Kids 'N' Stuff: An Interactive Experience for Kids, unlike other area museums, will focus on youth ages 10 months to 12 years old.

Collaboration – To work with local educators, area youth and youth service organizations to design programs and exhibits that will add another dimension to the topics offered by the local schools. Through these programs, Kids 'N' Stuff will reinforce the education that the youth are receiving in the schools. 

Raising awareness- To design Programs that raise awareness of the world around us, including our unique cultural heritage and the environment in which we live.

Life Skills development- To develop programs to teach life skills, to expose students to new perspectives and help them learn to compromise.

Minds-on, Hands-on - To develop programming that will emphasize using the mind and the hands to explore and discover.

Interconnectivity - To demonstrate the relationships between the arts, humanities, sciences and technology.

Exhibits - To achieve distinction as an attractive destination for both tourists and children of the region, KNS has selected four guiding principles in the design of exhibits:

• The focus of KNS will be to serve children aged 10 months to twelve years.

• Interactive exhibits will be designed to reflect the history, geography economy, etc… of the South Central Lower Michigan region.

• Additional exhibits and activities will be designed that reflect the rich diversity of the people in the South Central Lower Michigan Region.

• KNS will collaborate with area schools to develop exhibits and programming that will enrich the K-5 curriculum.