tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44922522027571349382024-03-06T00:28:29.106+11:00Parents-Partners in teaching & learning.Let's work together to help create happy and successful lifelong learners.Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-10605077335703147982016-11-22T07:37:00.000+11:002016-12-05T11:28:14.156+11:00UPDATE: 05.12 Free software is available to NSW DoE students and their families.<div style="background-color: #f7f8f9; color: #333333; font-family: Montserrat, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-top: 7px; padding: 0px; zoom: normal;">
Our new<a href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/technology-for-schools/products-and-services/software/standard-software" target="_blank"> Technology for schools website</a> outlines the Enterprise Agreements:</div>
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Software is sourced by DoE for all public schools in NSW to support teaching and learning.</div>
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Staff and students can access certain software to use on various devices and locations including work at home (WAH), see the individual software for availability.</div>
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Agreements and inclusions vary according to the software vendor.</div>
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There is a supply agreement in place covering all of DoE with:</div>
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<a href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/technology-for-schools/guides-and-forms/learning-and-collaboration-tools/google-apps-for-education" style="color: #001d4e; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; zoom: normal;">Google Apps for Education</a> and <a href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/technology-for-schools/guides-and-forms/learning-and-collaboration-tools/microsoft-office/microsoft-office-365" style="color: #001d4e; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; zoom: normal;">Office 365</a> are accessed online and can be accessed from any device with internet access.</div>
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Student owned devices and BYOD</h2>
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There are many products are available at no cost to all DoE students under our enterprise agreement.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now known as G Suite)</span></h1>
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Google Apps for Education (GAFE) are online productivity tools that work on any device. GAFE let teachers and students create, communicate and collaborate in real time.</div>
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Teachers and students have access to tools that allow:</div>
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Google Apps for Education is accessed via a dedicated DoE domain rather than downloading. Once an account is approved, set up and linked to this domain, it can be accessed from any device with internet access.</div>
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The <a href="https://education.nsw.gov.au/technology-for-schools/products-and-services/software/standard-software/adobe/adobe-enterprise-term-license-agreement" style="color: #001d4e; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; zoom: normal;">enterprise agreement with Adobe</a> allows school students to install Adobe software for free on one personally owned device. This gives students access to Adobe Creative Suite 6, Presenter, Captivate, Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements. Staff can access Adobe software on school computers. Access for staff from one non-department device is made available by individual subscription under the WAH program.</div>
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A range of Adobe software is available for all DoE devices and student BYODs. The capacity of the device and the needs of the user determine which of these programs are installed onto the device.</div>
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<br />Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-54429694170383179572016-11-19T16:46:00.001+11:002016-11-19T16:46:33.063+11:00Your child is unique & special...Make sure they know it!<a href="http://www.theresiliencedoughnut.com.au/about/resilience-research-and-articles/youth-articles/the-making-of-mates/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Resilient Doughnut</span></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> shares: Parents worry about many things when their child first starts school. Will she adjust to the long day? Can he remember where the toilets are? Have I given her enough to eat? But one concern often looms even larger than all of those: Will he or she make friends? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In her article </span><a href="http://www.parentingexpress.com/Stories/Stories/0022.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Making of Mates</span></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> some simple but sound advice is shared: "<em> parents can help by talking with their children about what they can do or try, the responses they might get and how to handle these. Rehearsing certain social behaviours at home such as making eye contact, speaking in a clear voice and asking to join in can also be useful." </em>Zyron Krupenia, a Perth-based clinical psychologist, who has worked with families for over 25 years advised.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"...... girls are more exclusive about their friendships from an earlier age than boys. They’re either eager to lead or eager to please- they have all sorts of rules and hierarchies, and there’s none of this casual coming in and out of a game as boys do.” Bernadette Healy, a primary school teacher with over ten years experience notes.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> “Children need to be taught assertiveness and confidence building skills, such as how to say no or how to walk away from a bully, ideally before they even start school.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well accepted advice is that parents should talk regularly with their children about their friendships, offer suggestions for handling certain situations or behaviours if necessary, and discuss any concerns with their child’s teacher. Just make sure you organise an appointment to see the teacher so the discussion can occur in a calm unrushed timeframe. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Parents should be on the lookout for any noticeable change in behavior patterns,” says Corinne Gregory, founder and president of SocialSmarts</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Other signs that your child may be struggling include becoming self-absorbed, losing interest in friends, changing eating habits, faking illness to stay home from school, and avoiding social situations she previously enjoyed. Any of these behaviors may indicate that your child is having social problems, ranging from bullying to feeling left out to not making friends easily.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The following Conversation Starters from </span><a href="http://www.schoolfamily.com/school-family-articles/article/10786-help-your-child-fit-in-at-school" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Help your child fit in at school</span></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> could come in handy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Who did you sit with at lunch today?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“What did you do at recess?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“What was the best part of the day? What was the worst?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“I noticed some new kids in your class. What are they like?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“How have things changed between you and (friend’s name) now that you’re not in the same class?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“When I was your age, we had the meanest kid in our class. He was such a bully. Do you have anyone like that in your class?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“I’ve been hearing a lot in the news about cyberbullying. Is that happening at your school?”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Another three wonderful conversation starting questions that can be asked include: </span></div>
