Playgroup WA has won the funding for a further year of this exciting project funded through the Communities for Children in the Mirrabooka area.
The Literacy Links Project aims to develop and promote early literacy strategies that assist parents in encouraging early literacy with their own children between the ages of 0-5 years.
Since Playgroup WA took over the project more than 1000 children have received books through the project. There have been shopping centre displays and activities during local events.
Literacy Links has visited family centres and places where parents of young children gather and hold meetings, playgroups, and crèches.
The project has provided books and tips about early literacy. Two conferences for professionals were held this year.
The Let’s Read strand of the project has been provided through child health nurses and the project extends thanks to them for distribution of books and tips to parents of 7-12 month old children.
The Mirrabooka and Girrawheen libraries have Let’s Read book packs aimed at children 18 months -2 years old.
The project has been lucky to attract book donations from both
A big thank you to them both for their generosity.
Further books have been purchased at a discount from Huggies and books purchased at a huge discount from Allen and Unwin. The project would like to extend thanks for this help.
We are looking forward to a new year of workshops and events for both parents and professionals in the area of early literacy strategies and to the pleasure of flooding the community with books and tip sheets.
Early literacy is crucial to our children’s readiness for school and for success in life.
We recently employed a new co-ordinator - Andrea Folkard, who replaces Trish Johnston.
Andrea is based at our Playgroup WA office in North Perth and can be contacted on freecall 1800 171 882, (08) 9228 8088 or via email.
The Literacy Links Project incorporates the Let’s Read and the Better Beginnings programs run by the State Library of Western Australia.
How can you help? We need your pre-loved books! Click here for details. |
Click here to visit the Better Beginnings website. |
For details on the Mirrabooka Area Community for Children initiative, click here. |
For more information on the Let's Read initiative, click here. |
To visit The Smith Family website, click here. |
Click here for Scholastic Australia |
Click here for Harper Collins Publishers Australia |
Click here for Huggies Book Club |
Click here for Allen and Unwin |
Literacy Links - Early Literacy Project04-10-2007Learn more about our Literacy Links project which focuses on early literacy. Find out why reading to, and with, your children is vital to their literacy development, not to mention how it can foster a life-long love for books! |
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Literacy Links Brochure for professionals04-10-2007This brochure targets professionals with a special focus on early literacy. Download File - 970kb |
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Literacy Links Brochure - Complete the picture for your child's future04-10-2007This brochure details early literacy tips for babies and explains why reading is good for talking and talking is good for reading. Download File - 801kb |
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Literacy Links Flyer - Encouraging early literacy04-10-2007This tip sheet sets out activities that encourage early literacy. Download File - 544kb |
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Literacy Links - Dads and reading04-10-2007This resource looks at the benefits of dads assisting children with reading. It also offers general tips to assist with early literacy. Download File - 556kb |
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