Kids Fest 2010 at Roanoke Island Festival Park

Children and Youth Partnership for Dare County presented its “3rd Annual KidsFest at Festival Park” on Friday, April 23, 2010 from 9:30am – 12:30pm. This event took place at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo in celebration of celebrate the Week of the Young Child. 

The Week of the Young Child is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs. This year’s Week of the Young Child theme is “Early Years Are Learning Years”, and what better opportunity is there to embrace that theme than KidsFest!

Children participated in a variety of play opportunities, including story time, face painting, corn hole, bubbles, The Aquarium’s Shark Table, block play, wildlife Olympics, Kindermusik, a “Scents”ory table, appearances of Smokey the Bear, Magic Mike, Steve the Dream, and much, much more. Plus, the very popular fire trucks, Coast Guard, and Coastie attend this year.

Making sure children have access to high quality play and learning environment in the early years is important to ensuring a commitment to school readiness and overall success in life.  Readiness is more than basic knowledge of language and math; readiness should include all facets of development: physical, cognitive, social, and emotional competence as well as positive attitudes toward learning. Play allows opportunities for children to discover, explore, and experience materials that will foster language skills, writing, cooperation, scientific and mathematical concepts, and will develop fine and gross motor skills. 

For more information on Week of the Young Child, KidsFest, and the benefits of play, please contact Children and Youth Partnership for Dare County at 252-441-0614 or www.darekids.org.

Please provide suggestions and/or feedback on Kids Fest 2010 through our Contact Page.

 

Outer Banks Child donated bags for kids to carry their projects

Outer Banks Child also provided a stamping activity for the kids

Sandy and Music are therapy dogs - Sandy is shaking hands

Music is sitting pretty while being petted by these two little girls

Chalk play was provided by Children & Youth Partnership

Kitty Hawk Kites brought kites to decorate and fly

Looking cute - face painting by Manteo High School students

EMS was on hand and is showing how to listen for a heartbeat

Children @ Play brought rockets for kids to launch

Jockey's Ridge brought animal pelts to teach about local animals

Magic Mike entertained with magic tricks

Heron Pond children performed a song from their Music Together program

Children visiting the Mommy and Me table made suncatchers

Theraroma brought different scents for the kids to smell

Steve the Dream leads the kids in a dance on the back porch

Dairy Queen provided the wonderful ice cream enjoyed by all

Roanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department arrived with a ladder truck for the kids to explore

They also provided equipment for the kids to try on

Smokey Bear came out to remind everyone to be careful with fires in the forest and to celebrate his 65th birthday

Everyone loves play dough provided by Children & Youth Partnership - a homemade play dough receipe was given out

Coastie brought by the US Coast Guard Auxilliary was a big hit with the kids

US Coast Guard brought their boat out again this year

Kids had a great time exploring the boat

NC Cooperative Extension brought seeds for the kids to plant and take home

This girl is showing off her Indian Tattoo provided by Roanoke Island Festival Park

NC Aquarium brought lots of shark items to share with the kids

National Wildlife Refuge and Red Wolf Recovery Project returned this year with their wildlife olymics

And they brought some furry friends with them to the kids delight

Dare County Librarians joined the fun with story-telling, puppets and bookmark making

Dare County Health Department was on hand with healthy living activities

Corn Hole was sponsored by Girl Scouts of America

Kindermusik with Ms. Marsha included a video demonstartion of the program and musical instruments to try out

National Park Service brought a discovery table for the kids to explore

Some brought lunch and enjoyed a picnic on the grounds at Kids Fest

These kids are making postcards provided by Children & Youth Partnership

Children enjoyed playing with the many different types of blocks and cars Children & Youth Partnership provided

Bubble fun was provided by Children & Youth Partnership

Healthy snacks provided by the YMCA

Vincent the Frog from the YMCA came out to visit everyone

Healthy Carolinans gave away Pin Wheels to promote April as Child Abuse Prevention Month

Nathan Lawrenson, photographer, takes a break

Nic Nelson, photographer assistant, is working hard

Loretta Michael Children & Youth Partnership Executive Director welcomes guests to Kids Fest

Children & Youth Partnership staff at Kids Fest

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