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<li style="border-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What is something that made you smile today?</span></li>
<li style="border-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What is something that made you cry today?</span></li>
<li style="border-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What is something that you learned today?</span></li>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">from </span><a href="http://eyesonheaven.net/3-questions-ask-child-every-night/#.U3InkfmSySo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ellen at Eyes on Heaven</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What do we do if we discover our child has been rejected? </span><span style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What can we do to help our precious children deal with all of the emotions that come with feeling rejected? No-one likes being rejected and some parents can feel like it is a personal attack on them too.</span></span></div>
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<br />Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-18832279065345184662016-11-17T07:25:00.001+11:002016-11-17T07:27:46.458+11:00New 'screen time' rules...what are your family's screen time rules?<i><br /></i>
<em style="background-color: white; font-family: "Droid Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I discovered this post on the Parenting for a Digital Future website:</em><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; font-family: "Droid Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The <a href="https://www.aap.org/" style="color: #d11414; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">American Academy of Pediatrics</a> (AAP) has just revised its stance on screen time. <a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/media%40lse/WhosWho/AcademicStaff/SoniaLivingstone.aspx" style="color: #d11414; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sonia Livingstone</a> takes a closer look at the new recommendations and their evidence base in the post:</em><br />
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<a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2016/10/21/new-screen-time-rules-from-the-american-academy-of-pediatrics/" style="color: rgb(226, 0, 36) !important; font-size: 22px !important; line-height: 30px !important; text-decoration: none;">New ‘screen time’ rules from the American Academy of Pediatrics</a></h2>
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The new recommendations made, 21.10.16, include:</div>
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<li>A<a href="https://www.healthychildren.org/English/media/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank"> personalised Family Media Plan</a>, including rules for children and their parents, and designated ‘media free’ times – the AAP provides an <a href="https://www.healthychildren.org/English/media/Pages/default.aspx" style="color: #d11414; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">interactive online tool</a> to help create this.</li>
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<li>Rather than <a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2015/03/18/playing-games-together-or-hiding-the-tablet-in-the-cupboard-what-works-when-managing-kids-media-use/" style="color: #d11414; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">policing or controlling or monitoring</a> their children’s media use, parents should think of themselves as their child’s ‘media mentor’.</li>
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<li>Infants and toddlers should be ‘unplugged,’ though even infants are now allowed to <a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2016/08/16/the-screen-what-does-it-mean-for-our-kids-and-how-can-we-help/" style="color: #d11414; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Skype granny</a>, and from 18 months old, high quality television content is also OK as long as a parent watches with them.</li>
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<li>For 2-5 year olds, screen time should be less than one hour per day, again with parents watching alongside to interpret and discuss what they’re watching.</li>
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<li>Children from 6+ need that media use plan, with limits to ensure screen time <a href="http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2016/08/16/the-screen-what-does-it-mean-for-our-kids-and-how-can-we-help/" style="color: #d11414; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">doesn’t displace</a> sleeping, playing, conversation and physical activities.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">For further information visit the above post:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">For me the following sums up how we should be looking at the problem in its entirety: </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i>"Behind a lot of the AAP’s evidence and recommendations is not so </i></span></span></span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Droid Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">much </i></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><i>the idea that screens are </i></span></span></span><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">bad</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> for children but </span></i></h3>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">that </span></i><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">social, cognitive and physical activity is </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">good </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "droid sans" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">for children."</span></i></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #564d39; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">By creating a <a href="https://www.healthychildren.org/English/media/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Personalized Family Media Use Plan,</a> you can be aware of when you are using media to achieve your purpose. This requires parents & users to think about what they want those purposes to be. The tool below will help you to think about media & create goals & rules that are in line with your family’s values</span></div>
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It is important to set up your family's screen time rules early in the child/children's life. The poster from '<a href="http://www.yourmodernfamily.com/stop-arguing/" target="_blank">Get kids to stop arguing',</a> below may give you some management tips.<br />
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Kids' who read, succeed!!!
