literacy

Reading, Learning and Education

June 1, 2010

Reading and all things literacy have been a big focus in our house over the last month or so. This focus has permeating my blog reading and as such this month’s highlights from the blogosphere are all about this too! 1. Three Ways To Ruin A Good Book By Reading Rockets this post looks at [...]

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Book Review: A Giraffe In The Bath By Mem Fox and Olivia Rawson

April 7, 2010

Mem Fox is one of my favourite children’s authors. In her new book, Fox has teamed up with a former student Olivia Rawson to write the funny picture book A Giraffe in the Bath. This is a beautiful book to read aloud to the kids and one that my preschooler wanted to hear “just one [...]

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10 Online Games For Learning The Alphabet

February 16, 2010

I am not a flashcard type of mum, but I do like to follow the lead of my children and at the moment my preschooler is showing lots of interest in the letters of the alphabet. We have a fantastic alphabet puzzle that we have been playing with and we also have a number of [...]

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10 Online Games To Practice Sight (Magic) Words

November 10, 2009

In a previous post I wrote about 10 Resources On Children’s Literacy. They were resources on the web that I have used for ideas, strategies and to educate myself in the area of children’s literacy. Today’s post lists online games that my children have used to help them master their sight words (also known has [...]

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10 Resources On Children’s Literacy

October 6, 2009

Image by qwrrty Watching a child learn to read is one of the joys of parenthood to me. Seeing the child’s excitement at being able to work out what the words on the page say and then the pride that exudes as they can read to their younger siblings. As a parent I have found [...]

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10 Great Australian Blogs

August 18, 2009

I have recently updated my blogroll. For those of you not familiar with that term it is the list of blogs that I frequent and is listed on the right hand side bar of this website. I thought I would share with you some of my recent finds. They are all Australian and are definitely [...]

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Magic 100 Words Or Sight Word Lists

July 23, 2009

This post has proven to be one of the most popular on the blog. Thinking about this and reflecting on my own experience with my first child and sight words, I have created a downloadable pack of Sight Word Activities and Games. The pack includes a comprehensive list of 125 words, broken down into 10 [...]

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Beginner Phonic Activities

July 16, 2009

Possum started her first year of school this year, known as prep in Victoria. I always find it amazing just how much they learn in their first year of school. The school that she attends uses a combination of phonics and whole of language approach to literacy. If you are not familiar with these terms [...]