Play with Me  

• Both the child and the parent are an essential component of the Learning Fair events.
• A variety of child-focused fun and joyful learning stations – representing developmental, academic and art-leisure domains – will be offered at the fair.
  
• Parent with their young child rotate through the stations.
  
• Feeling empowered, parents will gain skills to foster the scholastic, behavioral and social success of their children.
• The Learning Fair will serve approximately 25-30 families and their children.
• The fair events will generally be held on Saturdays.
• The fair venues will vary depending on parent needs and neighborhood support.                               Tell Me a Story                Show Me

• The fair volunteers (teachers, psychologists, medical and other professionals and parents) will guide parents to engage with their children through interactive and hands-on learning activities.

• Parents will be able to easily replicate the activities at home. Their active engagement will help their child to attain academic and learning success.

Materials

To continue to provide enriched experiences, parents will take home a Parent-Child Nurturing Kit which may include:

• Book for reading to your child
• Key-Ring with on-the-go ideas
• Puppet for imaginative play
• Magnet to conduct experiments
• And a few other items from the fair
• Plus a resource list of items that you can buy to enrich your child's learning expereinces.

Fair Agenda (sample)

Click for a sample agenda from a recent event

Follow-Up  

• At each of the “Parent-Child Engagement” events – learning fairs and seminars –participating families will be requested to complete a survey to help improve future events.

• A follow-up contact (with parent permission) will be made at 6 weeks and 12 weeks intervals  to provide any needed guidance to families.

• The follow-up will help to evaluate the success of the Learning Fair in promoting parent-child engagement
  

• Parents will be encouraged to motivate other parents in their community to pursue activities modeled during parent-child learning fair.