Peakaboo Beans aims to make child’s play top priority
Kids in Canada have to play more.
According to the ParticipACTION report card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth 2015, kids in Canada received a D-minus in physical activity.
Traci Costa, owner of clothing company Peekaboo Beans, is aiming to change this. She is touring Canada on a mission to remind families about the importance of unstructured play with a program called Pop-Up Play Dates. Costa brought the program to the Birch Hills Civic Centre in Birch Hills on Jan. 15.
“Pop-Up Play Dates is just an initiative to get kids out, get kids social, and get kids active. It’s really about no rules, no structure, kids getting out and having fun. It also brings community together,” she said.