Because bias is learned from a very early age, reading and learning about diverse experiences cannot start too soon. Here are five Australian picture books that centre on queer stories.
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Grocery shopping and family meals are prime opportunities to build reading and math skills – particularly for young Latino children, a new study finds.
Picture books and young adult biographies can introduce kids to design-based thinking and engineering habits like creativity and persistence.
To “warm up” a book, use the K-W-L strategy: Talk with your child about what you both KNOW about the subject, what you WONDER and afterwards, what you’ve LEARNED.
With a complex language, like English, learning to sound out words is critical but not enough for learning how to read.
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Associate Professor of Education, Thompson Rivers University
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Associate Professor in Communications and Journalism, UNSW Sydney
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Part-time faculty, Department of Education, Concordia University; Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF), McGill University, Concordia University
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Professor, Department of Education, Concordia University
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Honorary Associate, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of STEM Education, Texas State University
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Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
