Looking at gym classes in school, researchers found that they could build intrinsic motivation in kids to participate in sports by focusing on mastery and performance. Mastery allows us to find joy in the process of becoming expert with a new skill – helping us to...

In an after-school program, researchers looked at two different groups of kids: 1) Kids who joined the program because they wanted to, and 2) the group that joined the after-school program because others encouraged them to. They found that students whose behaviour was...

A life lived without enthusiasm is a life half lived. What gets your child out of bed in the morning? What makes their face light up? What makes them feel alive and connected? These are critical parts of their well-being. Follow your child's intrinsic motivation and...

To build your child’s intrinsic motivation this week, have a conversation with them! Talk to them about how our brains are like a muscle. If we go to the gym to get bigger biceps, but never lift weight that makes us uncomfortable, it’s unlikely that we will build any...

To help your child build intrinsic motivation, notice what interests them and help them to engage in those things. It’s rare that a child will be passionate about something until they’ve worked through the process of mastering that task. Do not worry about identifying...

To improve your child's intrinsic motivation, help them set learning / mastery goals. These goals place more emphasis on progress along the way and allow children to have lots of small wins on the way to their bigger goals. This helps to keep them intrinsically...

Intrinsic motivation can be built when something in the environment grabs our attention and when we are curious to learn more. Curiosity is a wonderful tool in building your child's intrinsic interest in learning and exploring their world but is often lost as we get...