Summer Challenge #8: Take a Walk on a Story Trail
This week the challenge is to locate and take a walk on a Story Trail in your community (or make your own).
A Story Trail is when pages from a children’s story book are placed page by page along a walking route in your community. You may have seen one placed on posts around a library or along a path in a park. A Story Trail is a fun way to combine early literacy learning, physical activity, and family interaction. It helps build a child’s interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity.
StoryTrails local to Columbus:
- Dawes Arboretum – This year the Story Trail book is Sunflower House written by Eve Bunting.
- Friendship Park – This year’s story, The Friendship Bridge, celebrates the beauty of diversity as two young girls from different cultures meet on a bridge and form a lasting friendship. The story was
written by students Emerson Fry, Najma Gureye, Frankie Nuss, Mikayla Barbe-Cox, Amun Jama and Natalie Fry and beautifully illustrated by Alyssa Lee, a junior at Gahanna Lincoln High School.
The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
My hope is that each and every adventure will be different and exciting. Please connect and share your experiences using #saynplaythesummeraway.