The BORN2READ Results are in!
Wow – I cannot believe we are just about to head into Week Eleven of Term Two! To say it has been an adventure, returning fulltime teaching in a Prep class, would be a huge understatement! It has been an amazing and an exciting journey and one that I am very grateful that I have […]
Wow! What a start to the year! As most of you probably know, this year I thought it would be an excellent idea to return, full time, to the classroom. After all, the BORN2READ® Experience of levelled readers was complete, (finally), and I had found myself hanging out by the fridge, far too many times […]
Yes! I am actually early this year!! Some of you may have remembered that it wasn’t until around March this year, that I had the chance to wish you a Happy New Year, so by that time, wishing you a Merry Christmas would have just been ridiculous!! So much has happened this year that I […]
Have you ever noticed that as soon as a young child starts achieving success in reading, they desperately want to read chapter books? Whilst this is an awesome goal, it has worried me for some time that it is really hard to match beginning chapter books with the children’s age and reading ability. A few […]
You would think that after illustrating over 550 readers, 480 story cards, and soon to be released chapter books, that I would have the art of drawing covered, but sadly, no. You see after finishing the writing and illustrating, I have to admit that I have not had the time to revisit my drawing board […]
I absolutely love this time of year! The weather is hotting up and it is getting closer and closer to Christmas. Winter is a distant memory (thank goodness as it is my least favourite time of the year, and yes, it does get cold on the Gold Coast!) It is the season for parties and […]
It has been an interesting month. I have always welcomed comments and critiques of the BORN2READ experience, but earlier this month I was floored, when I received a list of unfounded concerns about BORN2READ. I have to say, my initial reaction was disbelief that someone could get the BORN2READ Experience so wrong. Then I decided […]
567 readers 176 rewrites approximately 6000 illustrations 480 story cards approximately 1500 activity sheets three posters 26 alphabet cards, and 2.5 years of my life! Finally I have finished! What started off as a few readers for Prep children, has blossomed into a Reading Experience for Kindy Kids right through to Year Two. Of course […]
Ah, school holidays – it is still my favourite time of the year, even though I no longer have school-aged children or work in a traditional classroom. I love seeing all of the posts on social media, of teachers sharing nature snaps, food snaps, holiday destination snaps, and dare I say, drinking snaps! Teachers are […]
I have always said that my BORN2READ® readers have been road-tested by their intended audience. And I have always said, that not always is the feedback glowing. In fact, some characters have been shelved so quickly, it would make your head spin! I am still recovering from the shattering, overwhelming consensus that my dinosaurs looked […]