The Impact Childhood Fair that was held at Sacred Heart School on Monday attracted many children and parents for the information that was offered.
There were approximately 200 people in attendance, and there were 25 tables and games that were set up for the kids to take part in.
Sacred Heart School has been the site of the Impact Childhood fair every year, and it is aimed at educating children of a certain age.
“We organize these every year. We started in 2004 and we have held early childhood fairs,” said Madeleine Valentine, who is the community liaison from Regional Kids First, which is associated with the South East Cornerstone Public School Division.
“My role in this fair is I put the stations together and I also work with the community to invite all the children to our group, and we wanted to invite children who were born in 2014,” she added.
Valentine noted that the children from this fair are going to get the tools they can take home with them, and for a year, they can play with and learn from them.
“The fair has lots of different educational value. The stations are geared to different areas of child development. Some of them are looking at physical wellbeing, such as the ball throw and bean bag toss that we have going on here today,” said Valentine.
“We have lots of language and literacy activities at the fair today and I see the kids really enjoying their time at the fair,” she added.
The Estevan Family Resource Centre was also involved with the fair and played a part in organizing it.
There was a lot of interactive activates that parents could do with their children.
Valentine mentioned that having parents with their children at the fair, and seeing them play the various games available can teach the parents about how their child learns, and how receptive children are when a task is set out in front of them.
“The event has been going on for about 10 years and each year we invite normally three-year-olds turning four. We have this fair to get them going around to different stations and it gives parents an idea of where they’re at developmentally,” said Colleen Macmillan, the director of the family centre.
“It is a fun day they can come and get a prize, visit a lot of different tables, and people look forward to it every year because they know that it is designated to a group of children,” she added.
Macmillan noted that the best part of the event is it brings families together from all demographics, and it helps educate children and parents.
