Keelung City Government provides preschool education and care knowledge for children aged 2 to 6 and their parents, promotes shared reading among young children, and encourages parent-child physical interaction. It has successively established Early Childhood Education and Care Resource Centers in kindergartens and launched a series of parent-child holiday interactive courses. This year, across seven administrative districts and eight activity sites in Keelung City, a range of parent-child interactive programs are scheduled every Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
The city government stated that since this academic year, Keelung’s Early Childhood Education and Care Resource Centers have organized a total of 99 parent-child interactive courses during holidays. On the 18th, Mayor Lin You-chang and Department of Education Director Chen Su-fen held a press conference at City Hall, inviting parents and children to learn and play together through hands-on activities and creative fun.
Chen Su-fen noted that Keelung is the first in the nation to have an Early Childhood Education and Care Resource Center in each administrative district, offering diverse and interactive programs such as parent-child games, parent-child board games, parent-child cooking, and insect ecology every Saturday or Sunday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. With a total of eight activity sites across the city’s seven districts, parent-child holiday interactive courses are available. For more details, please visit the registration website: http://goo.gl/Uw0j2q.
Chen Su-fen said that engaging and fun interactive programs are planned each week to stimulate young children’s sensory perception and self-exploration thinking skills, enhance their gross and fine motor development, and help parents understand preschool education and their child’s characteristics. These programs guide parent-child interaction through shared learning and play, fostering positive engagement and creating happy memories between parents and children.
The Department of Education explained that course arrangements at each district’s Early Childhood Education and Care Center activity site are as follows: 14 sessions at Nuannuan Elementary School in Nuannuan District, 16 sessions at the Municipal Guogang Kindergarten; 15 sessions at the Guanghua Branch of the Municipal Anxin Kindergarten in Ren’ai District; 10 sessions at Dongguang Elementary School in Xinyi District; 14 sessions at Zhongzheng Elementary School in Zhongzheng District; 9 sessions at Zhonghua Elementary School in Zhongshan District; 8 sessions at the Municipal Jiande Kindergarten in Anle District; and 13 sessions at the Baifu Branch of the Municipal Anxin Kindergarten in Qidu District, totaling 99 sessions for the entire year.