education

This week I am delighted to introduce you to award-winning children’s author Dimity Powell. Dimity likes to fill every spare moment with words. She writes and reviews stories exclusively for...

The importance of reading The ability to read is one of the most valuable skills we can acquire.  It is a tool for thinking, learning and entertainment. Reading opens doors...

This week I have great pleasure in introducing you to Emma Middleton who is here to discuss illustrations in picture books as tools for analysis, enjoyment and interpretation. Emma is...

Teaching about living things has an important place in early childhood classrooms. In the science curriculum in their first few years of school, children learn What is a living thing...

Teaching phonics and letter-sound relationships is an important part of literacy education in early childhood classrooms. To be fluent readers and writers we need to understand the relationship that exists...