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:-)Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-88442993180572564492016-08-14T13:37:00.002+10:002016-08-14T13:43:08.459+10:00Well read & informed parents equals empowerment!Where do you head to when you need help with your child's education? There are so many places to go these days that it's often overwhelming.<br />
I suggest that you start with this current, authoritive and informative app:<br />
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Help is also at hand for the Maths area with A-Z glossary; help sheets; tips & maths assignment starters. There is also a game app included- Maths Monkey Quest for students to work on recall of maths facts.</div>
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But that's not all!-there is also plenty of support material available for other subject areas:</div>
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You will also find the following apps created by the NSW Department of Education available for download.</div>
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and Kids' whose parents read, succeed even more!!!<br />
Cheers
:-)Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-62351867164314389812016-04-29T04:30:00.000+10:002016-04-30T17:07:32.585+10:00Good quality free apps are not hard to find if you know where to look!<br />
I used to feel confused when it cames to choosing quality apps from the huge & ever-growing range of apps available from the app store. I also found it was very easy to have the cost of the apps mount up over time. My husband was forever noticing & commenting "O Oh! another app from iTunes!" as he went through on the bank statements.<br />
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I have been exploring and downloading apps for many years now in both my role as a Grandmother of small children and as a Teacher Librarian in a Primary (K-6) school in NSW, Australia.<br />
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I have found over the years a number of excellent places to go to for advice and guidance in selecting my apps.I especially love the #FREE ones when they are truly discounted and have no in app purchases!<br />
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I was delighted to find Music with Grandma FREE ATM-usually $3.79 US. I was notified of this app because it was on my wish list in the AppShopper ios app.<br />
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"Grandma has always been a favorite of mine, and this new app is my all-time favourite. It teaches kids note names, placements, instrument sounds and patterns. Grandma still dances, and Grandpa makes appearances playing instruments, too. A great app for learning and appreciating music, designed for kids from 6-12 but great for preschoolers, too, with a few settings accommodations." from<br />
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I love finding apps that will meet the needs of a student, or one of my grand-daughters, who wants to explore an area of interest. The following app Monki Home -Language is totally FREE ATM with a 4 star rating. I am notified each day of the choice of today's apps gone free on this "News" app. I have found many valuable apps with a great saving in cost.<br />
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For those who have children interested in learning various languages: Try Monki :Home FREE<br />
To ensure you get all the languages for free make sure that after you download the app, Open and Unlock. You will need to Confirm your purchases which are Free. If you wait a few days they will no longer be available for free.<br />
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I believe that reading aloud to children is very important....however this article, originally published on <a href="http://theconversation.com/">The Conversation</a>, points out another way of making kids great readers!</h1>
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Dinnertime storytelling makes kids voracious readers</h1>
<a href="http://theconversation.com/profiles/anne-fishel-146002">Anne Fishel</a>, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/harvard-medical-school">Harvard Medical School </a></em>
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As a young child, I loved to imagine myself as a pioneer girl in <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/9780060264307/little-house-in-the-big-woods">Little House in the Big Woods</a>, eating fresh snow drizzled with maple syrup. I even pestered my mother to make this treat with the dirty snow that fell on our Manhattan sidewalk. Not a chance.<br />
Years later, I honored my young sons’ request to try a coconut after reading the adventures of <a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/20204/the-story-of-babar-by-jean-de-brunhoff/">Babar</a>. Who knew that even a hammer and chisel won’t crack these nuts? I resorted to clearing out the sidewalk below and then pitching the fruit out a third-floor window.<br />
It worked, but thankfully there are many easier ways to bring food and reading together than hurling coconuts or eating dirty snow.<br />
Here are some of the connections I researched while working on my book, <a href="http://www.amacombooks.org/HomeForDinner.htm">Home for Dinner</a>. And remember, none of these requires a gourmet meal or a trip to the bookstore. Library books and a takeout pizza are just as good.<br />
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Dinner conversation builds vocabulary</h2>
For starters, there is the linguistic pairing of reading and eating, shown in such common expressions as “devouring a good book” or being a “voracious” reader.<br />
Those sayings reflect the reality that children who have <a href="https://theconversation.com/science-says-eat-with-your-kids-34573">regular family dinners</a> have a real leg up on being good and early readers. Years of research from the Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development have shown that <a href="http://doi.org/10.1002/cd.155">dinner conversation is a terrific vocabulary booster</a> for young children – even better than <a href="http://doi.org/10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833a4673">reading aloud</a> to them.<br />
Rare words, those that go beyond the 3,000 most common ones, are 10 times more likely to show up in dinner conversation than in storybooks. When parents tell a story at the dinner table about their day or recount a funny family anecdote, they usually include many words that a young child hasn’t yet learned but can understand from the context of the story. <a href="http://www-tc.pbs.org/teacherline/courses/rdla170/docs/fostering_language.pdf">Children who have rich vocabularies</a>, packed with less common, more sophisticated words, learn to read more easily because they can make sense of the words they are deciphering.<br />
