Playful Learning with Purpose: Communities at Play in Action

Partner Highlight: In November 2025, Baltimore-based Urban Strategies and Central Baltimore Partnership (CBP) created a series of wonderful short clip videos that highlight Port Discovery’s Communities At Play program taking place at several elementary schools in the Central Baltimore district. Communities At Play is a core program of Port Discovery’s At Play Learning Institute, which engages and empowers caregivers through playful learning strategies in order to strengthen positive parenting and school readiness. 

This partnership with Urban Strategies and CBP is supported by the ENOUGH Initiative, Governor’s Moore’s statewide, place-based push to end intergenerational poverty through strategic actions that unite state agencies, local nonprofits, philanthropies, and community leaders under shared goals and clear outcomes. These video(s) demonstrate Port Discovery’s mission in connecting communities with our museum and the benefits of playful learning, all under a broader goal of strengthening families and supporting Maryland’s comprehensive early childhood system.

Want to learn more about this partnership or get involved with the At Play Learning Institute? Please contact us at AtPlay@PortDiscovery.org

These videos were created with support from a grant from the ENOUGH Initiative.

APLI programming is generously supported by grants from the Sherman Family Foundation, Bainum Family Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, PNC Grow Up Great, and the Lockhart Vaughan Foundation.