Reading is the first essential literacy skill. How can parents, teachers and other caregivers ensure that children fall in love with...

I had the pleasure of attending parts of the K12 Conference hosted by Ashoka University on 5 and 6 June 2020. One of the sessions was on...

Thinking is one of the top 15 activities that we talk or write about, at least in the English language. We use thinking more than...

In the article Foundational Reading Instruction: Decodable Texts or Levelled Texts, I talked about what phonics is and why phonics...

The following piece draws on and summarises various articles, papers and discussion threads on the best types of texts to build a strong...

The Big Questions: How do our brains RECEIVE and PROCESS information? How do we REMEMBER, and how do we FORGET? What does it mean to...

How is information stored in our brains? Is our brain like a filing cabinet with many drawers? Does each drawer store different pieces of...