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Encourage children to tell stories</h2>
The benefits to children don’t just come from <em>listening</em> to stories. Children who know how to <em>tell</em> stories are also better readers. In one large study, kindergartners who were <a href="http://products.brookespublishing.com/Beginning-Literacy-with-Language-P20.aspx">able to tell stories</a> grew up to be fourth- and even seventh-graders with higher reading comprehension than those kindergartners who lacked narrative skills.<br />
Dinner is a prime time for children to tell stories and to be encouraged to tell better stories. Researchers have found that <a href="http://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000998003651">children can be taught</a> to tell longer, more information-packed stories with a few simple instructions.<br />
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<li>Reminisce with your children about past experiences you’ve shared with them. “Remember when we forgot to take the brownies out of the oven?”</li>
<li>Ask a lot of open-ended questions, including plenty of “how” and “why” questions rather than questions with yes-or-no answers.</li>
<li>Encourage longer stories by repeating what your child says or by elaborating on her story.</li>
<li>Instead of deciding what story to tell, follow your child’s lead on what she wants to talk about.</li>
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In this study, children who were given these instructions had bigger vocabularies and told more complex stories a year later.<br />
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Make a literary meal</h2>
There are other tasty connections between food and books. Consider the banquet of children’s books that feature food as a central force in the action. There are the magical noodles in <a href="http://books.simonandschuster.com/Strega-Nona/Tomie-dePaola/9780671662837">Strega Nona</a>, the pomegranate seeds that bind Persephone to Hades, the irresistible Turkish delight in <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/9780064471046/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe">The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</a> and the whimsical tribute to picky eaters, <a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/43017/green-eggs-and-ham-by-dr-seuss/">Green Eggs and Ham</a>.<br />
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Just as dinner conversation can lead to more reading, reading can be the prompt for meals and for conversation. Parents and children might recreate a favorite literary meal for dinner, and then read that book, or a portion of it, aloud. Split pea soup from <a href="http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/George-and-Martha/9780395199725">George and Martha</a> or spaghetti and meatballs from <a href="https://catalog.simonandschuster.com/TitleDetails/TitleDetails.aspx?cid=1376&isbn=9780689306471">Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs</a> are two possibilities.<br />
And, don’t forget the many nursery rhymes that involve porridge, rice pudding and blackbird pie (to name just a few). It could be fun to imagine what <a href="http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9781582348261/">Harry Potter</a> might eat for dinner at Hogwarts or to create a high tea that <a href="http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/Mary-Poppins-80th-Anniversary-Collection/9780544340473">Mary Poppins</a> might like.<br />
Of course it’s not just children’s literature that gets our mouths watering. Melville devotes a chapter to clam chowder in <a href="http://www.penguin.com/book/moby-dick-by-herman-melville/9780142437247">Moby Dick</a>, and in Nora Ephron’s <a href="http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/46734/heartburn/">Heartburn</a>, the philandering husband gets his comeuppance with a Key lime pie in the face.<br />
If cooking a literary meal doesn’t get you in a reading mood, here’s another idea for a dinner: ask family members to talk about one book that changed their life. That dinner conversation might just jumpstart some bedtime reading.<br />
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<a href="http://theconversation.com/profiles/anne-fishel-146002">Anne Fishel</a>, Author of Home for Dinner and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/harvard-medical-school">Harvard Medical School </a></em><br />
This article was originally published on <a href="http://theconversation.com/">The Conversation</a>. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/dinnertime-storytelling-makes-kids-voracious-readers-47318">original article</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some researchers believe birth order is as important as gender and almost as important as genetics. It gets back to the old nurture vs. nature business." <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-gail-gross/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5e3786; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="name fn" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Gail Gross</span></a><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 17px;"> </span></span></div>
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"While the eldest child is programmed for excellence and achievement, the middle child is raised to be understanding and conciliatory and the baby seeks attention. As a result, birth order is a powerful variable in the unfolding of your personality.</div>
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<span class="submitted" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px;">Published on May 18, 2013 by <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/susan-krauss-whitbourne-phd" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="View Bio">Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.</a> in <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;">Fulfillment at Any Age</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"> "The </span><a class="pt-basics-link" href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/morality" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Psychology Today looks at Morality">moral</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: start;"> of the story for parents is to look for your own biases and stereotypes about birth order as you think about what your children are capable of doing. Encourage them to teach each other, to define their own identities in the family, and to avoid labeling themselves based on their birth order. Don’t let the lives of your children be dominated by the random forces that caused them to be born when they were."</span></div>
