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Why Re-creation Matters for Learning: Some age appropriate examples

Posted by | 11:43 AM
Sam (age 7) holding his 'Swiss Family Robinson' game Imaginative recreation is an essential part of learning. By re-creation I mean ...

Appreciating Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories*

Posted by | 5:45 AM
An Introduction for non-Australians   Emily Gap N.T. Indigenous Australians were the original inhabitants of the continent we know today...

An exciting new author & illustrator: Charlotte Lance

Posted by | 5:46 AM
Charlotte Lance is the author and illustrator of a delightful new picture book call ' A Really Super Hero ' published by Allen &...

Developing Craft & Stamina in Young Writers

Posted by | 12:31 AM
There are many good reasons to implement daily writing workshops classrooms. Probably most important amongst these is that they offer the ...

CBCA Children's Literature Shortlist Announced

Posted by | 5:30 PM
The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) shortlist has been announced, as has the list of ' Notable ' books. The awards ...

Getting Boys Into Reading: Ideas, Books & Resources

Posted by | 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 ...

The Childhood Writing of Dickens, Austen, Ruskin, Bruce & Others: What can we learn from it?

Posted by | 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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