reading
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
At the beginning of this year, I decided I would embrace the world of facials and skin care. I had never indulged in such ‘pampering’ before and foolishly thought, it would be just a matter of turning up once a month, enjoy the attention and relaxation, and then, a few months down the track, I […]
I have spent the last week, okay month, celebrating my fiftieth birthday – and it has been so much fun! It is funny though, before I actually turned 50, I had many pre-conceived ideas of what my life would look like at 50. I thought I would be: very mature, set in my ways, semi-retired, […]