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Earlier this week the Victorian Education Minister announced a new phonics mandate for Victorian schools.Ā Ā Although the details are still filtering th...
I always say that if there's one thing us primary school teachers are good at, itās taking something and implementing it in ways that were never inten...
In my last blog, I shared some of the latest information available to teachers about dyslexia. (Click here to read the previous blog).
Dyslexia is ...
This post is dedicated to spreading the word about dyslexia.Ā Ā
Thereās been a lot of progress made in this field since I was at university (and didnā...
In a previous blog post I shared three shifts Iāve had in my thinking when it comes to the use of decodable texts in the early reading classroom. ...
I've been asked loads of questions about effective phonics instruction lately so today I'm going to address one of the main questions being asked at...
In this post I'll be answering 5 of the most frequently asked questions I received after my previous post titled, āWhat is Phonological Awareness ...
There are a lot of āphā words involved in teaching reading, but unfortunately too many of us were never exposed to them in our university degrees....
Those of you who have followed me for a while now will know that Iāve been a huge Jennifer Serravallo fan for quite a long time. I carry her books...
Have you ever had a student who battled against the written word every time you asked them to put pen to paper? A student who just canāt come up w
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