BLOCK Fest events set up in Sequim, Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — BLOCK Fest will come to the Port Angeles Library on Saturday and to Sequim on Aug. 15.

The session will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

A session hosted by the Sequim Library will be at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 15 in the Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road.

The North Olympic Library System is working with the Parenting Matters Foundation and the First Teacher Program to bring BLOCK Fest to all Clallam County public libraries this summer.

Parents and/or caregivers accompany their child and are strongly encouraged to join in the play.

BLOCK Fest is a research-based block play program geared toward children from 8 months to 8 years old with their caregivers.

Children and adults can rotate from station to station in a self-guided tour to play with a variety of different blocks.

More information about the Parenting Matters Foundation, the First Teacher Program and the research behind the BLOCK Fest phenomenon will be available.

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