literacy

How do you feel about worksheets? Love them? Hate them? Use them sparingly? I would say I’ve never been greatly in favour of worksheets. I’m not saying I never used...

This week I am delighted to introduce you to prolific Australian author Jennifer Poulter. Jennifer writes fiction and poetry for children, education and the literary market. She has had over 50...

The readilearn Bullfrog’s Billabong suite of cross-curricular resources can be used as the foundation for planning a week’s reading instruction including lessons with the whole class and small groups and...

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...

Have you ever considered what we do when we read? For many of us, reading has become such a natural and intuitive process that we rarely stop to marvel at...

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...

  Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May in many countries, including Australia, the United States, and Canada. As the day approaches, teachers often look for easy-to-make...

Parents often approach teachers wanting to know what they should teach their children or how to prepare their children for school—should they teach them the letter names or sounds or...

The celebration of special occasions such as Easter may bring interruptions to the usual class program with preparation for special events and performances such as Easter Hat Parades. It may...