Super Kids CK is partnering with Chatham-Kent Public Library and Chatham-Kent Trails to bring a Storybook Trail to Wallaceburg.
This initiative is part of the current phase of the Healthy Kids Community Challenge, Power Off and Play!
If you enjoy taking a stroll, reading a story and being outside, then this trail is for you.
Super Kids CK and partners will be launching the third of three storybook trails at Crothers Park (261 Forhan Street, Wallaceburg) on Thursday, September 13 at 6:30 p.m.
The launch will include a ribbon cutting by Mayor Randy Hope, healthy snacks, prizes, an official reading and walk of the Storybook trail, and more.
“Storybook Trails offer a great way for families to enjoy a fun and interactive reading experience together,” stated Karen Kennedy, Early Years Educator, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, Municipality of Chatham-Kent, in a press release.
“While families explore the storybook trail, they can build language and literacy skills by asking children to make predictions about what might happen next and engage in back and forth conversations on the way to the next post. I am thrilled that our community is offering another exciting way for children to see and explore print in their environment.”
Chatham-Kent has 59 trails that residents can enjoy.
Storybooks have already been installed at Kingston Park in Chatham and on Flook Trail in Blenheim.
Children can venture through with ‘Hooray for Books!’ by Brian Won and ‘Silly Sally’ by Audrey Wood.
Every four months the library will rotate the story used for each trail.
The first year will feature three great read-aloud stories for families to enjoy, while powering off their devices.
The focus of Power Off and Play! is to help children and families build a balanced day that is not filled with screen time.
Research shows that too much recreational and sedentary screen time for children can negatively affect their early development, physical and psychosocial health.
It can also interfere with important healthy behaviours, like playing and enjoying the outdoors.
More details:
– Super Kids CK is among 45 communities that were selected to take part in the Healthy Kids Community Challenge.
– The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and the Canadian Paediatric Society recommend the following screen time limits:
– Under 2 years of age – no screen time
– 2-4 years – less than 1 hour per day
– 5-17 years – no more than 2 hours of recreational screen time per day
Learn more at www.superkidsck.com
