Parents happy to get on board with reading scheme

A new education project is encouraging parents in Cork to read to their babies from birth to help develop their language skills.

And those behind the ‘Happy Talk’ scheme are using local buses to help promote the initiative.

The scheme to promote language development from an early age is running in two areas of Cork’s northside. The project, which is working with communities in the Glen and Mayfield by linking with public health nurse clinics, toddler groups, crèches, and pre-schools, is targeting parents of babies as young as five weeks.