Literacy, families and learning

1. Biography I've chosen an Australian author for my latest 'Author Focus' who sadly is barely known to the younger readers of ...

Readers of this blog may recall that I provided a brief review of ' Your Baby Can Read ' (YBCR) in July last year ( here ). YBCR is ...

This post is a recap of two posts I wrote early in 2008. Given the importance of play I thought I would revisit the topic. 1. The importanc...

The major children’s book awards in the USA are the Newbery and Caldecott Medals. The winners of both awards were announced recently. This ...

Today is Australia Day, the official national day of our nation. It is celebrated on the 26 January each year. It commemorates the arrival ...

Here's a quick review of a very practical book, " 3 Minute Motivators " by Kathy Paterson. It offers a lot of practical help f...

This post is based partly on an earlier post ( here ) but I've updated it and added a second section on reading with your child. When pa...