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Learning to Read is About More Than Just Books

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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 […]

Literacy Spot #9: 8 Ways to Play with Junk Mail and Catalogues

The saying goes, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” and this can definitely be the case when it comes to a letterbox filled with annoying junk mail! But what can be seen as an awful waste of paper can actually be re-purposed into some wonderful literacy learning through play for young children – after […]

Our Top Library Picks: Picture Books

We head to the library at least once a fortnight and love discovering new books.  Yesterday Immy, Dad 101 and I were all discussing our favourite borrows and I thought I would share some of our top picks from 2010. Some are newer, some are old classics and all were on our “Yes, we will […]

Literacy Spot #3: Party Invitations

With Immy’s birthday less than a month away, my thoughts have turned to all things party planning so I thought, why not have party invitations as the focus of the third literacy spot post?  Remember, literacy spot is all about playing around with literacy so here are some ideas for playing with party invitations to […]

Learning Letters Playfully

Learning Letters Playfully: 6 Ways to Learn. Great activity and resource ideas for inviting toddlers and preschoolers to learn playfully about the letters of the alphabet.

I smiled when I saw this Twitter tweet last week, in response to my post, 10 Ways to Motivate Your Child to Love Reading – “And not one of them involves learning letters.” I had wondered if anyone would notice that my post about loving reading indeed did not talk about learning letters. That is […]

Reading With Kids: 7 Things to Notice On the Cover

When reading together with your child take a moment to notice the following on the cover before you begin; 1. Read the title of the book. You might like to point out the words which make up the title with your finger. 2. Read and point out the name of the author. 3. And the […]

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