Literacy, families and learning

The Language Experience Approach probably had its genesis in the creative activities of many teachers who drew on children’s firsthand exper...

The principal of Presbyterian Ladies College (Sydney), Dr William McKeith, has said what many of us have been thinking for a long time. The ...

A new literacy program introduced by the West Australian government has led to significant literacy gains for indigenous students in 42 remo...

Pamela Allen is one of Australia's finest author/illustrators for young readers. I say Australian but she is actually a Kiwi who has li...

Paul Jennings is a well-known Australian (well he came here from England at age 6) children's author who has written many books for boys...

I have written previously on this blog about the importance of play for children ( here and here ) but I was reminded recently of the impac...

As a parent, one could be forgiven for being confused about the best way to teach young children to read. I've been studying early readi...