Such an important topic and when you hear the statistics that Joyce shares in this interview its truly so strange that we don’t talk about it more. The Blues, Depression….. We need to talk about it …
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CAST 028 Instilling The Joy Of Reading
I absolutely loved this amazingly relevant episode with Nicola.
She gave such great tips to implement easy ways to share the joy of reading with little ones.
Easy to relate to, to listen to and to take action with!
X Dr Kaz Jaffe
Nicola Smith's Bio:
Nicola Smith is a primary school teacher, literacy specialist and mother of two. She has taught in Amsterdam as well as Melbourne. Since pausing her teaching career to be a full time mum she has continued to pursue her passion in researching children’s early literacy skills. She aims to empower parents to support their children’s early literacy development in those all-important years from birth to school age.
Nicola’s Recommended read for parents (literacy)
- ‘Reading Magic’ by Mem Fox (also memfox.com)
- ‘The Read Aloud Handbook’ by Jim Trelease
- Roald Dahl website: roalddahl.com
- The Children’s Book Council of Australia: https://cbca.org.au/
- Kids’ Book Review: http://www.kids-bookreview.com/
Nicola’s Resources:
Nicola's Deets:
- Early Literacy For Children
- nic-andrews@hotmail.com