Literacy, families and learning

This is my second post on the 'Power of Literature'. In my last post ( here ) I argued that literature can teach many things - how ...

1. An introduction D.W. Harding (1972) suggested that “ reading, like daydreaming and gossiping is a means to offer or be offered symbolic r...

Humour is an important part of life. People need to laugh. Laughter reduces tensions helps us to relate to one another, releases tension. B...

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...