GLC CEO Mark Hands said a StoryWalk had many benefits for the whole family.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re a great way of mixing a whole lot of health and well-being outcomes that we want to achieve through physical activity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s also being able to walk around and read a story from beginning to end.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s about children’s books; it\u2019s a really family-oriented activity and the walk doesn’t have to stop at the end of the StoryWalk, it can branch off into other places.\u201d<\/p>\n
Heathcote Library story time presenter Ange Graystone said she thought children learnt best when they were doing something physical.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a great way to get families together and involved in literacy together,\u201d she said. \u201cEven the dog.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I took my girls on a story walk in Castlemaine years ago we had the best time. We covered all sorts of things along the way, and they still talk about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it creates a lasting memory of a book or an adventure that you went on as a family, or with friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
StoryWalk is the brainchild of American retiree Anne Ferguson and was originally a local project in her home state of Vermont.<\/p>\n
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