PHOTO: Local parents are squeezing in 1000 books from day dot. (Supplied)
Local libraries are doing their best to start kids early when it comes to literacy skills, encouraging parents to bring books into their children’s everyday experience, right from birth.
The 1000 Books Before School program encourages exactly what it says, with parents encouraged to read 1000 books with their children before hitting the age of six.
Macquarie Regional Library Coordinator Ken Klippel said that starting from the beginning of a child’s life is the best time to advance their literacy skills…