Don’t fret about buying the ‘right’ toy for your child, writes Nicola Yelland Besides the new COVID-era concerns about retail supply chains comes the age-old question: what’s the best educational toy to buy for the child (or grandchild) in your life? There’s a vast range of toys...
When asked to estimate their own intelligence, most people will say they are above average, even though this is a statistical improbability, writes researcher David Reilly This is a normal, healthy cognitive bias and extends to any socially desirable trait such as honesty, driving ability and...
Simon Ryan reports it's just the latest conservative book ban On March 1, 2022, Toby Price, an assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in New Byrum, Mississippi, faced a problem. The reader booked for a Zoom session for 240 grade two students hadn’t shown up....
The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is delighted to be leading an exciting new community-focused initiative on behalf of the Victorian Government as part of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures strategy. Launched today, our new dedicated workforce of Healthy Kids Advisors expands and strengthens our vision...
Dr Jeanne Marie Iorio and Professor Nicola Yelland look at why living in the 21st century is so complex for children If you spend just five minutes thinking about young children, how do you see them? Where do you see them? Playing on the playground? Being...
Lisa Johnson wavers about giving straight answers to kids’ curly questions. “Mummy, what does ‘rape’ mean?” Five simple words, one short question, but when coming out of the mouth of a chirpy eight-year-old boy, quite disturbing. So disturbing, in fact, that my friend, the mother of...
By normalising brilliant women to our daughters and our sons, we make room for those women. If we don’t, it becomes a real problem for successful women when those boys become men, reports researcher, Dr Dana McKay On International Women’s Day, like many people, I will...
A Murdoch Children's Research study found a COVID infection left some children with difficulty sleeping, having nightmares and withdrawing from friends. Research at a Glance: The research has outlined the significant toll of the pandemic on children’s mental well-being, academic results and physical health. But it...
Even more kitchen and garden goodness in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program for Early Childhood Perfect for little hands and curious minds, the Kitchen Garden Program for Early Childhood is a play-based, hands-on program that helps teach children about fresh, seasonal, delicious food. Setting up the program is...
Teachers looking for pen pals to encourage literacy should look at the Australia Post's brand-new Education Hub which brings many curriculum-aligned resources together to help their students discover the joy of letter writing through its popular Pen Pal Club. The Pen Pal Club is open year-round...
