Preschool
Inspired by Sesame Street: Canberra start-up secures $4m funding to educate preschoolers
Preschool Play is a brand new online content platform, designed to give preschoolers and their teachers a "really brilliant start to the day" by encouraging learning through a nine-minute burst of singing and dancing.
STEM setting preschoolers up for workforce success in 2030
How do you capture the inquisitiveness of four-year-olds and transfer that to the workplace? And what will the workplace of 2030 even look like? A University of Canberra project is hoping to bridge the gap.
Long lost childhood sweethearts matched by dating site 30 years after pre-school crush
Little did newlyweds Amy Giberson and Justin Pounders know, they were sitting next to the love of their life in their pre-school photo 30 years ago.
How fake words can help kids learn to read
A five-minute reading "check" for first-graders that includes made-up words like "beff" and "shup" that has dramatically improved early literacy rates in the UK is set to be adopted in Australia.
I conquered my dyslexia: every kid should have the same chance
My overworked primary school teachers concluded I was just not very bright. But I was lucky. I had a mother who would not accept such a bleak diagnosis for her son.
Two years of preschool have more impact than one, research shows
Children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores than those who attend no preschool or only one year.
Starting School
Boy, 5, shares shoelace tying tutorial and it's must see back-to-school viewing
If you have a little one starting school this year and they haven't quite mastered the tricky art of tying their own shoelaces, let us introduce you to five-year-old Colton.
Getting outdoors with your kids is overrated
I love my kids, but from now on, I will be strapping them into my car to drive them three minutes down the road.
Primary School
A note from the mother of 'that' child
Dear mamas in the schoolyard, I want to write you this letter in the hope that it may help you to understand.
Should gifted students go to a separate school?
Grouping students with like-minded peers of similar abilities and interests can provide important emotional and social support.
'Since when did mean girls behaviour start in kindergarten?'
The first day of school, I'd done everything to ensure my daughter would have a happy time at school. Kindy is only learning to read and having fun with numbers, right? Nothing serious.
High School
How to pick the right phone for your child
Your child is starting high school this year and will be making their own way home, so you're considering getting them their first smartphone. Or perhaps their friends have one and they've been begging you to join the club all summer.
How a Sydney teenager got inside the space shuttle
Girls from several schools around Australia have returned from NASA encouraged to pursue their passions in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
