Hatching Day – Bundaberg’s Reading Eggs
Hatching Day – Bundaberg’s Reading Eggs
The whole community is invited to the community launch day of Paint Bundy REaD. The Bundaberg Family & Baby Network are very egg-cited to invite you to the birth of the Paint Bundy REaD Reading Mascot!
Paint Bundy REaD is an early literacy community project that aims to have our whole community reading, talking, singing, rhyming, drawing, yarning and moving with children from birth. We’re doing this to ensure our kids will be ready for reading and writing when they get to school.
Mon Repos Turtle Centre Ranger, Cathy Gatley found some mysterious eggs washed up on the Beach at Mon Repos. The eggs came with instructions explaining each time they are read to, talked to, or sung to: they would grow and be one step closer to hatching. Cathy left the eggs with the Bundaberg Library as she felt this was the perfect place for the children of Bundaberg to read, sing and talk to the eggs.
Recently the eggs visited Midwife, Klare Craven-Hughes, from Embrace Midwifery . Klare performs regular check-ups on the eggs and was impressed with them more than doubling in size since being discovered.
Come and see what’s been growing inside Bundaberg’s Mystery Reading Eggs…
When
Monday, August 22 2016
What time
9.30 – 11.30am
Hatching will occur on stage between approx 10.30am – 11.30am
Where
Buss Park, Bourbong Street, Bundaberg
What’s there
- Dad’s Read launch activities
- ABC Wide Bay outside broadcast
- Hatching of eggs and birth of Reading Mascot
- Free fun activities for all children
- Reading spaces with dress up’s and craft activities
- Playgroup Play Van on-site
- Balloon giveaways
This community activity complements the Dad’s Read Launch Event supported by Bundaberg Regional Libraries First 5 Forever Project. Paint Bundy REaD is a join initiative of the Bundaberg Family and Baby Network in partnership with Bundaberg Regional Libraries.
