📢 Calling all of our Early Years partners delivering #Bookstart or #BookTrustStorytime!
Did you get involved in #StorySharerWeek? If so, we want to know what you loved & what could be better to help us shape next year's celebration.
Take our survey 👇
✨ As #StorySharerWeek closes, we're delighted to announce that Angela from Beechmount Sure Start in Belfast is our #StorySharerOfTheYear!
The prize honours an exceptional early years partner who goes above and beyond to support families with reading:
📢 NEW: As part of #StorySharerWeek, we're publishing our evidence-informed guide into the way shared reading can help to build key life skills!
The guide includes evidence and case studies plus practical tools to help you build this into your work:
⭐ NEW: Our brand new #Bookstart Baby book is here! ⭐
Her Majesty the Queen launched a new Peter Rabbit story, Four Happy Bunnies, alongside Peter himself at a special celebration yesterday.
Find out more:
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/news-updates/the-queen-hosts-booktrusts-100-year-reception-as-new-peter-rabbit-book-four-happy-bunnies-revealed-as-bookstart-baby-title/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=baby-25-26&utm_content=mastodon-post-151025 #StorySharerWeek
This #StorySharerWeek, we're sharing how Nottingham Libraries have used #BookTrustStorytime to engage families.
Here, librarians Hannah and David explain how the programme has helped them to connect with their community and spark a love of reading:
We have such a #StorySharerWeek treat for you today!
The super Sophy Henn is reading us her book Jump About With Ted, included in the #Bookstart Storyteller backpack.
Plus, Marian from Doncaster Central Family Hub is sharing her brilliant story time tips:
For #StorySharerWeek, we've been learning how the team at Glenbrook Surestart in Belfast use #Bookstart Toddler packs.
Here's how they create a sense of magic and excitement about sharing stories, making the most of the gifting moment to inspire families:
"Honestly, you are magicians."
It's #StorySharerWeek, our annual celebration of our Early Years partners - and who better to kick things off than Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce?
Stay tuned for tips and tricks, research, and some very exciting news...
"We’re not just telling them to go off and read to their children. We’re giving them a resource."
We know that when our early years partners gift our #Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler packs by demonstrating how to use them, it has a greater impact on families' reading habits.
See how this works in a children's centre in Rotherham here:
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/programmes-and-campaigns/bookstart/practitioners/bookstart-toddler-and-pre-schooler/creating-fun-and-excitement-with-booktrusts-packs/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=tap-24&utm_content=story-sharer-week-rotherham-241024 #StorySharerWeek
Today for #StorySharerWeek we're sharing the amazing impact our #Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler partners have on families.
81% of families surveyed told us that the programme has prompted them to read or share books and stories more with their children - and that's because of the work of our partners.
Discover more of the headline findings here 👇
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