Site Plan & Programming
Programming modalities matrix
Modality × cohort fit when placing activators — not “kids tent.”
| Modality | C0 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | Parent joint? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure / rest | ●●● | ●● | ● | ● | ○ | Parent-primary |
| Roving characters | ● | ●●● | ●● | ○ | ○ | Often |
| Children’s Theater | ○ | ●●● | ●●● | ● | ○ | Yes |
| Stage magic / puppet | ○ | ●●● | ●●● | ●● | ○ | Yes |
| Hands-on craft | ○ | ●● | ●●● | ●● | ● | Often |
| Skill challenge | — | ○ | ●● | ●●● | ●●● | Optional |
| Procession / parade tail | ● | ●● | ●●● | ●●● | ●●● | Yes |
| Photo corral / meet | ● | ●●● | ●●● | ●● | ●● | Yes |
| Peer hangout / teen hour | — | — | — | ● | ●●● | No (parallel) |
| Youth performance | — | ○ | ●● | ●●● | ●●● | Audience |
| Volunteer / ambassador | — | — | ○ | ●● | ●●● | Separate role |
Legend: ●●● primary · ●● strong · ● possible · ○ weak · — avoid
Site plan — age-aware zoning
[ Main stage / heritage headliners ]
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[ Children's Village cluster ] [ Teen / Youth Culture lane ]
- theater pocket - performances
- shade + stroller parking - hangout + charge
- craft satellites - club home bases
- diaper + quiet rest - volunteer check-in
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[ Procession route · wide · stroller OK ]
| Zone | Primary cohorts | Must-have |
|---|---|---|
| Village core | C0–C2 | Shade · rest · changing · theater |
| Challenge row | C3 | Tagged activities · waivers |
| Youth lane | C4 | Peer density · separate map pin · not adjacent to toddler corral |
| Procession path | All | Stroller width · viewing · exit spurs |
| Elder adjacency | Multigen | Seating · shade · Honor module |
High-engagement pattern (stub)
Prefer sticky parent–child dwell over passive headcount when designing family zones.
| Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|
| Children’s Theater | Activator reads; costumed characters enact (Fairytale Town–class intimacy — small pocket, not main stage). Blanket front · parent ring · shade · early-exit path. Never a corner booth in vendor tent row. |
| Activator = program + invite | Host is the face on social/broadcast and runs the session (“bring kids to my funshop / storytime”). |
| Fit-tagged directory | Festival site lists this weekend’s activations with menu-style tags — not a city-scale phone book. |
| Amusement vs connection | Carnival games / rides = transactional, separate zone; theater / funshops / anchor hosts = high connection yield. |
Coalition field notes (internal monorepo): high-engagement family product brief · Hien Le @ LNY 2026 proof case · Network Home Bases Tier A.
Hyper-focus org model
One “Children’s Village director” cannot own incompatible products. Split specs by cohort even when one person wears multiple hats:
| Role | Owns |
|---|---|
| C0 lead | Stroller logistics, low décor, mountable lights pilot |
| C1 lead | Toddler corral, parallel-play stations |
| C2–C3 lead | Craft → procession pipeline, show blocks, contest |
| C4 liaison | Teen map pin, evening food/photo — not children’s village headline |
| Access lead (SN-*) | Cross-cuts all zones — map, metadata, quiet corral, path audit |
Capstone scale may combine roles; product specs stay split so one compromise does not collapse all lanes.