Namyangju City Hosts 'Communication Forum' for Infants, Toddlers, and Childcare Staff

The 1st Childcare Festival Successfully Concluded

Namyangju Mayor Joo Gwang-deok is playing Tuho with citizens at the '1st Namyangju Childcare Festival.' Provided by Namyangju City

The Namyangju City Daycare Association and the Childcare Comprehensive Support Center in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 4th that they held the 1st Namyangju City Childcare Festival on the 1st at the Namyangju Sports and Culture Center, with about 1,500 participants including infants and toddlers, childcare staff, and caregiving families.

This event was organized under the theme "The City of Jeong Yak-yong, Growing Together with Childcare Staff, Happy Children in Namyangju City" to enhance the capabilities and morale of childcare staff and to create a festival space where families with young children can enjoy together.

The day’s program consisted of a commemorative ceremony held in the indoor gymnasium, a healing concert for childcare staff, and a traditional games event in the outdoor parking lot. During the ceremony, awards were given for the childcare photo exhibition and commendations were presented to exemplary childcare staff. The healing concert served as a venue for harmony and communication among childcare workers.

In the outdoor parking lot, a traditional games event was held featuring various traditional play experience booths such as Biseokchigi (stone throwing game), Ttakjichigi (Korean card flipping game), and Bamboo Juktongnori (bamboo tube play), allowing infants, toddlers, and their families to enjoy together.

Inside the venue, the Namyangju City Daycare Association hosted an exhibition of award-winning photos from the photo contest and screened support videos for childcare staff, highlighting the warm childcare environment. Along with the photo exhibition awards, commendations for exemplary childcare staff were given to boost morale and encourage the workers.

Notably, this festival was organized in a format that involved not only daycare center directors but also childcare staff and families with young children, creating a space where childcare workers, infants, toddlers, and their families could communicate and enjoy together.

Joo Gwang-deok, Mayor of Namyangju City, said, “Seeing children immersed in traditional games and festivals on a fall day colored with autumn leaves, along with childcare staff dedicated to the childcare field, makes me look forward even more to the future of Namyangju City,” and added, “We will continue to provide active support to create a happy city together with our citizens.”