-friendly alternatives.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

How can museums help foster empathy and acceptance in the classroom? Today we’re celebrating #InternationalMuseumDay! 🌍 As a digital museum, we work to build bridges across cultures and perspectives, in line with this year’s ICOM theme, “Museums Uniting in a Divided World.” 🏛️

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🖼️ How can art help children understand learning differences? Art opens doors to conversations that words alone can’t. In our story "Design a robot that learns like you!", we partnered with Embracing Our Differences to explore how everyone learns in unique ways.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Do your students learn the same way in every situation? Probably not. But why? 👀

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

What can learners discover when they study an object with intention and attention? 🔍 Slow looking is not only about looking for longer. It can help children connect what they see with what they know, ask better questions, and make sense of visual information.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Ever wondered why so many children worldwide wear school uniforms? 👕 In “The time traveler’s school uniform”, learners can explore how school school uniforms and dress codes have changed across countries and generations, and what it reveals about belonging, equality, and self-expression.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

In the 1950s, children in remote Australia attended school by radio. To be heard, they used a pedal-powered radio that helped transmit their voices to a teacher hundreds of kilometres away.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

When did your learners last spend a full minute really looking at an image? 🖼️ Looking closely is just the start. In our story “What can I learn from sounds?”, a new worksheet invites students to use one artwork as a starting point for careful looking, listening, and imagination.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

What do your students know about the African American community's fight to access education? Our story, "Colors of School Life", highlights how the African American community used education as a pathway to freedom, resilience, and change.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

What we read shapes how we teach. And how we teach shapes how children see the world. With World Book Day coming up, we’ve been reflecting on the role reading plays in education – not just as a skill, but as a way to spark curiosity, empathy, and critical thinking in the classroom.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Did you know the way teachers talk about effort, mistakes, and struggle can shape how children feel about taking risks and trying again? 💡 A recent article from BOLD highlights how children’s beliefs about ability influence their motivation.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🧸 Why can toys help children when they feel upset or worried? A teddy bear, a doll, or a favorite object can bring back happy memories and help children feel safe. When things feel overwhelming, familiar toys can offer comfort and help children navigate big emotions.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Are you looking for a classroom activity that helps your students learn to listen actively and recognize different sounds? 👂🔊 Sounds activate the brain and carry important clues that help us understand the world around us.

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Digital Museum of Learning @dmolearning.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🐣 The final Easter intruder is waiting to be discovered… Today, it’s hiding in our story "A patchwork of skills."

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