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Purposeful Play at the Morse Institute Library

Self-Directed, Engaged Learning

View social, emotional and intellectual learning as being linked, become a community of learners, with adults fostering children's motivation by being motivated themselves. Motivation begets motivation. 

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By enthusiastically supporting the development of the whole child, they become motivated learners. These videos model the joy of learning and exploring. In this STEM Stories episode, we engage in exploring our backyards. Our Bedtime Buddies episode invites children to travel with their imaginations in “Regards to the Man in the Moon”.

Develop this skill with these programs

  • Open Art
  • Open Lego 
  • Play Nights

To see all the Children's Programs, click here.