It was an exciting start to Term 3 for our Year 6 Arts Leaders involved with the Catholic Education SA literacy project for Playgroups.
Denis, Judd, Nadia and Alessia worked with CESA's Early Years Consultant Emily Bowden over three sessions to craft their illustrations for the book titled 'The Unexpected Arrival of the Golden Speckled Egg'. It has already been read by over 2,000 people and is set to be registered in the State and National Library.
"I love little kids and hearing we were making a book for them made me even more excited," said Alessia.
The egg project follows the success of Paint Playgroup REaD's Book Swap Box project that saw Playgroups including our Pathways Playgroup held at McAuley Community School every Monday morning, provided with a box filled with brand new books for families to access to take home each week when they come to Playgroup. This activity ensures every child has access to books.
"Research shows that our brains do most of their critical development in the first three years of life and that every time we read, talk, sing and rhyme with our children, brain connections grow and foundations for learning are built," said CESA's Early Years Consultant.
