Top 5 Positive Parenting Books I recently put together a list of parenting books that I love for a few friends with new babies and one who is expecting and thought I’d share the list here. I never thought I’d have an official declared parenting style however I knew from my teaching experience that I was into positive behaviour discipline and have naturally gravitated towards books and experts advocating this style of parenting. The word discipline often gets mixed up with the word punishment but in fact it comes from the Latin word …
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3 WAYS TO HELP YOUR CHILD WITH READING COMPREHENSION
Reading Comprehension Comprehension is at the very core of reading and can be shown when we really understand something. I talk often about how reading WITH our kids helps create meaningful connections and a stronger bond between parents and their children, and I wanted to share with you what making connections when reading means in the classroom. Making literary connections as we read is how we come to better understand a story. It assists us with our comprehension of the events and people in a particular story and how that …
TOP 10 BOOKS FOR BABY’S NURSERY
TOP 10 BOOKS FOR BABY'S NURSERY Preparing your baby’s nursery is a right of passage for new parents and something that allows you to start making connections and building a bond with your unborn baby well before they arrive and you get to meet your little one. I remember I started ‘nesting’ quite early in my pregnancy (probably around the 20 week mark after that oh so very important scan). I’m a little bit of an organisational freak and I knew that these things take time and before you know it the baby would be here and I would have …
READING ALOUD: TOP 5 TIPS
Reading aloud: Top 5 tips Did you know that you are your child’s first reading teacher? This is pretty powerful stuff! By providing your child with loving literacy interactions you will help develop their love for books, stories and reading. Reading aloud with your child is a wonderful time for them to chat about their thoughts and share ideas about what it is you’re reading. This in turn will help develop their comprehension and communication skills, bonus! I always give books as birthday presents to my nieces, nephews, and friends children. …
AUSTRALIAN PICTURE BOOKS- WHY LOCALISED LITERATURE IS IMPORTANT
Australian Picture Books I post a lot of Australian literature on my Instagram feed as naturally, living in Australia, I have access to so many amazing Aussie authors. However, the other reason I choose to share Australian picture books with my daughter and the students in my class is that children should be regularly exposed to literature that is culturally specific to help them better identify with the themes, characters and settings presented in the stories. I was recently discussing the need to grow my Canadian picture book library …