by Catherine Suelo | Dec 23, 2023 | Child Development, Craft & Fun, Helpful Information, Parents
Richard Stachmann/Unsplash, CC BY Penny Van Bergen, University of Wollongong School is out and Santa is on his way, but there’s still a bit of a wait before he wriggles down that chimney. The days before Christmas are both exciting and challenging for children and...
by Catherine Suelo | Dec 15, 2023 | Child Development, Helpful Information, Parents
Element5 Digital/Pexels , CC BY-SA Genevieve McArthur, Australian Catholic University Australian children are facing some big challenges. NAPLAN data shows about one in three students in years 3 to 9 are behind in reading-related skills. It is also estimated about one...
by Catherine Suelo | Dec 1, 2023 | Child Development, Craft & Fun, Helpful Information, Parents
Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels, CC BY-SA Kathy Mills, Australian Catholic University and Christian Moro, Bond University It is almost a year since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, fuelling great excitement as well as concern about what it might mean for education. The changes...
by Catherine Suelo | Nov 15, 2023 | Child Development, Craft & Fun, Helpful Information, Parents
Liam Burke, Swinburne University of Technology Australian kids today have greater access to screen entertainment than any generation before. Across smartphones, tablets, laptops and the old-school TV set, streaming services mean there is an endless supply of kids’...
by Catherine Suelo | Nov 1, 2023 | Child Development, Helpful Information, Parents
Shutterstock Lauren Breen, Curtin University Death and grief are not easy to talk about. Talking to children about these can be harder still. Our instinct to protect children from harsh realities means we might avoid these topics altogether. But, as we discovered in...
by Catherine Suelo | Oct 2, 2023 | Child Development, Craft & Fun, Parents
Naomi Zouwer, University of Canberra As a visual artist and educator, I know how important it is to encourage your child to think and behave like an artist. But this is not necessarily about drawing or painting in a particular way. The habits of an artist include the...
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