Rick, Doug, Bill I and I opened up the museum at 10 AM for a special tour group of 70 STEM students from STEM Academies of Chesterfield and Montgomery, NJ. We didn't know the exact ages and expected 10 to 14 year olds. To our surprise we were met with the first group who were ten 3 to 5 year olds. But we quickly adapted our tour to their age level. The groups were broken up into 10 students per group and ranged in age from 3 to 11 years old. There was a lot of adjusting on the fly in our tour and improvised based on the availability of time for each group. Some we had plenty of time, some came at unexpected times, some had little time. We had originally expected 30 minute tours. After lunch we had back to back tours that were spaced 5 to 7 minutes apart. Luckily we had 4 docents to handle them and to do 2 tours at the same time. Overall we learned a lot about adjusting to different age groups, adjusting the time for the tour and crowd control. We appreciated the chaperones keeping the children under control. We now have a better sense of how to adjust for different age groups, especially a new age group of under 5 which we never had in an organized group before. After the tours were finished at 2PM, the 4 of us discussed what went well, and not so well as well as to give each other updates on the museum and come up with suggestions for any changes or improvements. It's exciting to have such activity and collaboration amongst the docents! And to have lots of students coming through the InfoAge museums. ========================================= Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey@vcfed.org