![]() ![]() You’re the best parent in the whole wide world. Stop at Golden Spike National Historic Site to see an old steam engine choo-choo its way towards your train-loving toddlers, and you’ve made their dreams come true. Not only do your kids get to romp about in the great(est) outdoors while getting inside of the art, but it’s one stop on a day of education that doesn’t feel like education. Where would you build your own piece of landscape art, and what would it be?.How many rocks are in Spiral Jetty? (If one of your littles actually counts all of them, please let us know, because we have no idea.).What (if anything) does Spiral Jetty protect? Jetty defined: a kind of barrier built to protect or defend a harbor, stretch of coast or a riverbank.Robert Smithson dreamed it and made it. ![]() Spiral Jetty lives at Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake.Spiral Jetty was built in 1970, making it 46 years old.Materials used to make Spiral Jetty: black basalt rocks, salt crystals, earth, water.Make sure all the littles are on their best behavior at all times, which means you end up starting a lot of sentences with “don’t” and “no” and “stop” and “what the heck are you doing _ _ _ for?” STUFF TO TELL & ASK YOUR KIDS ABOUT SPIRAL JETTY.Try to convince them that art is fun while it’s hanging on a wall just being all colorful and stuff.Watch their every move to make sure they don’t get peanut butter on that original masterpiece that’s taller than your rambler house.Ssh! your kids constantly or remind them to use their inside voices.What’s better than teaching your kids about art and culture at a museum? Teaching your kids about art and culture outside. We joined forces with The Salt Project ladies & littles for a kick-off-the-summer play date at one of Utah's most iconic art pieces: Spiral Jetty. ![]()
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