Children Gather at
Shawnee State University
for Annual Children's Fair
Apr. 26, 2011
Children from Shawnee State University's Dr. Miller and Genevieve Toombs Children's Learning Center sing and play at one of seven stations set up at the annual Children's Fair at the university on Thursday, April 14 during Week of the Young Child.
Cirque d' Art, music, puppets, parachute play, chalk walk, a sensory station and an obstacle course entertained 310 children at the fair. Student and faculty volunteers from Teacher Education, Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy, SSU Women's Basketball and the Children's Learning Center worked the different stations set up in SSU's Rhodes Athletic Center, Frank and Janis Waller Gymnasium.
MRDD, South Central Ohio Educational Service Center, Cirque d' Art, Children's Services, Head Start, Portsmouth Public Library Youth Division, SSU and the Children's Learning Center sponsored the event. Kroger and Sodexo supplied snacks for the children.
Children sing at one of seven stations set up at Shawnee State University's Rhodes Athletic Center, Frank and Janis Waller Gymnasium for the annual Children's Fair on Thursday, April 14 during Week of the Young Child. In the photo, from left, front row, are Ella Chamberlin, Carly Lavender and Addison Bowling. Second row, from left, are Meredith Book and Sadie Bear.