Bookstart
The Bookstart project brings books and babies together!
Bookstart is a national project for 0 -4 year olds based on the belief that it is never too early to introduce books to children. Giving babies an early introduction to books has many positive effects, including becoming three times more likely to enjoy reading when they start school!
Bookstart aims to give every child a lifelong love of books and the very best start on their reading journey. Babies enjoy looking at pictures, listening to the sound of a familiar voice, rhythm and rhyme and playing with books.
The Bookstart project is now running throughout Salford, with Bookstart officers working in the following areas:
- Broughton
- Irlam and Cadishead
- Little Hulton
- Ordsall and Blackfriars
- Seedley, Langworthy and the Precinct
- Swinton
- Winton and Peel Green.
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Your child will receive a free Bookstart bag at their eight month developmental check. The bag contains two free board books, a rhyming mat and an invitation to join their local library. |
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At 18 - 30 months each child will receive a coloured satchel which includes books, a colouring pad and crayons and information for parents . |
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When they are three, they will receive their treasure chest. This includes picture books, stickers, a colouring pack and pencils and information for parents. |
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The response to Bookstart has been extremely positive:
“I really wouldn’t have thought to read a book to a baby but he turns the pages and really seems to enjoy them. The scheme has really opened my eyes to how babies absorb everything they are shown.”
Who to contact
- Name
- Pamela Manley
- Address
- Children and Young People’s Library Service Manager
Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Peel Park
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4WU - Telephone
- 0161-778 0800
- pamela.manley@salford.gov.uk
This page was last updated on 07 November 2007
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