Literacy, families and learning

I'm grateful to ' Flash Academy ' for surveying children's favourite stories around the world. The most ...

A recent media report presented survey results which suggested 60% of parents find it hard to play with their children. Another report indic...

Regular readers now of my blog now that I often share good literature for younger readers. Often they are picture books for children aged 5-...

In Australia our schools have just closed for the Summer holidays. After over two years of Covid isolation, lock downs and disrupted lives,...

Storytelling is a central part of what it means to be human. Holidays often create the perfect context for storytelling. They create 's...

It's difficult to write a post like this one without appearing that I'm being (at least indirectly) critical of teachers, and parent...