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Bookbug for Health Visitors

Resources for Health Visiting teams in Scotland who gift the Bookbug Baby Bag and Bookbug Toddler bag, including key information to share with families.

Essential information

  • Gifting Bookbug Baby and Toddler Bags
  • Bookbug app
  • Find your local Bookbug Session
  • Gaelic Bookbug
  • Contact your local Bookbug Co-ordinator
  • Bookbug for parents and carers with English as an additional language
  • Sharing songs, rhymes and stories before birth
  • Reading to your baby in the neonatal unit
  • Tactile books for children and families in need of additional support
  • Top tips for sharing books with babies and young children
  • Why read to babies and young children?
  • Why share songs and rhymes
  • Bookbug Song and Rhyme Library
  • Ideas from Early Years experts
  • Our research: The impact of book gifting in Scotland

Articles

  • The importance of tuning in to your baby's gestures
  • Why black and white books are good for very young babies
  • How Bookbug came to life
  • Choosing the Bookbug books

Learning resources

  • Bookbug webinar: Gifting the Bookbug Baby and Toddler bags
  • Bookbug webinar: Supporting early learning and development with songs and rhymes

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