A great day for kids & kites

Mountain Valley Preschool student Daniel Wilson, 3, flies a kite in Cole Park on Thursday. Kids from around the San Luis Valley were there to participate in a variety of events hosted by the Early Childhood Council of the San Luis Valley.

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Cody Delgarito, 5, takes the lead from his Haskin Elementary Preschool classmates in a sack race at Cole Park on Thursday.

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Adelante AmeriCorps volunteer Laura Galindo ties a candy necklace around Sangre de Cristo student Aceon Curtis, 3, at Cole Park on Thursday.

ECDC3WebBethany Howell, executive director of Rio Grande Watershed Conservation and Education Initiative, talks to Center Head Start students about rivers at Cole Park on Thursday.