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Stress-free Book Week costume ideas
Feeling stressed in your quest to help your kids with a Book Week parade costume? Don’t worry, we are here to help!
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Tips on teaching sight words
Teacher and author, Jayneen Sanders shares her tips on how to help children learn their weekly list of words and build their confidence at the same time.
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Five books to read before you see the movies
Five great reasons to pick up the book before heading to the box office.
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Having more books as a teen makes you smarter
Science says so.
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Six things you can do to get boys reading more
How can parents and educators help bridge the gap for boys' literacy?
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Mysteries of dyslexia unravelled
Scores of children are being helped to overcome literacy problems at a Macquarie University reading clinic.
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How many of these banned books have you read?
From Lady Chatterley's Lover to Lord of the Flies, some of our greatest books were once banned.
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6 things you should do when reading with your kids
Struggling to get your kids reading? An expert shares her advice to help your child get the most out of shared reading.
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The good reason school home reader books are so boring
They might be soul-crushingly boring, but there are benefits to sticking with home readers.
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A love of reading: tips to make storytime a success
Anyone who has ever tried to nurse a squirmy toddler knows story time can be fraught with danger. Here's how to do it right.
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How to trick kids into reading so they don't realise they're doing it
If it's a daily battle to get them to read, try these tricks.
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Children's reading difficulties linked to vision problems not picked up during traditional tests
Binocular vision problems going undetected.
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These beloved kids' books are on sale at ALDI today
Kids' books are ALDI's special buy.
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