Your child is going quiet and nobody around you seems to think it matters
"These are the things I know about children, voice, and what happens when you stop correcting. Start anywhere. Everything here is for you."
Thoughts and Evidence
Boys' Literacy Crisis: 7 Mistakes Schools Make
by: KateBoys are behind girls in reading by age 15. Two thirds of the bottom 10% are boys. The seven systemic mistakes schools make when trying to close the gap.
Boys Literacy and Oracy
What Happens When We Stop Trying to Fix Boys
by: Kate465 children across nine schools. The question is not why won't boys write. The question is why we demand compliance instead of inviting creation.
Boys Literacy and Oracy
What Happened When Year 5 Became Authors for a Day at Beckfoot Allerton Primary
by: KateYear 5 children at Beckfoot Allerton Primary Bradford become authors for a day. What they produced and what they said about it.
Schools in Action
What Jane Austen's Terrible Spelling Taught Me About Teaching Children to Write
by: Kateane Austen couldn't spell. What that tells us about what we are doing to children when we correct before they have finished creating.
The Methodology
Your child has a story inside them.
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