Bookstart Toddler, Pre-schooler/Nursery

Our Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler/Nursery programmes for children are designed to support families to read and share stories together.

What is Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler/Nursery?

Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler/Nursery are book packs designed to help families have fun reading and share stories with their children. Bookstart Toddler packs are designed for 1–2 year-olds and Bookstart Pre-schooler/Nursery packs are designed for 3–4 year-olds.

Bookstart Toddler and Preschooler/​Nursery is delivered to families through lots of different partners such as health visiting teams, family hubs and nurseries.

Each pack contains two books, activities and games to bring the book to life and get young children interested in reading. You can find more ideas for using your pack below, as well as downloadable and printable versions of the pack resources.

Bookstart Toddler: what is in the packs

Books, activities, and tips inside the Bookstart Toddler pack 

Ideas for using the packs

Each pack contains the books Zeki Goes to the Park and All Aboard: Train.

  • Finger puppet: Use it to tell the story! Try pretending the puppet is one of the characters, or just use it to get your child talking.
  • Zeki Goes to the Park: Take the book with you when you go out and about. Can you spot any of the things that Zeki and Mummy see on their trip to the park?
  • All Aboard: Train: See if your child can use the push and pull tabs when you read together.
  • If you fancy a rhyme, try out the ideas on the back of your pack.

Bookstart Pre-schooler: what is in the packs

Books, activities, and tips inside the Bookstart Pre-schooler pack 

Each pack contains the books Supertato: Bubbly Troubly and Colours with a Ladybird. 

Ideas for using the pack

Bookstart Nursery: what is in the packs

The elements of the dual language nursery family pack laid out.

Books, activities, and tips inside the Bookstart Nursery pack offered in English and Welsh 

Each pack contains the books Supertato: Bubbly Troubly and Colours with a Ladybird. 

Bookstart Nursery in Wales contains the bilingual books Rumble Tumble and This Little Dinosaur

  • Rumble Tumble: Can you pretend to be an animal? Explore the animal noises and the movements that might go with them. 
  • This Little Dinosaur: Play spot the dinosaur! There are lots of different dinosaurs doing different things.’ 

More downloadable resources

Delivering Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler/Nursery for partners

If you’re a parent or carer