Literacy, families and learning

I wrote a post on early writing last year in which I cited the seminal work of Harste, Woodward and Burke (1984) on early writing. They co...

Today is the official 40th birthday of the Eric Carle classic children's picture book ' The Very Hungry Caterpillar '. The date...

I've mentioned Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins wonderful book “ My Place ” (1987) a number of times on this blog. I used it as an exam...

We live in an age of increasing busyness. A 2008 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report on how Australians use their time indicated t...

World Mathematics Day (which is called Math Day in the USA) occurs on the March 4th in 2009. A central activity on this day is the opportun...

Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), better known as Dr. Seuss and sometimes Theo LeSieg, was born on the 2nd March 1904 in Springfield, Massac...

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