PASCAGOULA -- United Way for Jackson & George Counties and the city of Pascagoula will build an outdoor learning trail at Beach Park to help parents and caregivers support early education for young children.
The Born Learning Trail is the first of its kind on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Construction of the learning trail will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the site of the Katrina Trail at Pascagoula Beach Park.
The Born Learning Trail is a fun, easy way for Jackson County parents, grandparents and caregivers to use outings to build learning critical for school readiness, said Alice Jordan, communications manager for United Way.
"A series of signs offering educational games approved by experts will guide adults on specific ways to create learning games outdoors and suggest tips to use at home," she said.
Local volunteers will be install the trail, complete with painting, beautification work and sign placing, according to Jordan. Volunteers will also paint starfish and other marine life on the Katrina Trail in areas not occupied by United Way’s Born Learning Trail.
"According to national early learning experts, children acquire more than 50 percent of their cognitive make up before they are four years old and are most impressionable during their early childhood years. It is developmentally appropriate that children begin becoming fluent readers between 3-5 years.
United Way’s Born Learning Trail addresses these issues and helps boost language and literacy development while helping caregivers understand how to best support early learning in outdoor everyday moments.
Contact April Jordan at 228-762-8557 or ajordan@unitedwayjgc.org for more information or visit www.unitedwayjgc.org
United Way for Jackson & George Counties, 3510 Magnolia St., Pascagoula, MS 39567-3113, or telephone at 228-762-8557, or fax to 228-762-7669.
