{"id":24429,"date":"2017-06-22T13:55:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=24429"},"modified":"2017-06-22T13:55:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:55:01","slug":"city-of-clarksville-dedicates-born-learning-trail-at-liberty-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2017\/06\/22\/city-of-clarksville-dedicates-born-learning-trail-at-liberty-park\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Clarksville dedicates Born Learning Trail at Liberty Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan, United Way, Happy Kids open Outdoor Resource<\/h2>\n

\"CityClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan, United Way Executive Ginna Holleman and a playful group of Head Start students opened the Born Learning Trail at Liberty Park on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The project is a partnership between the City of Clarksville and the United Way of the Greater Clarksville Region.<\/p>\n

\"Youngsters<\/a>

Youngsters from the Lafayette Road Head State gathered Wednesday with Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan at Liberty Park for the grand opening of the Born Learning Trail, a United Way sponsored interactive set of activities for young children and their caregivers.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Born Learning Trail was created by United Way Worldwide to promote physical activity and early learning opportunities for young children.<\/p>\n

It includes 10 interactive outdoor play stations developed by child development experts. Each station uses signage to encourage parents\/caregivers and their children to get active, learn and bond.<\/p>\n

Prior to the ceremony, a group of local United Way volunteers helped install the trail at Liberty Park.<\/p>\n

About a dozen gleeful pre-schoolers from the Lafayette Road Head Start joined McMillan, Holleman, Clarksville Parks and Recreation Director Jennifer Letourneau and United Way volunteers to cut a ribbon on the trail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a natural partnership, in all the best meanings of the word natural,\u201d Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan said. \u201cThis is a learning environment in a natural, outdoor setting, where kids can get exercise and a mental boost that helps them learn and be healthy. And it\u2019s natural to partner with the United Way to make this happen I want to thank the United Way for helping to make our beautiful Liberty Park and even better place for our children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Born<\/a>

Born Learning Trail opens at Liberty Park.<\/p><\/div>\n

After the ceremony, Mayor McMillan led the pre-schoolers through the trail, stopping at each station to follow the activity directions. The group played hopscotch, made up stories about the outdoors, described the feel of leaves and bark on a nearby tree, and gathered for a big group hug after concluding the 10th activity.<\/p>\n

Holleman looked on with a big, satisfied smile as the children laughed and played with the Mayor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re so proud to partner with the City of Clarksville and welcome the Born Learning Trail to Liberty Park,\u201d Holleman said. \u201cThe United Way mission is \u2018Giving, Advancement, Volunteering\u2019 and this is just the perfect project to help celebrate our Worldwide\u2019s Day of Action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan, United Way, Happy Kids open Outdoor Resource Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan, United Way Executive Ginna Holleman and a playful group of Head Start students opened the Born Learning Trail at Liberty Park on Wednesday. The project is a partnership between the City of Clarksville and the United Way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[30504,250,1759,825,30506,735,693,7119,7875,3926,5890],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6m1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24430,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24429\/revisions\/24430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}