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Sam (age 7) holding his 'Swiss Family Robinson' game Imaginative recreation is an essential part of learning. By re-creation I mean ...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:45 AM

An Introduction for non-Australians   Emily Gap N.T. Indigenous Australians were the original inhabitants of the continent we know today...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:46 AM

Charlotte Lance is the author and illustrator of a delightful new picture book call ' A Really Super Hero ' published by Allen &...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:31 AM

There are many good reasons to implement daily writing workshops classrooms. Probably most important amongst these is that they offer the ...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:30 PM

The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) shortlist has been announced, as has the list of ' Notable ' books. The awards ...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:27 AM

For a long time we've known that girls make a faster start in reading in the early years. In the last 2-3 decades the gap between the ...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:23 AM

An interest in Juvenilia As I have written already on this blog ( here ), children can begin to write from a very young age. While their ...

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