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Thanks for all the things you do to keep us safe and make us happy!<br />
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<em><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Understanding the <strong>biology and lifecycle of head lice</strong> will enable you to understand how to <strong>effectively</strong> <strong>treat and manage head lice</strong> in your family and school." </span></em><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><em>"Head lice are <strong>only found on the human head.</strong> Head lice <strong>do not live on furniture, hats</strong>, bedding, carpet or anywhere else in the environment. Treating anything other than the human head does not eradicate head lice."</em> <a href="http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/environment/headlice/treatment.asp">Treatment of Head Lice</a> NSW Government Department of Health</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><em>"Spring cleaning your home, washing bedding and toys and rigorous vacuum cleaning do not affect the head lice population on a human head."</em> <a href="http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/environment/headlice/biology.asp">Biology </a>NSW Government Department of Health</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>How do you catch head lice? </strong><em>"Head lice are caught from <strong>another human head</strong>. Head lice cannot survive off the human head for any length of time."</em> <a href="http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/environment/headlice/biology.asp">Biology </a>NSW Government Department of Health</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><em>"Head lice move from human hair to human hair.</em>"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><em>"As no product has been shown to kill eggs, any chemical treatment must be reapplied after any eggs have hatched, ie. five to seven days after the first treatment."</em> <a href="http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/publichealth/environment/headlice/biology.asp">Biology </a>NSW Government Department of Health</span><br />
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<em>"Unfortunately, the management and treatment of head lice is surrounded by a large amount of <strong>misinformation and myth</strong>, particularly about their habits and what is and isn't an effective treatment."</em> NSW Government Department of Health</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>To assist you to combat these annoying creatures:</strong></span><br />
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<a href="http://parents-partnersinlearning.blogspot.com/2009/11/get-rid-of-those-head-lice.html"><strong>NSW DET video on head lice show you how to get rid of head lice.</strong></a></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For further support and information go to <a href="http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/headlice">http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/headlice</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please check your child’s hair regularly </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: center;">and if necessary apply a suitable product </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">to remove the lice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><em style="background-color: #ffe599;">"Sometimes you may need to <strong>reapply the lotion two or even three times</strong>. </em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><em style="background-color: #ffe599;">All eggs must be removed to successfully eradicate the lice.</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><em style="background-color: #ffe599;">We understand that it is a difficult and tiresome job to do </em></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><em>but unless <strong>all the eggs are removed</strong> </em><strong><em>they can re-hatch over night."</em></strong></span><br />
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Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is an annual, national event when all Primary
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will be held throughout Australia on Friday 23 May 2014. Read the recent <a _cke_saved_href="http://www.walk.com.au/WSTSD/images/elements/contentpics/2014/WSTSD-%20MR%20140501.pdf" class="external-link" href="http://www.walk.com.au/WSTSD/images/elements/contentpics/2014/WSTSD-%20MR%20140501.pdf" target="_blank">Media
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<li><em><span style="color: #0b5394;">Andrea Rowe looks into the barriers and benefits of walking to school."</span></em> </li>
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<li style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 4px;">To encourage<strong> parents
and carers to walk to school with primary school age children </strong>and
reinforce safe pedestrian behaviour.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 4px;">To promote the health benefits
of walking and<strong> help create regular walking habits </strong>at an early
age.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 4px;">To ensure that children up to
10 years old hold an adult's hand when crossing the road.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 4px;">To help children
<strong>develop the vital road-crossing skills </strong>they will need as they
become mature pedestrians.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 4px;">To<strong> reduce the car
dependency habits </strong>that are being created at an early age and which will
be difficult to change as children become adults.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 4px;">To promote the use of Public
Transport.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 4px;">To reduce the level of air
pollution created by motor vehicles.</li>
<li style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 4px;">To reduce the level of traffic
congestion.</li>
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Further reading: <br />
<a href="http://www.citylab.com/commute/2013/02/kids-who-walk-or-bike-school-concentrate-better-study-shows/4585/" target="_blank">The Link Between Kids Who Walk or Bike to School and Concentration</a>Kids' who read, succeed!!!
