People love creating words — in times of crisis, it’s a “sick” (in the good sense) way of pulling through, write Kate Burridge and Howard Manns. From childhood, our “linguistic life has been one willingly given over to language play” (in the words of David Crystal)....
...the way food tastes depends on more than your ability to follow a recipe, report Abby Mellick Lopes and Karen Weiss Home cooks have been trying out their skills during isolation. But the way food tastes depends on more than your ability to follow a recipe. Our...
Choosing care for your child when returning to paid work can be challenging, and to the uninitiated the terms can be confusing. One alternative to long day care in a larger child care centre is known as family day care, reports Wendy Boyd. Family day care...
COVID-19: Australia’s class of 2020 can (and will) overcome adversity, report Dr Michael Carr-Gregg and Kelly-Ann Allen. Developed by psychologists Robert Yerkes and John Dodson back in 1908, one of the oldest laws in psychology is the Yerkes-Dodson law, which suggests an empirical relationship between arousal and performance. The law dictates that...
Most of this month's books have important messages to impart to a young reader about resilience in one form or another. Interestingly many of them have videos about their book or a reading by the author. Little White Fish: 'Under the Ocean' and 'With his Daddy' Written...
A world-leading online parenting program developed by Monash University is showing there are things parents can do to support their teen's mental wellbeing and reduce their risk of developing depression. The teenage years can be tough. There are the usual highs and lows, but for many...
Life feeling like a treadmill? Penny Webb explains how to get your groove back these holidays. Nicky Raymond’s world turned upside down when her husband was made redundant, resulting in several months of unemployment. Money became tight and suddenly holidays and costly family activities weren’t possible. “We went...
Reading aloud reports Margaret Kristin Merga, can help young children learn about new words and how to sound them. There’s great value too in providing opportunities for children to enjoy regular silent reading, which is sustained reading of materials they select for pleasure particular during...
The award-winning children’s author will film a reading of his new book the 117-storey treehouse to bring fun and laughter to kids facing cancer and kids around Australia. A digital premiere of Andy’s virtual reading went live on Friday 12th June at 8pm EST. The video...
Global school shutdowns in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed online education and virtual schooling to the forefront of the political agenda, writes Neil Selwyn Millions of young people being educated through Zoom tutorials, Google Classroom, and Microsoft Teams was soon touted as a...
