education

  Wishing you hope and joy The situation for us at Easter this year is very different from any we’ve experienced before and, hopefully, are unlikely to experience again. Wherever...

Today, it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to Yvonne Mes and her delightful new picture book Little Bilby’s Aussie Easter Egg Hunt. About Yvonne Mes Yvonne Mes...

We are only a quarter into the year but it seems so much longer with so much happening and situations changing constantly. While the situation will be far from business...

The 2020 Student Blogging Challenge starts on March 15. If you wish to participate, it’s still not too late to join in. What is the Student Blogging Challenge? The Student...

Children will love this newly released series of books by Aleesah Darlison. Teachers and parents will take just as much delight in reading the books aloud as children will in...

As we step into March, here in the Southern Hemisphere, we are looking forward to some cooler weather and a reprieve from summer’s heat as autumn begins. In the Northern...

Next Saturday 29 February is a leap day. A leap day is an extra day added to every fourth year to keep the calendar in line with the solar year....

Science learning is an important part of one’s education. It incorporates learning in biological, chemical, earth and space, and physical sciences. It is often integrated with learning from other areas...

Today, 31 January is the 7th Multicultural Children’s Book Day. I am delighted to support the day by reviewing two books I was gifted to review for the event. The...

It is during the final weeks of January and the first weeks of February that most teachers and children in the Southern Hemisphere begin their school year. Parents breathe a...

Discussion of the day, date and weather is a familiar part of the daily routine in most early childhood and lower primary classrooms. The discussion allows for incidental teaching about...

I was recently approached by some parents who had been informed by teachers that their children were not achieving the expected level in reading for the class and that, although...