Make reading fun! by Sandra Jean Smith
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Sandra Jean Smith was born in Annandale ,Sydney New South Wales in 1950. The eldest of three children growing up in small rural community of Quaker's Hill on the outskirts of Sydney,a close knit but diverse community of Australian born and post war migrants. A Primary school teacher,studying at Westmead Teacher's College and Nepean CAE she later studied Teacher Librarianship at Charles Sturt University,Wagga Wagga,graduating in 1993.A wife, mother and grandmother,Taichi student and instructor for 20 years ,reading ,music ,singing and painting as well as gardening and family history research are some of her other interests. A career in teaching spanning 30 years has led to a realisation that a guide for modern parents to best prepare their children for learning was needed.
Why did I write this book?
I decided to write this book due to a growing sense of concern as I realised that between 20%-25 % of children from English speaking backgrounds were coming to school with a complex variety of speech problems which were hitherto unknown. The topic of this book is of major interest to teachers ,parents of infants […]
MoreCute kiddie speak can stunt school starters Lisa Power Daily Telegraph March 14 2012
CHILDREN are starting kindergarten with the speech skills of three-year-olds – and too much TV and a lack of extended family may be to blame. Up to a quarter of kindergarten students have poor language skills, which hamper the ability to learn to read. NSW public school teacher Sandra Smith has just published Teach Baby […]
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