Wednesday, Aug. 23, the UK鈥檚 Pop-Up Adventure Play was at the library park. Kids were free to play and make things out of cardboard, tape and string, and colour them with markers and crayons.
Colleen Sabraw, executive director of the Battleford Early Childhood Intervention Program, said the goal was to get parents involved with their kids as they played.
鈥淲e want families to understand the basic things you do with your kids provide so much importance,鈥� Sabraw said.
The morning began with a workshop and from 2 until 4 p.m, kids, and their parents, were left to play. Over 200 people turned up and Sabraw described the reception as phenomenal.
Pop-Up Adventure Play is making stops in Canada, with North Battleford鈥檚 stop being the only one in Saskatchewan.
The BECIP is a province-wide program funded by the Ministry of Education and the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch to help children form birth until they transition into kindergarten. They often help children with developmental disabilities. The BECIP hosted Pop-up Adventure Play.
Sabraw said that many parents and grandparents are tired with regular swing and slide playgrounds. Playgrounds can also discourage parental engagement. Sabraw adds such materials from the pop-up adventure play are much cheaper than expensive toys.
Sabraw said one young girl came up to her and asked 鈥淐an we do this every day?鈥�
Photos by Josh Greschner