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:-)Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-7646506989500210702014-04-01T20:19:00.001+11:002014-04-01T20:19:15.400+11:00WORLD Autism Awareness Day is just around the corner! <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Kh6gv69Q1Lc?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br />
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There are a number of different early intervention options to treat individuals on the autism spectrum.
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<strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">AECG</strong> – <a class="external-link" href="http://www.aecg.nsw.edu.au/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/eppschoolatoz-default-theme/images/schoolatozimages/external-link.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993a15; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 0 !important;" target="_blank">Aboriginal Educational Consultative Group</a><br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">AC</strong> – Aboriginal coordinator<br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">ACLO</strong> – Aboriginal community liaison officer<br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">ADD</strong> – <a class="external-link" href="http://www.mhcs.health.nsw.gov.au/publication_details/5065.asp" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/eppschoolatoz-default-theme/images/schoolatozimages/external-link.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993a15; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 0 !important;" target="_blank">Attention deficit disorder</a><br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">ADHD</strong> – <a class="external-link" href="http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Attention_Deficit_Disorder__ADD_or_ADHD_" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/eppschoolatoz-default-theme/images/schoolatozimages/external-link.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993a15; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 0 !important;" target="_blank">Attention deficit hyper activity disorder</a><br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">AP</strong> – Assistant principal<br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">ASLO</strong> – Aboriginal student liaison officer</div>
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<strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">CA</strong> – <a class="external-link" href="http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/creative-arts/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/eppschoolatoz-default-theme/images/schoolatozimages/external-link.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993a15; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 0 !important;" target="_blank">Creative arts</a><br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">CAPA</strong> – <a class="external-link" href="http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/creative-arts/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/eppschoolatoz-default-theme/images/schoolatozimages/external-link.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993a15; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 0 !important;" target="_blank">Creative and performing arts</a><br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">Civics and Citizenship</strong> – studied within <a class="external-link" href="http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/hsie/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/eppschoolatoz-default-theme/images/schoolatozimages/external-link.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993a15; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 0 !important;" target="_blank">Human society and its environment </a>(see HSIE) and explores the people, processes and institutions that make up Australia's political system.<br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">CLO</strong> – Community liaison officer – encourage and support parents and the wider community to be actively involved in school activities and students progress.<br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">COGS</strong> – <a class="external-link" href="http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/timetoteach/cogs/curricplanframe.htm" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/eppschoolatoz-default-theme/images/schoolatozimages/external-link.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993a15; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 0 !important;" target="_blank">Connected outcome groups</a> – Units of work, studied from Kindergarten to Year 6, which have been designed to link all key learning areas (see KLAs) together around one topic. For example "Being Australian" may be studied by Year 3-4 students and includes Science and technology, HSIE, PDHPE and creative arts components (see KLAs). Your child may be asked to do a project around a COG subject they are studying in class.<br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">COLA</strong> – Covered outdoor learning area. Usually a covered structure in the playground which does double duty as a learning and play area.<br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">Curriculum</strong> –The <a class="external-link" href="http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/australian-curriculum/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/eppschoolatoz-default-theme/images/schoolatozimages/external-link.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993a15; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 0 !important;" target="_blank">Australian curriculum in NSW</a> is the planned program of teaching and learning constructed by educators, in partnership with learners and others, to achieve agreed educational outcomes.<br /><strong style="font-style: inherit !important;">Creative Arts</strong> – a key learning area covering <a class="external-link" href="http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/creative-arts/" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/eppschoolatoz-default-theme/images/schoolatozimages/external-link.png); background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #993a15; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none; zoom: 0 !important;" target="_blank">visual arts, dance, drama and music</a>.</div>
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The Summer Reading Club is a great opportunity for school aged children to explore the amazing world of books and stories during the summer school holidays.<br />
The library supports the SRC with fun activities for all children who participate, including ideas of interesting books to read!
