The Whitewater Unified School District, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Early Childhood Department and PremierBank, with offices in Whitewater and Fort Atkinson, has announced a new child enrichment program called “Partners in Play.”
The program is free and open to families regardless of the community in which they live.
The program offers bilingual early childhood sessions to families with children ages birth to 5, according to information recently released by the program’s organizers.
The eight-week sessions planned for this fall are offered beginning Sept. 28 and run through Nov. 16 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. for children ages birth to 2, and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. for children ages 2-5. All sessions will be offered in English and Spanish. The sessions will be held at the University Community Engagement Center, 1260 W. Main St., Whitewater.
Parents of two-year-old children are invited to choose between sessions depending upon the maturity level of their child. Families that sign up for the program will automatically be enrolled in the full eight-week course.
Topics for each session include: week 1, “Rainbow of Foods,” exploring healthy foods by color; week 2, “Crunch and Munch,” exploring healthy foods by texture; week 3, “If You Are Happy and You Know It,” exploring emotions; week 4, “Moving and Grooving,” big body movements; week 5, “Roll Baby Roll,” exploring things that roll;
week 6, “Into the Light,” light and shadow explorations; week 7, “Cool as a Cucumber,” relaxing our bodies, and week 8, “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,” featuring body awareness.
Parents and guardians interested in having their children participate in the program can sign up at wwusd.org. Look for the Partners in Play link. Parents and guardians must stay with their children for the duration of the session. A limited number of spots are available within each session and will be filled on a first-come, first served basis.
Sessions will be fun and interactive for all involved, the release stated.
For more information, contact Whitewater Unified School District Family/Community Engagement Coordinator Molly Fuller: mfuller@wwusd.org.
Preschool-aged children learn in a group. Photo supplied.
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