early childhood education

A great way of sharing information about holiday traditions is through the use of class surveys. It’s fun, engaging, and provides opportunities for learning across the curriculum. Here are some...

As the school year in Australia comes to a close, teachers are busy preparing ways to say “Thank you” to their classroom aides and volunteers, organising gifts for their students...

At this time of the year, people around the world are preparing to celebrate a variety of holidays. Christmas, celebrated by almost half of the world’s population, is perhaps the...

In the author spotlight this month is poet and author, June Perkins. June’s book of poetry for children Magic Fish Dreaming, was launched late last month, and it is about...

In this post I suggest ways of helping children develop friendship skills, and describe some readilearn resources for celebrating friendship. Developing a welcoming, happy, supportive classroom environment, a place where...

I love to write poems. Children do too. Giving young children a simple structure or a repetitive pattern to start from gets them thinking about words, how they sound, what...

Sorting is a very important skill. We sort things every day without even thinking about it. We sort items in cutlery drawers, sort and arrange dishes in the dishwasher, even...

Welcome to the second in the series of author spotlights. Last month I introduced you to Rebecca Johnson and her award winning Insect Series. This month I have great pleasure...

At this time of the year, children all around the world are getting ready to celebrate Halloween. The most exciting part of Halloween for children is dressing up in costume...

This post honours International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October. The day was established to “to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.”...

Since its inauguration in 1999, World Space Week has been celebrated each year from 4 to 10 October. Its purpose is to celebrate the “contributions of space science and technology...

Reading and following procedures is a part of everyday life. We need to follow a procedure to make a cake, take medicine, repair a bicycle, treat head lice, assemble a...