It's World Book Night tonight - Go on read a story to your child
For those of you tucking their kids into bed tonight there will be no better way of kicking off "World Book Night" with a bedtime story.
I've got a Julia Donaldson story ready for the little rug rats, a fun story called Stick Man. For anyone who watched the BBC's Gruffalo's Child this Christmas would have seen Stick Man being dragged around by the naught Gruffalo child on it's attempt to the big bad mouse.
According to Stoke speaks out:
Stoke-on-Trent, local research in 2001 indicated that around 70% of children entering nursery had a language delay. These shocking statistics led to the development of a multi-agency initiative called Stoke Speaks Out.
Things were improving by engaging parents through the use of Children Centres and other outlets, but with these vital services under constant cost cutting threat, Stoke could and still does really suffer because of lack of understanding or skill that opening up a book with a child at a early age can really help them in those first years to get onto the reading and writing path. It's not about turning your child into a book worm, it's giving them a head start.
Tunstall Children’s Centre
Woodland Street
Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent
ST6 6AP
Tel: 01782 236655
Adult Literacy Courses are ran from Tunstall's Stoke-on-Trent College building: find out more
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Brilliant, they loved
Brilliant, they loved Stickman and all three of them joined in during the story.
I'm Stick Man, I'm Stick man, I'M STICK MAN!!! That's me.
In our busy lives sometimes
In our busy lives sometimes we think we don't have time to do reading with our children. As the years go by and our children have left home, we wish we had spent more time reading with our children. Precious moments we don't always recognise at the time.
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