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Look! Learn! Laugh! Born Learning Trails make exercise Fun!
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Christina Hayes of Claflin and Steve Kummer of Great Bend volunteer to paint the Born Learning Trail in Claflin on Saturday. The trail adds an interesting new way for parents and kids to exercise together. - photo by KAREN LA PIERRE
Not your average exercise trail signs, the Born Learning Trail throws in an extra spoonful by promoting positive and engaging parent-child interaction, and both Great Bend and Claflin will benefit from the new trail in each community. The Born Learning Trail combines exercise with 10 educational signs that will provide a change of pace for relationship building and family exercise.“There are fun activities to do with a child,” said Julie Bugner-Smith, director of the United Way of Central Kansas. “It will help parents engage kids and help them to learn.“This will be an asset to the community,” she said.In Great Bend, the Trail is at the zoo, and in Claflin, at the Claflin Recreation Center.The trail building was a collaboration between the UWCK, Young Professionals, and the Claflin and Great Bend city crews.