Dragon Tales - storytime!

Anna leads the highly successful Dragon Tales storytelling session with 0-3 year olds in Hurstville City Library.

Project Summary

Dragon Tales is a lapsit program in Mandarin for 0-3 year olds with parents or carers. Babies and toddlers are introduced to books, stories and reading in their native language, Mandarin, while giving parents and carers an opportunity to talk to each other in a friendly setting. The program includes songs, rhymes, simple stories and interactive finger-plays.

Hurstville City Library runs an array of story telling and craft sessions for a range of age groups but it became clear that the Chinese-speaking communities of the Hurstville local government area were not accessing these services. The Children's Department of the Library devised the Mandarin story telling program to meet this need, with great success. Over 50 babies and toddlers attend each session once a week with their parent or carer.

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    • Anna leads the highly successful Dragon Tales storytelling session with 0-3 year olds in Hurstville City Library.

      Anna leads the highly successful Dragon Tales storytelling session with 0-3 year olds in Hurstville City Library.

    • Adults enjoy the Dragon Tales story telling program as much as the kids!

      Adults enjoy the Dragon Tales story telling program as much as the kids!

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Project Information

Council
Hurstville City Council
Cultural Officer
Kate Campion
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