As parents, we all want our kids to learn and have fun while doing it. But for the 19 million children worldwide who suffer from vision loss and blindness, it’s a bit more difficult. It turns out that due to incredible advancements in technology, like audiobooks and other computer-based learning, fewer and fewer blind children […]
It is every parent’s instinct to guide and educate their kids as they grow up. The “teacher role” in each of us does not stop when they enter school. It may be stressful at times, but we always make sure to find ways to help them with their school works and projects. Good thing that […]
Getting kids to relax before bedtime is a constant struggle. While nothing can replace spending time with your kid and reading a loud, mixing in reading experiences can only be a good thing. Listening to stories at bedtime taps into your child’s imagination and prepares them for dreamland. Exposing your kids to different narrators gives […]
Knock those sight words over before the end of the school year with these brilliant tips from the classroom.
Long before your child begins to read, she’ll develop pre-reading skills that set her up for early literacy skills and future reading success. Believe it or not, some of these skills emerge during the toddler years. While the toddler years are often characterised by chasing down new runners, picking up dropped (or thrown) food, and […]
Reading to my boys started as a way to improve my son’s reading and speech, but it has become so much more than that.
Children who become lifelong readers are usually those who developed a love of reading at a young age.
It goes without saying that some stories (and their illustrations) stir a little magic
I’ve always been a bookworm and many of my best childhood memories are tied up in books. I remember being totally engrossed in my first Trixie Belden book, sprawled across my sister’s bed in our house in Alice Springs, NT. The fact that the Trixie Belden book was my sister’s and I was reading it despite being told […]
A new report suggests that it’s harmful to pressure kindergarteners to read. As a mum and child psychotherapist, I agree.
Here’s how I’ve nurtured the blossoming reader in my home. Number 2 is especially easy to do.
