Foundation for Learning and Literacy

September 8, 2022

Today is International Literacy day

ALEA celebrates International Literacy Day on September 8 by members of local councils giving book packs to local hospitals. ALEA Sydney North has delivered 40 book packs to Royal North

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 13, 2022

Looking for a good book this weekend? Browse the 2022 Better Reading top 100

The 2022 top spot goes to… drumroll, please… Honeybee by Craig Silvey. Honeybee is a tender, profoundly moving novel, brimming with vivid characters and luminous words. It’s about two lives

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

April 5, 2022

You could be putting your child off reading – here’s how to change that

The Conversation July 5, 2019 by Isang Awah Not every child is a bookworm, but research shows that developing a love of reading early in life can provide many benefits. From

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

April 4, 2022

Parents Struggle To Find Time For Bedtime Stories With Kids

10 Play The Project 3 April, 2022 As many as one in four Australian children are missing out on bedtime stories because of their time-poor parents, research has found. While nearly three

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 27, 2022

NEW podcast from Cue Learning: Spelling with Diane Snowball

The Importance Of Teaching High Frequency Words With Diane Snowball: Expert educator and regular guest Diane Snowball talks about how to teach high frequency words purposefully and meaningfully. Listen here

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 14, 2022

The reading revolution

Catherine Keenan in Griffith Review FOR DECADES, RESEARCH has shown that – even controlling for factors such as maternal education and socio-economic status – children who are read to from a

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 1, 2022

Improving literacy means a book – or an iPad – at bedtime, say researchers

The Guardian 26 Feb 2022 Anne Fazackerley ...He (Elliot Major) is calling for a public campaign about the importance of parents spending 20 minutes a day reading with their children. “Schools

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

February 1, 2022

Today is World Read Aloud Day

LitWorld Be the story. Join millions around the globe as we celebrate the power of reading aloud with the thirteenth annual World Read Aloud Day on Wednesday, February 2, 2022! Check

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 30, 2022

Awe might be our most undervalued emotion. Here’s how to help children find it.

The Washington Post November 30, 2021 by Deborah Kris Awe is what we feel when we encounter something vast, wondrous or beyond our ordinary frame of reference. It evokes a sense

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 17, 2022

Children respond better to parents reading from books compared with tablets

Healio by Rose Weldon Reading from printed books benefits children more than reading from a tablet, a study published in Pediatrics found. Read here

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