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“S and the other preschool students in the same group were having trouble focusing one afternoon after lunch on the book ‘Thank You’. Their Honey Ant Reader tutor decided to have them stand up and jump whenever the phrase “thank you” was said during the story. The students enjoyed connecting a motion to the story,…
Read MoreStories we Have Received: No. 1
Stories we have received No.1: T is a little pre-schooler. He is still working on his English oral language, and is timid when speaking. He sometimes has trouble focusing on the activities in class. However, he enjoys reading ‘Nana Dig’ and excels at orally identifying the pictures on each page. He knows the entire ‘Nana…
Read MoreHappy Mother’s Day!
A lovely Mother’s Day story: My 88 year old mother was bedridden and we had run out of ideas to keep her busy, happy and motivated. My sister came up with the idea of a children’s activity book. Honey Ant Readers to the rescue. It was SO sweet, seeing her face light up as she…
Read MoreHoney Ant Readers Success Stories on the Way!
Picture to colour in by Wendy Paterson! We are going to post a few HAR stories that we have received from teachers in the next few days. We love hearing stories, so please keep sending them! We can mention your details and school’s name if you would like us to!
Read MoreWollongong Uni Teacher Ed Student Presents on Honey Ant Readers
From a Wollongong Uni Secondary Teacher Ed student about her presentation: The presentation was fantastic and everyone found the HAR to be a very effective strategy. I printed off the cards for book no. 7 (Stop the Dog) and they played memory first with pictures, then with words and pictures and lastly just with words.…
Read MoreChild from Remote Community Responds to HAR – his First Reading Experience!
“A shy 7 Year old from a very remote Outstation East of Alice Springs was introduced to the Honey Ant Readers and he started on the first book a week ago, learning sounds and letters through card games first. Now he is thrilled that he can read his first book.”
Read MoreLuritja Card 1
Luritja Card 1: Our fabulous graphic artist, Theresa Smith Acker, with her keen eye for detail and incredibly high standards, has created the most beautiful sets of language cards to go with our 18 books in traditional Aboriginal languages . After requesting that HAR develop sets of teaching cards for them, the translators and language…
Read MoreHAR Cited in Academic Paper
Prof Anne Hickling-Hudson in her paper ‘Striving for a better world. Lessons from Freire in Grenada, Jamaica and Australia’ has selected the Honey Ant Readers as one of 2 international examples of educational work with radical potential for changing the public sphere.
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