There is a growing trend to not enrol students who are very close to the ‘cut-off’ age until the following year. The general argument is that if they are enrolled as per the ‘cut-off’ criteria they will be the youngest … Continued
What is the role of phonic knowledge in the reading process? Perfetti and his colleagues designed a series of experiment to test this question. In one study, Perfetti studied third and fifth grade children who had been identified as good … Continued
Once students can read, reading then becomes an activity for acquiring knowledge. As they build knowledge through reading, this in turns provides a foundation for further thinking, understanding and learning. Effective reading comprehension is important not just in the educational … Continued
According to Butler (2014), editor of the Macquarie dictionary, ‘all right’ is in the flux of change to ‘alright’, making it similar to already, also and always. Butler suggests that in the future ‘all right’ will be used to mean … Continued
There is growing evidence that music and musical training is useful as a therapeutic tool and to support learning (see for example, Habib’s, 2016, and Rautenberg’s, 2013, research). However, as a classroom or specialist teacher you don’t have time to … Continued