Join me and over 100 partners at the 2009 Early Learning Community Fair

Beginning this Saturday, August 8, is the 2009 Early Learning Community Fair, a statewide celebration of early learning. Working with over 100 partner organizations, the Foundation for Early Learning is celebrating the learning children experience birth through age five. Fair activities are scheduled at over 190 locations across our state and will introduce families to the many local early learning resources in their region.


Each community will be celebrating in their own unique way. In Wenatchee, community members are featuring Play & Learn groups, Community Cafes, and local library activities at the annual Taste of Harvest Festival. In Skagit County, early learning coalition members are hosting a month long Getting School Ready!® campaign that highlights what parents and caregivers can do to help prepare children for kindergarten.

When we kicked off this effort last year, we were elated to have over 90 locations participating. With over 190 locations participating this year, we are sure to have an even greater impact thanks to all those who have made this event possible.

This Saturday I will be at an Early Learning Community Fair event hosted at the Educational Resources Street Fair in the Central District of Seattle. The Foundation will be distributing Getting School Ready!® booklets, designing hand puppets and will also highlight resources from our partners Thrive by Five Washington and the Early Learning Public Library Partnership, among others. Please come and visit this booth or one of the many other events beginning this weekend. You can see a map of the opportunities by visiting www.earlylearning.org/fair.
I hope to see you there!

If you are not a partner this year but would like to participate in 2010, please contact the Foundation’s Program Manager Erin Okuno at erin@easrlylearning.org.

Early Learning Community Fair Map