Story time at Lions Park

Woy Woy Lions Park has been chosen as one of the locations for Gosford City Reads Day on Tuesday, August 19.

The Start Reading Project has organised Storytime in the Park from 10am to 12noon for families with children under six years old.

Gosford City Reads Day is an initiative of the Early Childhood Literacy Committee.

Gosford Council is supporting the event and said it aims to "bring the whole community together to participate in a fun-filled celebration of literacy at a designated time".

Other locations taking part in the day include Kibble Park in Gosford and Erina Fair Shopping Centre.

"Families will be able to come down to Woy Woy Lions Park with a rug and move around the various reading stations where fun stories will be performed," Beachside Family Centre facilitator Ms Debbie Notara said.

"Some stories will be sung, some have movements for the children to do, some will have an indigenous theme, some will be told using puppets and we even have nursery rhymes in Spanish.

"It should be a really relaxing and enjoyable event for parents and carers, and the children will be able to take actively take part in the stories.

"Families can then stay and have a picnic lunch."

Information will be available from Gosford Library about reading to children and suitably aged books.

"We will also have some prizes valued up to $50 for families who have their Reading Passport stamped at the reading stations and enter in our lucky draw," Ms Notara said.

"Reading with babies and young children is probably the single most important activity that you can undertake to develop child's future skills in reading and writing and achieve well at school.

"Sharing a story, rhyme, or song with family members for at least 10 minutes a day is all it takes."

Woy Woy Lions Park is located at Brickwharf Rd, Woy Woy.

Press release, 23 Jul 2008 Debbie Notara, Beachside Family Centre