Literacy, families and learning

Every teacher wants to help children to read deeply, to grasp the richness of characterisation, the devices the author uses to create mo...

The Children's Book Council of Australia ( CBCA ) announced the winners of the 2013 awards yesterday in Canberra. I reviewed the full sh...

Have you ever tried to clear out your shed or attic and found that a job that was to be a 2-3 hour exercise in shedding your life of jun...

It seems a long time since I have reviewed some story apps. You can look at my entire app reviews HERE . In this post I want to review 12 st...

People have a tendency to fear the unknown, and this includes people who are different to us. I have argued in previous posts ( here & ...

Claire Chadwick has just publisher her first book titled ' So Many Sounds ' (Rydell Books, 2013). Trevor Salter has been illustrate...

In a recent article in 'The Atlantic' Jessica Lahey called on schools to 'stop penalizing boys for not being able to sit still...