5 Things To Do Before Your Child Starts School
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Join your local library and get a library card for your child. It’s free to join
the library and there are lots of great books you can borrow and share
with your child for free.
Click here to join you and your online - It's free quick and easy.
Pick up your free copy of ‘Bear’s Reading Adventure Sticker Storybook’
and collect a sticker every time you visit the library with your child.
Find out more about the Bear's Reading Adventure' and sign up today!
Go to a Library Rhymetime – have fun with your child sharing a story,
singing nursery songs and rhymes and using the musical instruments.
Come join us at the amazing free activities in your local library!
Make time to read with your child. Talk about what happens in the story
and the pictures. Encourage your child to join in with familiar words and
repeated phrases.
Check out our hints and tips about reading with your child here.
Also why not visit the Words For Life website which offers great information on how to chat, play and read with your child.
Try different types of book – a picture book, poetry book, joke book,
children’s non-fiction book so that your child can experience lots of
different words... and don’t forget to read a bedtime story!
Look at our recommended reads for you and your child to enjoy - there is something for every occasion including, of course, Starting School!
Page last updated: 28th January 2020