Research has typically found that shared reading experiences are highly beneficial for young people.
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There are benefits to shared reading long after children can read to themselves, so how long should you read to your children?
Ontario is the only Canadian province to offer a unique two-year, full-day and play-based kindergarten model.
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Ontario’s investment in a unique two-year, full-day and play-based kindergarten program is paying off. Could similar results happen elsewhere?
About 1.1 million students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 sat the 2017 NAPLAN tests in May.
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This year’s preliminary NAPLAN results show Australian students are flatlining after ten years of the controversial tests.
Children benefit from previous understanding of spoken words before reading them.
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Eye-tracking research reveals that children are likely to read new words faster and easier if they have heard the words before.
Should children under the age of 13 be given access to smartphones?
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Teaching fear and avoidance of technology may protect people from negative consequences. But it also prevents them from finding, and benefiting from, productive uses of new innovations.
Front cover of Tjarrany Roughtail - the book features a collection of Dreaming stories.
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These books introduce children to Indigenous culture and experiences through colourful pictures and powerful storytelling.
In some Aboriginal communities, over 50% of adults say they do not have the literacy they need for everyday tasks.
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The children who are least likely to attend school regularly – and do well – grow up in households where the adults themselves have very poor literacy skills.
Learning to read is not actually that easy.
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We are not hard-wired to read. It has taken thousands of years of practice to forge connections in our brains to help us do this.
The aim of all reading is comprehension.
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Four tips for teaching reading.
Get immersed enough in a good show, and you’ll enter a ‘flow state.’
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Don’t listen to the headlines linking binge watching to depression and loneliness. It can be a positive experience – but only if we think of it as a good thing.
Once upon a time…
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Poor literacy impacts a child’s life chances – but there may be a rather colourful solution.
Children may actually prefer reading books the traditional way.
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Research shows that providing children with eReading devices can actually inhibit their reading.
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What stories can teach children about the world.
Children need to learn how to sound out words they haven’t seen before.
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Many young children can give the false impression that they are learning to read, when in fact they are mostly guessing words from pictures or context. This test will help to identify these students.
Phonics helps teach children how to merge separate sounds together to make it one word.
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Phonics instruction gives children letter-sound knowledge, a skill that is essential for them to read unfamiliar words by themselves.
Time to sink into some deep thoughts.
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Want to contemplate some big questions this summer but don’t know where to start? Here are some top picks from some of Australia’s top philosophers.
These are the books to read with your children this summer.
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From the informative to the whimsical to the flat out hilarious, here are ten Australian books to keep your child’s brain active through the holidays.
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Bedtime stories can be comforting, chilling and mysterious, but new research highlights how emotions change depending on how children are doing it.
What does it take for kids to be ready for school?
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Children who aren’t ready for school tend to lag behind their peers in later grades. Parents and teachers can help.
Politicians need to invest in teachers to improve education standards.
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Politicians need to stop meddling with education policy and invest in teachers if Australia’s science, mathematics and reading standards are to improve.