Literacy, families and learning

One of my daughter's on her 1st day I last wrote about this topic in January 2014 when one of my grandchildren was starting school f...

An article in the latest edition of the Financial Times has shared some startling data about book sales in the last year. While the hype fo...

There are many good reasons to implement daily writing workshops in classrooms. Probably most important amongst these is that they offer...

In Australia it is summer and so school is out for 6 weeks across the nation and many families will be heading for the beaches and waterways...

This is my fifth annual post on choosing great toys for kids. That is, toys that teach, challenge, stimulate and encourage creativity and...

My last post featured 26 wonderful books to share at Christmas. Within days of completing the post I discovered three more new books that ar...

I've done a number of posts on children's picture books for Christmas on this blog. As teachers and families approach Christmas you ...