It’s that time of year again! Your kids are putting on their backpacks and heading off to school. Whether this is your child’s first year at school [...]
School is finally done and kids are excited about their summer holidays! In between swimming pools and summer parties how will you engage your kids [...]
Links from last week to get you talking… At what age should we start teaching our kids how to read? babyhood? kindergarten? - Lisa Guernsey Summer [...]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has established today, April 23, as the World Book and Copyright Day. This particular day was [...]
In honour of Family Literacy Day we’ve got some suggestions for parents about how to encourage reading and writing with their preschoolers. Reading to your [...]
Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has created a new device, called Storyplay, designed to allow grandparents to share the story book experience with their grandkids over [...]
As one component of those early precursors to reading and writing, called emergent literacy skills, invented spellings do actually help young children develop their ability [...]
For parents interested in helping their children learn to read I have a few suggestions for books that are fun and reinforce emergent literacy skills [...]
There has been much debate over the last few decades about the educational value of television, particularly for young children. While researchers have discovered both [...]