Reading aloud to young children is the most effective means of helping them to develop language, writes Nan Williamson No-one expects a child’s body to develop and grow without a constant diet of healthy, varied wholesome food. The same is true of language and vocabulary. Children’s...
Jane Messer looks at Chloe Hooper's recent memoir "Bedtime Story" The fifth book from Chloe Hooper, an accomplished author of fiction and nonfiction, is in part a bedtime story told across many nights to her two sons, and in part a meditation on how stories –...
Professor Bill Bellotti encourages us to challenge the existing world views on what we should eat. We live in interesting times, especially for an agronomist like myself – but also for anyone who has to feed a family. Hardly a day goes by without some new...
The “Real” 7-Up – the 30-Year Study Linking Childhood Obesity and Fitness to Midlife Cognition The world’s first study of the impact of childhood fitness and obesity on cognition in middle age, followed over 1200 people who were children in 1985 for over 30 years, has...
Relax, say Amanda Levido and Aleesha Rodriguez, it’s just a ringlight for kids. Recent outrage surrounding a young children’s toy “vlogger” set echoes moral panics of the past, particularly when words such as children, play and digital come together. Aldi recently released a new range of wooden...
Report prepared by Clare Collins and Megan Whatnall Grocery prices have taken a hike upwards for a host of reasons, including the rising costs of petrol, fertiliser and labour. You could “shop around” for cheaper groceries, but that would cost you more in fuel or travel, not...
– but that’s not happening in most Australian schools, writes researcher Margaret Kristin Merga We know literacy is important. Unfortunately, many Australian students move through the years of schooling without achieving the literacy they need for essential daily activities. When we think about building literacy, we most...
– but, asks David Burton and Kate Cantrell, is he a lovable larrikin, or just a bad dad? Bandit Heeler is a hero. The cartoon father of Bluey and her younger sister Bingo, Bandit is the much-loved dad dog at the heart of Australia’s favourite four-legged family....
FatBlaster Max has just been banned. Why? reports Nick Fuller Australia’s regulator has banned weightloss supplementsz, an over-the-counter pill that claimed (with no evidence) to be able to help you lose weight. FatBlaster Max can no longer be purchased, after the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) found...
In the new Disney Pixar movie Lightyear, time gets bendy, reports Sam Baron Spoiler alert: this article explains a key plot point, but we don’t give away anything you won’t see in trailers. Thanks to reader Florence, 7, for her questions. At the beginning of the new...
