Library program for children

Programs will be held at Woy Woy Library and Umina Library, for children between six months and five years of age to stimulate language, literacy and numeracy skills.

Children's librarians will run three separate programs: Sing, Read and Rhyme, 2-3 What About Me? and Storytime.

Gosford Council library services acting manager Ms Sharon Drayton said the programs had been designed to engage, stimulate and educate young children.

"Engaging children at a young age in a variety of sound and language activities has been found to increase development of cognitive skills.

"These programs are designed to encourage freedom and play in a happy and safe library environment," Ms Drayton said.

Sing, Read and Rhyme, a program for babies, will be held once a week for four weeks at Woy Woy Library on Tuesday, February 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 9:45am to 10:15am.

The Sing, Read and Rhyme program is for parents, carers and babies aged between six and 24 months old.

Two to three What About Me, a program which aims to build on the concepts introduced in the Sing, Read and Rhyme presentation, provides a pathway to introduce children to storytime.

This program, recommended for children aged two to three is held at Woy Woy Library on Tuesday, February 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 11:45am to 11:15am.

Storytime, a program which aims to introduce children to the joys of literature and language through story, poetry, puppetry and felt stories, finger plays and rhymes, songs and craft will be held at both Umina Beach Library and Woy Woy Library.

The program will run from 10:30am to 11:30am at Umina Beach Library on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Woy Woy Library on Mondays and Wednesdays.

For more information about these programs, contact the children's services team on 4304 7011.

Media Release, 31 Jan 2013

Sharon Drayton, Gosford Council