Summer Reading Club 2013 2014<br />
All children who register to participate in the SRC this year are invited to attend the
Investigation! Party at Cavanbah Hall
21 Jan 2014, 1.00pm - 3.00pm<br />
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For more information and further details visit<a href="http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/youngpeople/children/Pages/summer-reading-club.aspx"> Coffs Harbour City Library Summer Reading Club Website.</a><br />
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Special SRC event Making Picture Books Workshop with Aleesah Darlison Tuesday 14th January 2014. </h3>
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Some of our students had the wonderful experience of sharing a video conference with Aleesha Darlinson during 2012, which included the reading of her picture book, Puggle's Problem. Enjoy the reading of the story below.<br />
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Special SRC event Making Picture Books Workshop with Aleesah Darlison Tuesday 14th January 2014. Time: 10:00 - 11:30 at Coffs Harbour Library
Cost: $5.00 per person. For ages 7 – 12 years. Bookings essential.<br />
Aleesah, an author of children's picture books, provides an introduction to this exciting genre and leads children through exercises to create their very own picture book. Includes a writing and illustration component.<br />
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Also during the holidays for times when you, or any other independent readers-think older siblings, grandparents, uncles, ... are not able to read to your child: Visit the <a href="http://www.readtomychild.com.au/stories" target="_blank">Read to my Child website</a> so your child does not miss out on this important daily developmental activity.<br />
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You can also <a href="http://www.thebookchook.com/2009/07/use-you-tube-to-encourage-reading.html">use You Tube to Encourage Reading</a> -a post by The Book Chook ."Use YouTube to entice your youngsters towards more wonderful picture books. You can find book trailers that give a sneak peek of the book's contents, but also there are <a href="http://www.thebookchook.com/2011/11/find-picture-books-on-youtube.html">whole picture book stories on YouTube</a>."<br />
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Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-33813544579095098932013-03-31T13:16:00.002+11:002013-03-31T13:19:34.637+11:00Get your kids reading<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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shown that supportive home environments foster motivation for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="singlehighlightclass"><span style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">reading</span></span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">, which
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Many collaborative interventions involving home and school have enhanced the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="singlehighlightclass"><span style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">reading</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">motivation of
struggling readers as they enhanced comprehension.</span></span><b><span style="color: #00669d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being able to choose what they read encourages some so-called ‘reluctant
readers’ to find their interest in reading.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It is not the amount children read, it is that they want to read that is
important, so let them choose things they want to read — even comics,
magazines, cookbooks or appropriate websites.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peruse book reviews or lists or ask your local librarian what is ‘hot’ for kids
to read. Find out what appeals to your children, rather than what appeals to
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Fluency with reading improves if children follow along as they are read to.
Listen to audio books in the car, or download audio books onto your children’s
iPods so they can listen to them privately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ask your children if they’d like to get together with other children who might
like to read and talk about a book. Try an ‘all boys’ book group or a
grandparents–grandchild book group . . . any way to get kids talking about
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Encourage your child to read to you menus, maps, train schedules, flavours at
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:-)Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-28165052354419666672013-03-26T11:19:00.000+11:002013-03-26T11:19:00.648+11:00April World Autism Day<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="color: #0c343d;"> Let us all continue to join hands to enable people with <b>autism and other neurological differences</b> to<b> realise their potential </b>and enjoy the opportunities and well-being that are their birthright.</span></div>
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right;">Ban Ki-moon</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-align: right;">: </span><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reaching out to people with autism spectrum disorders requires </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">global political commitment and better international cooperation</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, especially in sharing good practices."</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As highlighted by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, <b>people with autism are equal citizens who should enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms</b>.</span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Lucida, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">April is Autism Awareness Month, a time to learn more about the neurological condition which affects one in every hundred Australians. </span><br />
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<br />Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-8024475354465301372013-02-21T11:18:00.000+11:002013-02-21T11:24:09.693+11:00Struggling to help your child with Maths?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-13253829518494483422012-12-10T05:33:00.000+11:002012-12-10T05:33:06.686+11:00BookChook offers great Christmas gift ideas<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">BookChook offers great <a href="http://www.thebookchook.com/2012/12/christmas-gift-ideas-for-kids.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBookChook+%28The+Book+Chook%29#" target="_blank">Christmas gift ideas</a>: </span><br />
