by Susan_Admin | May 21, 2018 | Big Books, Community Liaison, Growing Confidence, Home Readers, Inspiring speakers, Local Community Liaison, Our Books, Professional Learning, Tools and Resources, Uncategorized
The Reading Mountain attended a very impressive Early Years Conference in Wyndham last week. The theme for the day was ‘Resilient Families Build Strong Communities- An Imperative to Act!’ Over 300 participants attended professional learning on the...
by Susan_Admin | Dec 13, 2017 | Community Liaison, Growing Confidence
The Reading Mountain is a proud sponsor of Red Letter Day and the winners of the letter writing competition were announced last week. The theme for 2017 was ‘My Dyslexia Champion’. Kids around Australia were asked to express their feelings and share how a...
by Susan_Admin | Oct 27, 2017 | Growing Confidence, Improving Reading, Reading at Home, Reading with Dyslexia
If a child memorizes ten words, the child can read only ten words, but if a child learns the sounds of ten letters, the child will be able to read 350 three sound words, 4320 four sound words and 21,650 five sound words. Dr Martin Kozloff (2002) Reading is all about...
by Susan_Admin | Oct 23, 2017 | Growing Confidence, Improving Reading, Reading with Dyslexia
As a precursor to Dyslexia Awareness Month, we all gathered as a large cohesive group, to learn about the specifics of Dyslexia and Dyscalculia at the Square Pegs conference in Hobart. Exhibiting our books and resources together with learning more about dyslexia and...
by Susan_Admin | Aug 23, 2017 | Growing Confidence, Improving Reading, Reluctant Readers, Struggling Readers
How many of us put down a book if it doesn’t interest us? Children are no different, so find out what interests your child and get involved! Visit a library Local libraries still exist and offer a range of books so you can see what interests your child. Library...
by Susan Spelic | Mar 7, 2017 | Growing Confidence
We all want to make our children feel good about themselves as learners. It is worth stopping to think about whether we are sending limiting feedback, albeit with the best intentions. What we say to our children as they learn will shape the type of learner they...
