Past: Messy Morning

Over 50 vendors participate in Messy Morning, each offering a different activity for children, giving parents dozens of ideas of what they can do at home to continue their child’s development through play.

Did you know that play stimulates the brain and actually helps a child become smarter! The more a child plays, the more they are exposed to new things. These new experiences are essential to understanding the world. Play also promotes problem solving and trial and error experiments, deepening their understanding of the world.

Messy Morning! is promoted by United Way of Southeast Missouri’s Success By 6 program. Success By 6 focuses on improving school readiness through local community change. Our ultimate outcome is that young children enter school ready to succeed. Success By 6 engages local partners to ensure that the developmental needs of our youngest children are understood and met. In doing this, not only are children likely to succeed in school, they are more likely to achieve in life.