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:-)</span>Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-47865812627841250912012-04-15T17:43:00.002+10:002012-04-15T17:43:48.968+10:00What do you know about your school library?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpkjrkwQsQW-YU7Tie4lNQ-G_pWIRKFAh-DFK7XnbZI9FWSg8vqbWoPFFMjNwVpsJRWZLGB4Dj58T2hg8pmYNXeQb2a_d0NOvuaObUgb7zr28QvwL12aNHgyxNQQYX0sfF0oYwBzAR-o/s1600/caring.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpkjrkwQsQW-YU7Tie4lNQ-G_pWIRKFAh-DFK7XnbZI9FWSg8vqbWoPFFMjNwVpsJRWZLGB4Dj58T2hg8pmYNXeQb2a_d0NOvuaObUgb7zr28QvwL12aNHgyxNQQYX0sfF0oYwBzAR-o/s200/caring.JPG" width="200" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The site: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1234987533">MySchool Library</a> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://myschoollibrary.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">What every parent should know</a> has been created to help parents understand the role of school libraries and the Teacher Librarians who run them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At present, a teacher librarian is employed to work for a period of time each week, dependent on the number of classes the school has. A teacher-librarian holds a recognised teaching qualification AND qualifications in librarianship, with curriculum and pedagogy knowledge combined with library and information management knowledge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There is a concern that with the implementation of Local School Local Decisions some out-of-touch Principals may choose to do away with the valuable support of a Teacher Librarian and hire someone simply to operate the library. According to much research including, Australian research,it has been shown that the s<b>chool library plays a critical role in supporting student learning.</b> L. Hay. “Student learning through Australian school libraries” Synergy, <a href="http://www.slav.schools.net.au/synergy/vol3num2/hay.pdf" target="_blank">Part 1, 2005</a>, and <a href="http://www.slav.schools.net.au/synergy/vol4num2/hay_pt2.pdf" target="_blank">Part 2, 2006</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i> </i> CBCA NSW Judge Wendy Smith </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Why do I always sign off with this little message? It is not just that I feel it is very important ....One of the KEY FINDINGS of the Parliamentary Inquiry into School Libraries was “<b>Free voluntary reading is the best predictor of comprehension, vocabulary growth, spelling and grammatical ability and writing style.”</b> M.Lonsdale, Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement. ACER, 2003.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:-)</span>Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-17875209366124636752012-03-13T01:13:00.001+11:002012-03-13T01:13:26.122+11:00Story Visit - Let's Read a Book Together<div>
<a href="http://storyvisit.org/" target="_blank"> Read a book together</a> :) Using this site you can read books with someone special who is far away... for FREE! Maybe a special family member might like to be involved.<br />
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<a href="http://www.storyvisit.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Story Visit</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> is a website where children and long-distance loved ones can read story books together. Story Visit combines video conferencing and </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">connected story books</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">: when a grown-up turns the page, the child’s page turns along with it. If the child points to something on his screen, the grown-up can see that on her screen too. Now families can read stories together even when they can't be in the same place</span> <br />
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<br />Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4492252202757134938.post-29195896190267294242011-11-28T18:16:00.001+11:002011-11-28T19:53:42.023+11:00Love this LAST DAY idea from Karen Taylor.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I so loved the concept I just had to share this fabulous tradition with you, below, from Karen's guest post <i><a href="http://www.denysewhelan.com.au/education/thankful-thursday-education-teachers/" target="_blank">Thankful Thursday. Education & Teachers.</a> on <a href="http://www.denysewhelan.com.au/" target="_blank">Denyse Whelan's</a> blog.</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>"...Every school year has a Last Day as well. In the evening of the Last Day I send my husband and kids out to buy dinner while I very quickly blu-tac up <b>a</b> <b>selection of their work, photos and awards from the year gone by</b>. I set the table for dinner and just as I hear the family returning I put on some loud music and meet the kids at the door with blindfolds.</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> They put them on and enjoy dancing around the house until they arrive at the dinner table where they remove the blindfolds and spend a few seconds in awed silence as their memories are revealed, spread out in triumph on the wall. </i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Then they scoff their dinner and relive the year that was. It’s the best fun ever and a night that the kids look forward to all year."</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John Dewey has stated, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>“We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience.” </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe that this is a wonderful activity for all students to undertake and what makes it even more special is when it is done as a family. Reflecting is a very important skill that allows the person reflecting to develop deep meaning and understanding. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fffffa; line-height: 20px;">Most people would agree,</span><strong style="background-color: #fffffa; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"> in order to continually learn and improve, individuals need to engage in regular reflection.</strong></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="background-color: #fffffa; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">Two questions that you could prompt your children with include: </strong></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><i>What do you notice?</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What do you feel?</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Have fun and if you implement this activity with your children let me know how it goes. </b></span></span></div>
</div>Audrey Nayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16203906119575855331noreply@blogger.com0