The Foundation for Learning and Literacy is concerned with the role literacy plays in ensuring our children become compassionate, confident, competent and creative citizens in an increasingly complex world.
Our aim is to support teachers, early childhood educators, parents and caregivers with tools that empower them to work with kids to build joy and confidence in reading and writing.
Our resources are also useful to the broader community, including educational policymakers, politicians, business leaders, and the media.
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May 2026 Newsletter
News and updates from the Foundation for Learning and Literacy and our Partners.
The focus for this e-newsletter is on the Advocacy work undertaken by the Foundation, and in particular:
Touchstone 1: A fair and equitable society depends upon every citizen being able to speak, listen critically with confidence, read and write.
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A Home in the Outback
At Home in the Outback by Katherine Meet the enthusiastic and passionate Jane Vaughan… co-founder, co-director and employee of Big Sky Stories, a community-based organisation in Broken Hill which wants to give children in the far west of New South Wales a love of…
Free Digital Child Resources now available
The Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child first winning entry book for the Series 2 Stories by Digital Children books is now live on the web. There are two more on their way. The four winning entries from series 1 are also available via this page. Free download…
Babies Learn Language Best Through Sing-Song Speech, Not Phonetics
Neuroscience News.com December 1 2023 Summary: New research suggests that parents should use sing-song speech, such as nursery rhymes, with their babies, as it aids language development. Contrary to the belief that phonetic information is the foundation of language,…
What Constitutes a Science of Reading Instruction?
The term the SoR is not new, and it does not refer to a particular theoretical approach to the teaching of reading, a particular model, program, method, or single component of instruction. The term SoR was used first to refer to text reading during…
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The Foundation for Learning and Literacy regularly partners with other professional associations to advocate for the importance of literature in our lives and in literacy learning.
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