During the summer of 2024, over 10,000 children and families visited Please Touch Museum during three free admission Community Days for the third annual Ready Set School event sponsored by Independence Blue Cross, the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, and Keystone First.

New This Year

Museum Learning Educators created the Ready Set School Activity Guide, a booklet of games and activities to help children and caretakers get ready for school in a collaborative and playful way. The guide included academic skill activities organized by grade level (kindergarten, first grade, and second grade), as well as a series of activities to help kids develop the social and emotional skills they need to thrive in school, based on Please Touch Museum’s 4 C’s: creativity, confidence, compassion, and curiosity. 

Programs and community partners were thoughtfully selected for each Ready Set School event to provide important information and a high-quality playful experience supporting social emotional learning and academic preparation for a successful return to school in the fall. 

Please Touch Museum is grateful to Independence Blue Cross, the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, and Keystone First, whose support made the Ready Set School event series possible.

Program Partners

We are also grateful to the community partners and performers who augmented the Museum’s Ready Set School programs: