Aussie parents and carers from Parramatta to Perth and Townsville to Tassie will be breathing a sigh of relief! Finding screen-free entertainment that kids actually enjoy — and parents trust — can feel like striking gold. Podcasts are one of the easiest ways to spark curiosity,...
A ‘Fiction Fanatic’ or a ‘Book Abstainer’? Researchers Leonie Rutherford, Andrew Singleton, Bronwyn Reddan, Katya Johanson and Michael Dezuanni delve deeper and look how a parent can help. We know teenagers have busy and complex lives. School makes increasing demands on them, as do their social and...
A bumper Bluey episode is about to hit screens, writes Divna Haslam. This special episode of the hit kids show will premiere on April 14. The episode will run for 28 minutes, which is four times the usual length of a Bluey episode. My kids are...
From whiteboard work to random groups, write Tracey Muir and Peter Liljedahl, these simple fixes could get students thinking more in maths lessons Australian students’ performance and engagement in mathematics is an ongoing issue. International studies show Australian students’ mean performance in maths has steadily declined since...
On 'World Autism Understanding Day', April 2nd, Professor Andrew Cashin looks at the diversity and the definitions and what has changed. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg describes herself as having Asperger’s while others on the autism spectrum, such as Australian comedian Hannah Gatsby, describe themselves as...
In Australia, children’s book sales hold a 29% market share of the book market. The CBCA prides itself on supporting this industry and talented Australian creatives. Since its inception almost 80 years ago, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) through their Book of the...
Australian children who attend ‘Playgroups’ are more likely to be developmentally on track Recent research highlights the significant impact playgroups can have on your child's development, showing that children who attend playgroups are much more likely to be on track developmentally when they start primary school. The...
The Kate Middleton photo scandal: Bethany Berard asks when does a photograph shift from edited or enhanced to manipulated and deceptive? On March 10, in celebration of Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom, Kensington Palace shared a photo of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, with...
‘It’s about making our children feel proud’, report researchers Marnee Shay, Fred Cobbo, Grace Sarra and Margaret Kettle One of the priorities of the Closing the Gap reporting is that Indigenous cultures and languages are “strong, supported and flourishing”. It also calls for Indigenous students to “achieve...
From March 13, NAPLAN testing for 2024 will begin, writes Rachel Leslie. Over the following two weeks, all Australian students in years 3,5,7 and 9 are expected to sit tests in literacy and numeracy. Results are then aggregated for schools and other demographics and made public....
