Hundreds of
Denbighshire families have taken part in a livestream story and singing session
for babies and toddlers.
Denbighshire
County Council’s library service streamed a Bookstart Rhymetime session for
parents and children on Facebook on March 24 with 200 watching live and more
than 4,000 views in the following days.
The library
service’s Donna Hughes-Jones shared stories, songs and rhymes and gave happy
birthday greetings to some of the children who usually attend the sessions in
the county’s libraries.
Cllr Huw
Hilditch-Roberts, the Council’s lead member for Education, Children's Services
and Public Engagement, said: “I’m pleased the livestream rhymetime session was
such a success.
“This is a
great example of the council continuing to provide services at this time and
I’d like to thank staff in the library service for ensuring these sessions are
continuing to take place.
“These
sessions give families with young children a chance to recreate the popular
library Bookstart sessions in their own homes, sharing songs rhymes and stories
to help very young children develop their early language and speech in both
Welsh and English.
“The children
see a familiar face sharing familiar songs – and the sessions are great fun for
the whole family at home. The response from families has been very positive.
“I’d encourage
parents to keep checking our social media channels to find out about future
sessions.”
The team have
also recorded new song and story videos which will be added to the Denbighshire
Bookstart YouTube channel over the next weeks.
* You can
re-watch the session on Facebook by searching for Dechrau Da Sir Ddinbych /
Denbighshire Bookstart.
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