Education Programs

The Smart Fun is All Here!

Strong National Museum of Play recognizes the value of play as a means of encouraging learning, creativity, and discovery. Our education offerings run the gamut from public preschool programs such as Monday Kicks, to the onsite Woodbury Preschool, to school lessons and theme days for children in Pre-K through Grade 8.

Strong also offers high school advanced placement history conferences and college-level programs about the power and importance of play in the lives of children. We also offer several professional development workshops, open houses, and exhibit previews for educators.

Students of all ages have fun while learning amid dynamic, hands-on exhibits and world-renowned collections. Our custom-tailored school lessons can help extend your curriculum beyond the classroom while connecting to learning standards. Lessons also consider the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and varying ways children learn.

Download a PDF file of the complete Strong National Museum of Play School Lessons Catalog. To learn more about the importance of play, visit our About Play Web page.

 

The Grada Hopeman Gelser Library

Strong National Museum of Play is one of only a handful of museums in the nation to offer guests a circulating library. This program is made possible in part through a special partnership with Monroe County Library System. With books selected especially to complement the museum’s outstanding exhibits, our child-focused library offers guests who have a Monroe County Library System card the opportunity to enrich their museum experience by borrowing books to read at home. Books may be checked out at the museum’s Grada Hopeman Gelser Library desk. It is also here where new readers may apply for a library card. Books may be returned at the museum or at any public library branch in the system.