Was memorising and reciting poetry a part of your primary school experience? It was for me, but it seems to rarely occur nowadays. Yet, there appears to be a number of benefits from incorporating poetry and learning poems as a … Continued
Children are more likely to be engaged in writing if they have a genuine reason for writing. One strategy is to encourage children to write to an author (particularly a favourite author of books they love). As a part of … Continued
If you want to improve a skill (playing a musical instrument, learning another language, hitting a golf or tennis ball, riding a bike, the list is endless), then you need sustained accurate practice. Not surprisingly, the same is true for … Continued
Which is correct – haitch or aitch? This is a continuous issue of discussion and even the spelling is questionable given that the ‘t’ before ‘ch’ usually only occurs after a short vowel (e.g., batch, stitch, crutch) and ‘ai’ is … Continued
As Orkin et al. (2022) acknowledge, developing reading fluency is a complex and comprehensive task. Fluent reading requires automaticity between and within the underlying components of reading – phonology, orthography, semantics, syntax and morphology. In fact, 75% of individuals with … Continued