IU Southeast Children’s Center celebrates Native American History Month
Wanda Borrego, coordinator for the IU Southeast Children’s Center, helps during the Native American History Month celebration at IU Southeast
Kimberly Pelle showing the children Native American Artifacts during teh Native American History Month celebration at IU Southeast
Barbara Hall, day manager of the IU Southeast Children’s Center
Kimberly Pelle showing children a Native American children’s book
Bailey Fredrick, chemistry freshman and Emylie Cox, office assistant for the Adult Student Center during the Native American History Month celebration at IU Southeast
Artifacts on loan from the Cultural Resource Center in the IU Southeast Library
October 30, 2014
Festive, fall colored orange and yellow Indian headbands were a vintage commodity at IU Southeast Children’s Center Oct. 23, where children ages 3,4, and 5 years-old celebrated Native American History Month.
One of the event’s coordinators, Kimberly Pelle, said the children’s center chose the Native American history month as this year’s event for the kids.
“Every year we collaborate on a diverse event where children can learn, explore and celebrate. Last year we did Italian and the year before that we did Hispanic. We vary our programs to make them diverse, ” Pelle said.
The Children’s Center is a program at IU Southeast that allows college students and faculty members with children a chance for their kids to develop basic learning skills at an early age.
Bailey Frederick, chemistry freshman, said the program has enhanced her daughter’s early childhood education.
“ Pre-K (pre-kindergarten) is awesome. It gives her a chance to be more developed at an early age. I think more universities should have this program. It’s a unique experience to have me and my daughter go to school together, ” Fredrick said.
During the celebration, the children participated in various arts and craft activities. They made orange and yellow Indian headbands and bracelets that the kids colored with ink pens.
In addition to arts and crafts, they kids also had lunch—milk, bread with apple butter and pulled pork—with their teachers and parents.
