Born Learning Trail
Learning happens everywhere a child goes, but parents, grandparents and caregivers may not always know how to support that learning.
That won’t be the case in Skokie. When parents and grandparents take their young child to the Born Learning Trail, they will be able to play fun games together that will help the child enter school ready to succeed.
Northwest Suburban United Way, NorthShore University HealthSystem Skokie Hospital, Skokie Park District and more have partnered to create an outdoor, interactive early-learning Trail in Skokie to help parents, grandparents and caregivers turn excursions into fun learning moments.
The Born Learning Trail is a series of learning activities that any adult can play with young children.
Based on the latest early childhood research and approved by national early learning experts through United Way World Wide, the Born Learning Trail is designed to help adults interact with children in a way that boosts language and literacy development. The interactive activities will also help caregivers understand how to best support early learning in a variety of everyday activities.
The signs on the Born Learning Trail include activities such as:
Watch! Stop! Learn! Play! Encourages the caregiver to follow the child’s lead, building the child’s curiosity and confidence and reinforcing learning.
Imagine! Create! Pretend! Encourages interactive storytelling, building a child’s ability to imagine and listen.
Hop! Toss! Shake! Wiggle! Gets children’s brains and bodies moving, building fine and gross motor skills, as well as the thinking that is key to kindergarten success.