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Stamp & Spell Literacy Play

This post is by regular contributor Kylie Gardner of Octavia & Vicky. While we were on holiday recently my four year old daughter, Pebble, watched her Great Nana, Nana and cousin play Scrabble. It...

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13 Great Books for 0-8 Year Olds from the 2014 CBCA Shortlist

This is a guest post by Megan Daley of Children’s Books Daily. She is a Teacher Librarian and the former National Vice President of the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Today she has is sharing a...

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Disney Frozen DIY Ice Castle

Like so many children around the world, Immy is in love with everything FROZEN! I purchased a set of small character figurines a few months ago, and ever since they arrived Immy has asked if I can...

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Child Health Specialist Series: About the Work of a Speech-Language Pathologist

Today’s Child Health Specialist interview features the wonderful Katie Yeh – the mum and Speech-Language Pathologist behind the fabulous blog, Playing With Words 365. Please tell us a little about the...

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Word Games for Kids: WORD HUNT

I am always looking for easy, playful ways for Immy to revise those high frequency words or ‘sight words‘ that we use so often when reading. This game also works well for revising word families and...

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Babies & Board Books: Add Playtime Fun to Reading Time!

This is a guest post by Dusty Shell, a homeschooling mum of four who blogs over at To the Moon and Back. I have a slight obsession with books. Okay, slight is a bit of an understatement. I absolutely...

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21 Fun Ways to Rev Up Interest In Your Writing Table

Need to revive flagging interest in your writing table? Wanting to make the most of this precious learning space? Here are 21 simple ways to get young children interested in playful learning about...

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10 Popular Kids {Audio} Books That Were Made Into Movies

This is a sponsored post for Audible.com.au. I have written previously about our love of audiobooks. I truly began to appreciate them when Immy was about 3 ½ years old and transitioning from a daily...

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50 Classic Kids Picture Books

I recently asked friends of the Childhood 101 Facebook page to share the titles of the books they most enjoyed as children. With literally hundreds of suggestions, I have begun compiling them into...

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Christmas Tree Spelling Quiz

As part of her weekly homework routine Immy (who’s now 6 1/2 and in first grade) has a list of spelling words to revise each night and on Thursday nights she has a mini test, where I call out the...

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20 Classic Chapter Books to Read with 5-8 Year Olds

Following on from the very popular 50 Classic Picture Books to Read with Children list, today I am sharing 20 Classic Chapter Books and story collections as shared by friends of the Childhood 101...

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10 Picture Books About 100

Picture books provide a fabulous platform for engaging children with mathematical concepts. By capturing a child’s imagination, picture book stories make the process of learning about quite abstract...

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5 Great Collections of Free Online Books for Kids

Long time readers of Childhood 101 will know that I am a big advocate of reading with children and that I really do believe there is little more valuable to children’s learning than the bonding that...

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Alphabet Games: ABC Water Play Park

Today we welcome our newest contributor, Jodie of Growing Book by Book, with a fabulous idea for combining water play with the alphabet! My 2 and 4 year-old boys love to play in the water.  They are...

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Our 25 Favourite Dr Seuss Books

Read on for your chance to win a fabulous set of 10 Dr Seuss books. When I recently asked followers of the Childhood 101 Facebook page to tell me their #1 favourite Dr Seuss book I was amazed at how...

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Spelling Games: Crack and Write Eggs

Today regular contributor Jodie of Growing Book by Book shares a fun and festive way to engage children with spelling revision, inspired by the upcoming Easter holiday! Does your child get bored...

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Books for Early Readers: Elephant & Piggie Books

When we discovered the Elephant & Piggie books by celebrated children’s author, Mo Willems, it was love at first read for my then six year old. This fabulous series of books are written...

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Supporting Early Readers: Printable Reading Log

I don’t actually remember much at all about the process of learning to read as a child. But I do know that once I could read, once that switch has been flipped in my brain, I was a reader for life and...

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Gardening with Kids: A Review of The Garden Classroom

Blogging has been such an exciting adventure for me (wow, can you believe I have been doing this for 6 years now!) and along the way I have made some wonderful online friends, including NurtureStore...

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Personalized Writing Jar: Clever Creative Writing Prompts for Kids

In today’s post regular contributor, Jodie of Growing Book by Book, shares a clever idea for creating a jar full of engaging creative writing prompts for kids. Are you looking for some fresh ideas to...

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