For some children, going back to school is an exciting time, something to look forward to, while for others it brings about strong feelings of dread and anxiety of what's to come. This is the perfect time for a review and reminder of the previous challenges for our learners as the new school year begins!

One more week of holidays, then back to school. Is your child ready for another term at school? Did they make some improvements in term one and receive the help they needed or did they continue to struggle? Teachers must be ready with the right support for their struggling learners and parents can make a huge difference working with their child at home.

You can’t afford to wait to see how they go for another term, take some action now!

When a child starts school, they start with the ABC, learn to read, write and spell and after a few months they can read anything. That’s how it goes, right?

How quickly everything has changed and I am sure that some of you are finding it strange to suddenly become faced with the task of being teachers at home. Don’t be afraid, when you think about it, you have actually been their best teachers for their whole lives, after all you taught them to walk, talk, eat, ride a bike and more. Here are 10 great tips to help teach your child at home…

For some it is an exciting time, something to look forward to, while for others it brings about a feeling of dread and anxiety of what's to come. Many learners, after just a couple of years at school, have come to fear the new year and what challenges it might bring for them. Parents and teachers can help… here’s how.

A couple of weeks ago I met with the advisor to the Education Minister in QLD, initially to discuss my concerns about the lack of action and specific learning opportunities that are available to students with dyslexia and the lack of support and information for the families and teachers involved…

Individual instruction is the best option for dyslexic learners... but there are other things we can do.

Congratulations to new teachers on choosing such a rewarding inspiring profession. This is when you will see what a profound impact you will have on the lives of those young humans you will be responsible for in the coming months. But how can you keep learning too?

Wonderful opportunities await, new learning and sadly for many learners, it can be more of the same obstacles and limitations. As the excitement of the new year at school ahead unfolds, be sure to take some time to prepare for and prevent some of the traps and brick walls that have presented themselves in the past.

A big thank-you goes out to Mem Fox for recently opening the debate about reading and her controversial and rather flippant comments about the reading process. They have given us an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about dyslexia and provide some much needed factual information about the process of learning to read…

I’ve prepared some tips about learning to spell and how to remember some of those words that trick you every time! Which one always tricks you?

Since the commencement of my journey as an educator, the most significant turning point for me was understanding what dyslexia is. Although I had taught children of all ages for more than 25 years, I had no training or knowledge to help me to understand dyslexia. It didn't take long to realise that I was not alone in this cloudy, foggy and very muddy area of awareness….

Imagine if we had measures in place for developing reading skills in the prep and year one classrooms, that would prevent the need for intervention later in schooling. Could this be possible? If we look at current research, evidence of successful practices and neuroscience, then the answer is YES!