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Reflections from SEEC educators, perspectives from families, and news from the broader early childhood community we're part of.

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October 15, 2024

The Museum as Classroom: How SEEC Children Experience the Smithsonian

Step inside a typical Tuesday at SEEC and see how our educators bring the Smithsonian's extraordinary collections into every part of the school day.

Choosing Infant Care in Downtown DC: What to Look For

A practical checklist for evaluating infant child care in downtown Washington, DC: OSSE licensing, group sizes, safe sleep, security, and commute.

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June 30, 2026

A Morning Inside SEEC's Preschool at the National Museum of American History

From museum security at drop-off to gallery time and a hot lunch: a walk through a typical preschool morning at SEEC in Washington, DC.

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June 15, 2026

What Is Museum-Based Early Learning?

Objects, galleries, and inquiry: how museum-based early learning works, and why SEEC built an entire preschool around it at the Smithsonian.

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May 27, 2026

How Preschool Admissions Work at SEEC

A plain-language guide to SEEC admissions: the annual enrollment lottery, priority tiers, rolling post-lottery review, and how to apply while expecting.

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November 11, 2024

SEEC at NAEYC 2024: Sharing Museum-Based Learning with Educators Nationwide

SEEC educators presented at the NAEYC Annual Conference in Anaheim, bringing our Smithsonian-rooted approach to early childhood classrooms across the country.

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September 2, 2024

Infant Investigators: What Babies Teach Us About Scientific Thinking

Our Infant Investigators family workshop series is back this fall, and it's changing how parents think about their baby's first year of learning.