Centre hosts storytime

Umina Beachside Family Centre will host Storytime in the Park at Umina Oval from 10am to 12.30pm on Tuesday, August 24.

All activities on the day will be free and participants will have the chance to take home prizes and books, according to facilitator Ms Debbie Notara.

Ms Notara said the Peninsula Start Reading Project would be launching its new poster at the event to promote the idea to "Sit Together and Read for Ten" minutes a day.

The group was able to print the promotional poster with assistance from Gosford Council.

"The main message of the poster is to read, sing, rhyme and tell stories with babies and children for at least 10 minutes every day as this will have a huge impact on their reading readiness when they start school," project member Ms Nicole Mottlee said.

"We will be displaying the Start Reading posters in shops, businesses as well as preschools and child care centres and many other venues where families with zero to five year olds go.

"They will also be on display at Storytime in the Park where families can bring their little ones to hear some entertaining stories and do some activities like play dough, drawing and building."

Press release, 26 Jul 2010 Debbie Notara, Beachside Family Centre