Literacy, families and learning

Listening to your child reading is more complex, and important than people think. While I've written previously on reading to your c...

1. ' Funny Faces ' by Dr Mark Norman (Black Dog Books) This delightful book is a companion to ' Funny Bums ' and ' F...

Have you noticed how when people under the age of 35 eat out, they usually do so with their smart phones on the table or in their hands, w...

This is a revised version of a post I wrote last year. I am asked constantly by parents of preschool children how they will know if their ...

It has been about four months since I did a review of the latest picture books to land on my desk. I have so many wonderful books piling up ...

This past week Ruby Bridges celebrated her 60th birthday. It is 54 years since Ruby famously became the first African American child to at...

This is a revised version of a post that I wrote almost two years ago. Once again I want to pick up on my previous comment that many paren...