The Pemberton and District Community Centre will be hosting an Unplug and Play event on Sunday, May 1 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm as a kickoff event to Screen Free Week.
The event is geared towards creating awareness for families on the importance of balancing technology use with time with family, creative pursuits, recreation and nature. Children today are increasingly connecting to technology and disconnecting from themselves, their close relationships, and nature. Parents are encouraged to participate.
Part of the Unplug and Play event is to encourage families to become ‘Screen Smart’, and balance ‘screen time’ with ‘real time’. Choose activities that encourage connecting with nature.
Ideas to connect with nature:
- Go for a nature walk
- Have a picnic lunch at a park
- Go on a nature scavenger hung
- Go outside and collect items to make a nature collage
- Take some books outside and read under a tree
- Find shapes in the clouds
The event is being coordinated with the Putting Children First ECD Initiative and will include active games, music, story time hosted by the Pemberton and District Library and nature activities hosted by Stewardship Pemberton.
