How to help your child with reading Children learn to read at varying rates. Some have the ability to sound out words before they start school and others take a while longer to learn the basics of reading. However competent Read More …
Research shows that reading to young children helps to improve literacy and communication skills. But does it matter who does the reading? Any reading is better than no reading, but it may be that not all reading is created equal! Read More …
Not a fan of home readers? Read on as Allison Greenland explains in this recent interview with Essential Kids the reason those readers can appear so dull. Here is the article with the link to the original at the bottom. Read More …
Developing characters using Artemis Fowl In week six our primary students in years 3-6 explored elements of fantasy writing and understanding characterisation using the book Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer. Fantasy is an element of fiction that deals with things Read More …
A few weeks ago, we explored alliteration with our students. First we asked the students if they had heard of alliteration and explained that it is a literary device in which the author uses the same sound at the Read More …
