special days

We wish you and your loved ones a peaceful and joyous Christmas. Stay safe, relax, rejuvenate, and have fun! Note: The above scene is from the interactive digital story Who's...

  This week I have the great pleasure of inviting South Australian author Jane Jolly to the readilearn blog. Jane is author of a number of books, including the recently...

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 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...

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...

  The first day of September marks the first day of spring in Australia. It is also recognised throughout Australia as Wattle Day.  The golden wattle is our national floral...