Monday, August 31, 2009

Getting boys into reading through non-fiction material

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I wrote a post on ' The Challenge of Boys and Reading " in July in which I commented that boys are more likely to be attracted to b...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

2009 Children's Book Council Australia Awards Announced

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The Children's Book Council of Australia ( CBCA ) has announced the winners and honour books for 2009. As I wrote in my post earlier i...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Brain Development in Babies and Toddlers: Implications for learning

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I wrote a post on ' Brain Development and the Early Weeks of Life ' in September last year just after the birth of our 5th grandchil...
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Chapter Books for Younger Children

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The Importance of Reading to Children I’ve written before on this blog about the importance of reading to and with your children ( here ). H...
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Friday, August 7, 2009

The dangers of television for young children

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General research on the impact of new media As I have written previously on this blog, a study conducted by researchers from the National In...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Notable Children's Books in 2009

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I regularly review some of the major children's literature awards on this blog. This has included the Newbery & Caldecott awards (U...
Friday, July 24, 2009

2009 Kate Greenaway & Carnegie Medals Announced

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