Speech Talk 1: Steven Pinker – on language
Steven Pinker is one of our favourite language scientists. Although he has his critics, he doesn’t mask his thoughts with academic jargon and impenetrable prose. You know…
Jack and Jill and that hill
Son 2 came home from his second day of school (okay, this was a couple of weeks ago) with this fine work: I love the…
Do we spend too much time on rhyming books? What else should we do to prepare pre-schoolers to read?
Duck in the TruckThe Cat in the HatMadeline, with her vines and twelve little girls in two straight lines All great, fun books to read…
Helping toddlers with their first words – mix it up and make them useful (the words, not the toddlers)!
A couple of years ago, in a trendy Inner West cafe, I spied a Very Committed Dad sitting across from his terribly young daughter. They…