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Note to families and educators. This activity book, designed for school-age children, is filled with information about city services. We hope you learn about our city and have fun at the same time. For additional copies or to make suggestions for next year’s Kids Activity Book, please contact decaturfocus@decaturga.com or call 404-371-8386.
What is Georgia Cities Week?
cut-cut-cut! Georgia Cities Week is in April each year, and the theme this year is “Cities in the Mix.” Each city in Georgia designs its own programs to highlight city services and activities. Decatur celebrates Georgia Cities Week with this special Kids Activity Book.
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Places to live, places to work, places to play.
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bike safety
Circle the good examples and cross out the bad examples in the picture.
DOs • bike helmet ive • bright or reflect clothing • right size bike ls • walk your whee lt • ride with an adu s • use hand signal
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Unscramble the words to identify these leaves from trees you can find growing throughout Decatur.
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see-click-fix!
Decatur has an easy way to report things you see that need to be fixed.
What's wrong here? Stevie D. is using Decatur’s SeeClickFix app to report problems to the city. Circle the things you see that need to be reported.
Get the app. Ask your parents to look for SeeClickFix / mydecaturga from iTunes or Google Play, free! Or, view it online at decaturga.com /seeclickfix.
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The arts abound all around town.
a-mazing music and art
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Trace your route. Take in street art, sculptures and free concerts.
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better together
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What can one little person do? A lot, especially when we work together.
kids activity book • solutions at decaturga.com/kidsactivitybook
Color these important words and put a photo of you and your friends in this center space!
Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! Then, take your ‘better together’ word frame to the visitors center and get a prize!
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kid fun calendar Draw a line from each event to its month. BBQ, Blues & Bluegrass Festival
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Decatur has lots of fun things for kids to do year-round. february
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Blue Sky Concerts
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Bonfire on the Square Community Lantern Parade Concerts on the Square
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Decatur Arts Festival Decatur Book Festival Holiday Tree Lighting Mead Road Mardi Gras Parade Oakhurst Jazz Nights Oakhurst Porchfest Run With the Dogs Summer Camps Tour deCatur YEA! for Young Emerging Artists
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noodle a new camp! Got a great idea for a new summer camp? Draw a logo for your perfect camp on Oliver Street’s t-shirt. Bring your ideas to the visitors center and get a prize!
kids activity book • solutions at decaturga.com/kidsactivitybook
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Here are things firefighters do for us, and the tools and equipment they use.
find fire services Search up, down and diagonally for these words. air bottles air / light truck axes boots breathing apparatus building inspection car seats cpr chainsaws emergency training extinguishers facemask fans firehoses fitness gas detectors
I'm here to help when you call 9-1-1!
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911 Dispatcher Antranette Robinson
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spy with your little eye badge bicycle boot caution tape fingerprint flashlight handcuffs hat
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Junior police academy Learn cool stuff! Sessions in summer and fall for ages 11-14. Visit decaturga.com/police.
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Count the emojis to find out what makes up a city budget dollar.
Each emoji stands for a penny in a city budget dollar. Use this key to count the icons and see how the city budget gets divided. thi
Capital Improvements
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Visit decaturga.com/ kidsactivitybook for work sheets you can download and print out.
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