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...
View Article13 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...
View ArticleDisney 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...
View ArticleChild 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...
View ArticleWord 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...
View ArticleBabies & 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...
View Article21 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...
View Article10 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...
View Article50 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...
View ArticleChristmas 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...
View Article20 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...
View Article10 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...
View Article5 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...
View ArticleAlphabet 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...
View ArticleOur 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...
View ArticleSpelling 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...
View ArticleBooks 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...
View ArticleSupporting 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...
View ArticleGardening 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...
View ArticlePersonalized 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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