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Stories, songs and rhymes for early literacy

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Every month, our friends at the State Library of Victoria bring their wonderful Baby Bounce and Storytime for preschoolers to the hospital’s Specialist Clinics waiting area so that families can enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and activities designed to stimulate imagination and language development in babies and young children.

With the support of our education partners, the RCH Education Institute creates meaningful learning opportunities for children and families in The Royal Children’s Hospital and promotes reading and literacy throughout the RCH.

 

Christine from the State Library of Victoria is joined in a singalong by young Ivy.

Christine from the State Library of Victoria is joined in a singalong by young Ivy.

The State Library runs regular Baby Bounce sessions every Wednesday from 10.30am-11.00am and Storytime for preschoolers from 11.30am-12.30pm in the library’s Experimedia centre. Enter via the Swanston Street main entrance.

Reading success starts with stories

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Our popular monthly story time and singalong sessions with the State Library of Victoria resumed this week, marking the hospital’s continued commitment to the love2read campaign that kicked off in the 2012 National Year of Reading.

Talented State Library storytellers Christine and Emma delighted an audience of young outpatients and their families in the Specialist Clinics waiting area with a repertoire of familiar favourites in story and song.

Waiting time becomes story time for mum Prasanna, four-year-old Hasini and baby Naimisha in Specialist Clinics.

The State Library of Victoria is a wonderful supporter of the Education Institute and helps us to provide rich learning opportunities for children in hospital and to promote literacy in the hospital community.

Waiting time becomes story time for mum Prasanna, four-year-old Hasini and baby Naimisha in Specialist Clinics.

Puppets and props share the story time stage with State Library Reader Development staff, Christine and Emma.

The State Library of Victoria will be hosting the 2013 Children’s Book Festival on the lawns of the State Library on Sunday 24 March, 10.00am – 4.00pm. This is a free event with loads of activities including meet the author/illustrator, workshops, face painting, author storytelling, theatre performances, petting zoo, music, book signings, publisher tents and more!

For more information on the festival program visit www.slv.vic.gov.au.

 

Meerkat Manners

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Meerkat cupcakes were a sweet surprise at the launch of The Royal Children’s Hospital Meerkats book.

A mob of meerkats lives in The Royal Children’s Hospital in an exhibit that replicates the natural habitat of a meerkat, with open air and sunlight. Staff at Melbourne Zoo visit the hospital every day to clean, feed and care for the meerkats, as well as provide educational sessions to children.

The hospital meerkats are the inspiration for a book produced as part of a children’s publishing project with Kids’ Own Publishing, State Library of Victoria and the RCH Education Institute. The Royal Children’s Hospital Meerkats was launched at the hospital’s meerkat exhibit during Children’s Book Week.

Over a series of weeks, children at the RCH took part in workshops alongside artists and teachers, and created stories and artworks imagining the meerkats in all kinds of playful and adventurous scenarios. The resulting book is a charming collection of their work.

Holly takes a break from reading her Meerkats book to tuck into a tasty cupcake in front of the hospital’s meerkat exhibit.

 

 

 

State Library Storytime

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If you have stepped into Specialist Clinics lately and heard the strum of a ukulele and the chanting of familiar nursery rhymes, you may have stumbled upon one of our monthly singing and storytime sessions run by the State Library of Victoria, our National Year of Reading partners and long-term supporters of the Education Institute.

Christine and Emma from the State Library, along with their talented volunteers Jill and Elizabeth, are bringing their storytelling and performance skills to the hospital once a month to share the joy of reading, rhyming and singing to develop early literacy skills and strengthen bonds between parents, carers and young children.

The State Library runs regular events for young children and their parents and carers. Take a look at their program for July and August below.

Baby Bounce
Wednesday 6 & 20 June, 4 & 18 July, 1 & 29 August, 11.00am–11.45am
A fun session of stories, songs and rhymes designed to help very young children to explore language. For ages up to 2.
Experimedia at State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Free (bookings not required)

Storytime for preschoolers
Wednesday 13 & 27 June, 11 & 25 July, 8 August, 11.00am–11.45am
Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and activities designed to stimulate imagination and language development in preschoolers. For ages 2 to 5.
Experimedia at State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Free (bookings not required)

Play Day
Wednesday 15 August 10.00am–1.00pm
Celebrate Playgroup Day at the State Library of Victoria with lots of hands-on activities, library tours, an author visit and storytelling. Simultaneous events will be held at public libraries across the State.
Experimedia at State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Free (bookings not required)

Book Week storytime for pre-schoolers
Wednesday 22 August 11.00am–11.45am
Enjoy a Braille storytelling with guests from Vision Australia, to celebrate Children’s Book Week at the State Library.
Experimedia at State Library of Victoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne
Free (bookings not required)