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We are halfway through the first term here in Western Australia. The beautiful preprimary students I know have worked their way through...

Phonics lessons are crucial for all. Students need lots of repetition to consolidate skills. Games can help this process. I always add a...

Have you joined our #dailychatchallenge yet? It’s not too late to join in. 5 days—5 activities and resources to support language...

Over the past few months, I have had the pleasure of working with Erin Palmer. An amazing speech pathologist who lives in New Zealand...

I discuss the benefits of reading with children all the time; I find I am increasingly talking about talking with parents too. Language...

These are unusual times. Ordinarily, my children would be at school and I would be prepping for my week as a literacy tutor. Not today,...

Comic book making is the perfect activity for character development, dialogue and story sequencing at home. Comics and graphic novels...

Word building primes little learners for print and engages older children in word play. A cost-effective, quick and efficient activity...

This week our Reading Adventure is all about characters. Characters are the lifeblood of any story. They make or break it! The comings...

Stories are magic, they whisk us away to far-off lands, help us see life through the lens of another and are full of beautiful words....

“It all begins under the crook of an arm in the comfort of a loved one’s lap” Maryanne Wolf I love this quote from the book Proust and...

It’s always good to know what has happened at school, but often I can get a yes, no, or fine if I ask the wrong questions. I want to find...

We have to think about the ability to read in terms of skill-building through a content-rich curriculum. Reading and enjoying a...

Reading, spelling and writing support each other, yet they are often taught as separate areas of the literacy curriculum – linking them...

It is back to school here in Australia! Around this time, I always get lots of messages about what to teach first, and the subject of...