How Reading Apps Can Boost Your Child’s Reading
There is a huge range of online reading apps on the market targeted at pre-kinder to high school. Some are free, and others can usually be bought for a reasonable price. Reading apps offer an interactive self-paced learning environment that is age appropriate online reading for kids. This means they have appropriate content and will cater […]
Reading to Baby
DO YOU READ TO YOUR BABY? How Reading to Baby can assist early childhood reading It has been proven that social interactions, including talking, touching and playing are important for a baby’s early development. Reading aloud to your baby is an easy, enjoyable activity that you can continue to share for years to come, but […]
Five Ways to Get a Child to Read
Start an Enjoyable Habit: 5 Tips for Getting Your Primary School Child to Read Every child is different. Some think reading is fun, and others need some encouragement. Very few hate reading unless they are forced to read texts that are either too hard or too boring. When a book is too hard for a […]
Independent Reading is Critical
Why Independent Reading is a Critical Skill to Master Reading is the foundation of all formal education and when started early offers neurological, educational, psychological, social and linguistic advantages to your child. This means that a critical skill for success in school is the ability to read independently. Reading builds word knowledge and context, so […]
Judging the Australian Picture Book of the Year
Castlemaine Secondary College (CSC) Literature Enrichment Program Year 7 students choose their favourite Picture Books of the Year Andrea McDonald is the senior librarian at CSC and an inspiring teacher. She has run the Year 7 Literature Enrichment Program for the past two years. Students are recommended for the program by their English teachers, based on […]
Word Strategies and Spelling Rules
Word strategies to help you tackle spelling rules. Here’s some tips on how to master the spelling rules of the English language: Word Strategy 1 Have A Go. Not sure how to spell a word? Write it three different ways. Which one looks the best? Chances are that your choice is going to be the correct spelling, […]
3 of the Best Online Platforms for Education Professionals
What do YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest, Dropbox, Facebook, Wikipedia and PowerPoint have in common? They were all voted into the first 20 of Top 100 Tools for Learning 2014. The list is an interesting read – it demonstrates the diversity of teaching methods employed worldwide, and the variety of tools available online. But while the list […]
Why kids love Andy Griffith
Andy Griffiths is a prolific Australian author with over 30 children’s titles published. He is best known for his Treehouse series, The Day My Bum Went Psycho and the JUST! books. A passionate advocate for literacy and an ambassador for The Indigenous Literacy Foundation and The Pyjama Foundation, Andy has written children’s books for over […]
Birmingham Education Show 2014
Highlights of presentation from Oakhurst Community Primary School, Swindon talking about using the READ IT – Home Reading journals at their school.
Teaching Children to Become Critical Readers
Jake Uwland writes about developing critical readers from a young age Each and every day people are engaging with newspapers, magazines, books, Facebook, Twitter and endless other types of media and social media. In doing this, most people are actively engaged as critical readers but do they actually know or understand what it means to be a […]
