Literacy, families and learning

I regularly review some of the major children's literature awards on this blog. This has included the Newbery & Caldecott awards (U...

In Great Britain there are two major awards for children's books - the Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal ( here ). Both are r...

We have known for a long time that girls seem to make a faster start in reading. Many have explained this by pointing to the fact that girl...

This post is a follow on from my last post ' Holiday Activities: 30 simple ways to stimulate learning ' ( here ). This time I've...

While Australian school children are just about to commence winter holidays, northern hemisphere children are in the middle of summer holida...

As children grow up there is an increasing realisation that the world isn't always as it seems. There are dangers, strangers, uncertaint...