As Math and Science have come to the forefront of our nation’s educational
concerns, the University of Idaho Parents as Teacher Demonstration Project
designed strategies and tools to develop these important skills in our youngest
students. BLOCK FestTM was the result of these efforts and the financial support
from grants and corporate sponsors.
Research shows that children build math and science skills from the earliest
years of life and that play provides a natural learning lab for such
development. Block play offers a rich opportunity for early math and science
learning and the development of social, emotional, language, motor and cognitive
skills.
The Twiga Foundation, Inc., located in Boise, Idaho, is pleased to
announce that it has signed an agreement with the University of Idaho for the
exclusive license to produce and distribute BLOCK FestTM, a program designed to
help parents support the development of pre-math and science skills through
block play for children ages 8 months to 8 years.
The Twiga Foundation, founded by former Idaho First Lady Patricia Kempthorne, is
dedicated to inspiring, promoting and maintaining family-consciousness in the
home, the workplace and the community. The Twiga Foundation, Inc. is currently
involved across the nation with various projects addressing the qualities of a
creative and productive American workforce for the 21st century. Kempthorne
said, “With the addition of BLOCK FestTM to enhance the Twiga Foundation mission,
we are investing in family-consciousness at home and the development of the
workforce of the future.”
Click on the media link to the left to learn about this partnership. |
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