Are your children ready for school? For the 5th year, the Family Fun Fests have been offered FREE to families of young children, age’s birth to five, to promote school readiness by sharing fun, educational activities for children and their parents.
This year two events will bring merriment to youngsters during the month of April, Calvert County’s “Month of the Young Child”. The first will be held in the northern end of Calvert County at Beach Elementary School in Chesapeake Beach on April 4. Then moving to the southern end of the county, the Family Fun Fest will be located at Patuxent Elementary School in Lusby on April 25, and both events will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A new component being featured at the Beach Family Fun Fest is PNC Bank’s Mobile Learning Adventure. The goal of the PNC Bank project is to take a grassroots approach to spreading awareness of school readiness by sharing fun educational activities with parents and young children aboard their Mobile Learning Adventure., an exhibit including kiosks that tests parents on their early education smarts, and includes a “What I Want To Be When I Grow Up” photo station for kids, that incorporates the latest in green screen technology by digitally superimposing the career of their choice. The Mobile Learning Adventure debuted last year at the Patuxent Family Fun Fest, and this year event coordinators are excited to offer this opportunity for Beach families to experience.
The Family Fun Fests give parents and preschoolers hands-on experience with activities and tips that demonstrate what parents can do at home to prepare their child for school. Over 20 local agencies will provide information on kindergarten and pre-K registration, health, nutrition, and children’s programs in Calvert County. The fun event offers performances by popular children’s entertainers’ Wild Willy Woo Woo and Mad Science, pictures with children’s favorite characters, free pizza and cookies, giveaways including books, passes to the Calvert Marine Museum and water park passes.
The fifth annual Family Fun Fest events are sponsored by PNC Bank, Target, a Friend of Families and coordinated by Success By 6, Calvert County Public Schools, and the Calvert County Interagency Council for Families and Children. Success By 6 is committed to promoting the importance of a child’s early years. For more information on Family Fun Fest, the importance of early childhood development and ways to support Success By 6 in your community, please contact the United Way of Calvert County at (410) 286-0101 or at initiatives@unitedwaycalvert.org.
