Recently, BBC Radio 4's Today programme had a strange report on 'Bibliotherapy' and the psychologically-positive healing power of reading books. It so...
I posted a blog (or did I?) the other day. Someone took offence (or did he?) and posted (or did he?) this comment: "No offense, [sic]" he wrote, "bu...
The Government's new reading test for six-year-olds is a waste of taxpayers' money that will fail to identify youngsters' needs, literacy experts have...
Almost one in five boys are struggling to write their own name at the age of five, figures suggest. Government statistics show a gen...
Children are growing up in an increasingly technological world. Think back to how much has changed in the last 10 years and we can not possibly imagine what life will be like for our youngest children by the time they leave school.
It's hard to believe the humble SMS is not yet 20 years old. Conceived in 1992, a single message which read 'Merry Christmas' began a form of communic...
As a teacher and professed literacy geek, I cannot explain how terrifyingly unambitious government approaches to raising standards in literacy can be.
One in six children is failing to read books as they spend an increasing amount of time text messaging friends, sending emails and browsing social net...
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- More than 40,000 free books have been donated to children in Scotland by a foundation headed by country singer Dolly Parton. T...
