Parkes community reading day is on Friday, 22 August. Aligned with Book Week, the theme is “Book An Adventure”.This year we are varying our usual format.
Instead of the activity stations along Clarinda Street, the stations will be part of the Cooke Park celebrations. At the same time, there will be some action up the main street and business houses are going to be invited to participate in several simple ways.
A highlight of the day will be a play, “The Adventure Of Finding Reading Bug” and heading a star-studded cast will be two of the greatest explorers, Sir William Schweitzer Jayet and Dr Neil Livingstone Westcott.
Paint The Town REaD’s main aim is to spread the vital message of growing baby’s brain right from birth so every baby is better prepared to start learning to read in kindergarten. It is a fact that poor literacy is highly likely to cause low self-esteem which in turn is highly likely to cause anti-social behaviour.
Teachers are not a baby’s first educator, parents are. Parents, please start on day one to: read, sing, talk and rhyme to your baby all the time.