Blockfest sessions planned at Roosevelt Elementary in Port Angeles on Saturday

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, January 21, 2015

PORT ANGELES — Blockfest sessions are planned at Roosevelt Elementary School on Saturday.

Registration for a free sessions is this week.

During the Blockfest sessions, parents, teachers and caregivers are taught how to use playing with blocks to help children from 8 months to 8 years old enjoy and succeed in math.

Sessions are planned at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.

To sign up for a session, phone the school at 360-452-8973 this week.

Children as young as 8 months of age learn about math and science when they play with blocks, said organizers.

The program has been funded by a nearly $50,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Parenting Matters Foundation.

It will be conducted at schools throughout Clallam County.

All are sponsored by Parenting Matters and the First Teacher Program.

Information about the program will be distributed through First Teacher, the monthly newsletter of the Parenting Matters Foundation.

For more information, visit www.blockfest.org.