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For the love of literacy – Unplug and Play! What are some of your favourite and most nostalgic memories from your childhood? Manufacturing towers out of Lego, playing GI-Joe in the mud, building forts in the forest, riding your bike through your neighbourhood streets until dusk? Kids loved adventure back in the day – using their imaginations to guide them through an unlimited world of wonder.
Think about the kids in your life – ask them what they love about their lives. Answers will probably include their favourite apps and games; Minecraft, Xbox, iPods and laptops. They love TV, they love computers and they love smart phones. And if they are anything like my daughter if you ask them to go find something to do outside they may say something along the lines of, “You know I’ll find a way back inside.” Even though our world revolves around new technology and new ways of communicating, it is important not to forget the world in which we came. A world without plugins, wireless Internet and being connected to one another at all times. We should all try to spend some time without all the magical devices that encompass us and spend time in that other world. These are some of the reasons that Literacy in Kamloops (LinK) works hard to plan
Downtown Kamloops Ambassador Brendan Day stopped by the Kamloops Library in an effort to get unplugged.
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and promote their annual Interior Savings Unplug and Play Week. Aimed at helping Kamloopsians find a healthy balance between their online and offline worlds, they have a whole week’s worth of offline activities planned for the whole family to enjoy. “Interior Savings Unplug and Play is a week of free activities and events encouraging families to find a healthy balance between screen-time and activity,” explains Fiona Clare, Literacy Outreach coordinator for LinK. “Our goal is to encourage all family members – children, youth and adults to disconnect from electronics and spend more time playing and interacting with each other. It’s about that healthy balance!” Starting January 23 and running through until the 30 they have a whole schedule of activities complete with different themes each day. Saturday, January 23 is the tenth annual ABC Family Literacy Day at the Henry Grube Education Centre from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm. “Organized by the numerous partners of the ABC Family Literacy Day Committee,” she continues. “This day is filled with fun for families with young children. Many guest storytellers, singers, musicians and athletes will interact with families. Every child will leave with a “new-to-me” book donated in the Heap the Honda challenge.” Other fun downtown Kamloops activities include Create Your Own Storybook at the Kamloops Museum, drop-in family story time at the library, Drink and Draw at Zack’s Coffee, a Seniors Tea at the Kamloops Library, Family Board Game Night at All Aboard Games, Baby and Me at the Kamloops Art Gallery, the Ice Tower Pool Party at the YMCA and Chromesthesia at Barnacle Records where you can listen to records, make prints and zines. - continued on page 3
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