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Yeperenye Yeye Magazine, June 2010
Child care staff; Yeperenye Yeye Magazine June 2010: “The children find the stories in the HAR very interesting and love the songs in the books”. Preschool teacher, Yeperenye Yeye Magazine June 2010: “The HAR, by Margaret James, has been our focus of studies since the beginning of the year. Children enjoy looking at the pictures…
Read MoreHoney Ant Readers take Centre Stage in Middle School.
Middle school students have become translators of the HAR series. With Western and Central Arrernte, as well as Luritja and Pitjantjatjara language groups in the class, students have commenced translating the first 5 books of the HAR series. As students become intimately involved with the text of each HAR book they have discovered that there are some…
Read MoreSecondary Boys
Exciting times as new students are introduced to the books. A secondary teacher told me about his class today. 3 teenage boys who have very little, if any, print literacy skills have started to read The Honey Ant Readers, and are enjoying the experience enough to want to come back to school asking for more. This teacher…
Read MoreHelping Indigenous children learn to read
Learning to read in the language you speak has obvious cognitive advantages. But it also has emotional benefits and boosts self esteem. We know that in many cases the Indigenous children of Central Australia arrive at school from a totally different environment.. they are not used to sitting at a desk, having a routine or being confined…
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