Response to Whole language approach: Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding by Katina Zammit, Deputy Dean, School of Education, Western Sydney University, as published in The Conversation on 12 November 2019 Read More
Response to Whole language approach: Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding by Katina Zammit, Deputy Dean, School of Education, Western Sydney University, as published in The Conversation on 12 November 2019 Read More
Response to Pamela Snow and Tanya Serry’s article Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read in The Conversation on 12 November 2019. Read More
It was a great feeling to finally have the 1000 copies of each of the four books in hand, a process that took a further 18 months. In the meantime, I researched companies to get the boxes made that hold the four books. Read More
Isn’t it interesting where you read about phonemic awareness? It’s not just the Australian curriculum that is a supporter of this approach to help young learners speak, read and spell. Read More
The Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan in talking about NAPLAN has stated that there should be a stronger focus on phonics, a method that involves teaching kids the sounds made by individual letters or groups of letters. Read More
After the disappointment with the first illustrator [read earlier blog here], a couple of months went by before the urge to publish the Sound Stories picture books starting niggling at me again. Barbara's blog continues ... Read More
If you'd like a snapshot of what Barbara Murray's Sound Stories has to offer, just check out this advertisement. It only takes a few seconds to read. Barbara Murray is well known for the Sound Waves program that she co-authored. Read More
Great news! Barbara Murray, author of Sound Stories, is featured in the September issue of Education Matters Primary magazine. The topic is: "A phonemic approach is the key to learning to read and write". In the full page article, Barbara explains why teachers need to develop in their students an awareness of the 43 sounds (phonemes) used in Australian spoken English. Read More
The Educational Publishing Awards Australia recognises the best of the best in educational resources with 2019 producing outstanding resources for student learning across the country. Twenty vital learning tools produced by local publishers and used in primary, secondary and tertiary classrooms were awarded. Read More
When writing the third edition of the Sound Waves Program in 2010 and expanding the Foundation section, it occurred to me that teachers needed stories to introduce each of the 43 sounds, the basis for the whole Sound Waves Program, to beginning readers and writers. Read More