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5 {More} Ideas for Learning Letter-Sound Relationships

March 4, 2013
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Although Immy has been unofficially learning to read since she was born, this year she started pre-primary (children turning five and six) which sees her taking her first, tentative steps on the more formal path of learning to read. One major component of their learning program involves learning letter-sound relationships or phonics. Following Immy’s interest, [...]

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Popular Posts 2012: Early Learning

December 28, 2012
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Today’s collection of popular posts from 2012 explore many facets of early learning, though the one message they do all have in common is one I feel so strongly about – the importance of playfulness to young children’s learning. Learning to Read: Sight Word Activities Let Go and Let Them Learn Longer Stories & Novels [...]

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Our Play Space: Christmas Card Making Station

December 9, 2012
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Our art making space has been transformed into a hub for creativity and early literacy development – a Christmas Card Making Station! It was simple to assemble. I started by hanging our 12 Days of Christmas garland for a touch of festive cheer and added two word prompt cards to engage Immy with having a [...]

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Literacy Spot Round Up: 50 Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking Ideas for Kids

August 27, 2012
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If you are looking for reading, writing, listening or speaking ideas suitable for young children, then these 50 activity ideas provide a great place to start. Follow the link under each picture for more information. #1: Street Directory Literacy #2: Calendars and Diaries #3: Party Invitations #4: Playing School #5: Photo Albums #6: Messages of [...]

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Creating Book Memories With Kids

August 25, 2012

Today’s guest star, Stephanie of Boy Mama Teacher Mama, has really got me thinking about which books my girls will remember us reading together once they are all grown up. For me, I was a massive Enid Blyton fan as a child and I collected all of the Trixie Belden books when I was a [...]

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Growing Up Reading

August 24, 2012

Hello! I’m Kylie, a mother to two year old ‘Pebble’, wife and early childhood educator who loves playing and cooking, and using as many geek-tech tools as possible along the way. My blog, Octavia and Vicky, is named after a story I wrote when I was five years old. It is about a spider named [...]

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Kids & Books: 5 Tips for Introducing Authors and Illustrators

August 23, 2012
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In celebration of Australian Book Week we have more booky goodness today! Jackie of My Little Bookcase is kindly sharing 5 ideas for introducing authors and illustrators as one way to grow book-loving kids. As parents, helping Cam to develop a love and appreciation for reading is a wonderful journey, which we thoroughly enjoy. Our [...]

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Learning to Read is About More Than Just Books

August 22, 2012
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This post is by regular contributor Kate Fairlie of Picklebums. At my big boy’s preschool they have a poster on the door that says… “Learning to read is about more than just books!” Underneath the words are lots of photos of kids doing different activities. I love that poster. It makes me smile every time [...]

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