Inside the brain of a struggling reader There are many, many factors that when combined, tend to create successful readers. While home environment, access to books and social and economic…
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For many students, ‘results day’of NAPLAN testing, can be just as nerve-racking as the ‘testing day’. Frequently more so. ‘Results Day’ often sees a spike in absenteeism and mysterious tummy…
Remember more of what you learn For many years, most of us have struggled to understand why many people – especially some of our own children – simply don’t ‘get’…
What’s the best way to teach children to read? This is a perennial question among educators and parents that often has many answers. Whilst there is no doubt that there…
Can reducing the fight or flight response make learning easier? There are many states of being that affect the learning (and living) process for all of us. Some of these…
There are many steps that enable all of us, especially students, to create what we want in the world. To consistently create the end results we feel we deserve. So,…
In my early teacher training in the 80’s, I was very fortunate to be trained, supervised and professionally evaluated, by some genuine masters of the teaching craft. Of course, there…