Victoria’s toddlers will receive around 280,000 free books over the next four years, thanks to a $2.1 childhood literacy program from the State Government.
Victoria’s toddlers will receive around 280,000 free books over the next four years, thanks to a $2.1 childhood literacy program from the State Government.
A literacy pack containing a rhyme booklet, information on libraries and the first consignment of books--Jeannette Rowe’s Whose Nose? Feet? Ears? (ABC Books)--will be distributed to 800 maternal and child health centres next week.
‘All studies show children have a much easier time with literacy at school when they are already familiar with activities like reading at home,’ Deakin University education lecturer, Leonie Rowan, told The Age.