LiteracyPlanet celebrates its 11th anniversary
LiteracyPlanet turns 11 this September! On the 15th of September, 2009, LiteracyPlanet made its mark on schools across the country. Since 2009, LiteracyPlanet has expanded into the US, UK and Read more…
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Transforming the way children learn in Phnom Penh
LiteracyPlanet and Matesabroad have been working side by side for under a year, but have made leaps in this short time. Matesabroad is a grassroots Australian organisation that supports schools Read more…
Your guide to better literacy teaching
Teaching literacy can be difficult. It is more than teaching reading skills. Literacy includes reading, writing, comprehension, speaking and creating oral, visual and print texts. While it appears to be Read more…
Encouraging creativity in the classroom
Creativity is not a fixed element – it is a highly sought after way of thinking that can be taught in the classroom. Even the teachers who don’t consider themselves Read more…
Word Mania — Exclusive Edition 2020 Champions Announced!
LiteracyPlanet’s Word Mania “Exclusive Edition 2020” has wrapped up with a bang! A total of 1,448 schools from 53 countries around the world joined in for 5 dynamic weeks from 25th May to compete for certificates Read more…
Your sneak peek into what’s next
We have something new coming your way! As of September, there will be a new program released with brand new features we know you’ll love. Here at LiteracyPlanet, we are Read more…
Teaching emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence can help or hinder your performance and wellbeing as an adult. Generally speaking, we don’t associate emotional intelligence with children as we do with adults. Students can be Read more…
How to re-engage students after lockdown
Approaching school post-lockdown is challenging for some students. These students have had the opportunity to access home-schooling for the potential first time in their life. But as normal life resumes, Read more…
What’s new for LiteracyPlanet
We are always endeavouring to improve our product, that’s why we are excited to share an update to our new program. There are new additions and improvements which will be Read more…
Back to school after COVID-19
COVID-19 was a disruption for nearly all industries earlier this year. As we see a lift in the restrictions, teachers and students are slowly heading back to school. Getting your Read more…
Rising to a global challenge
Never before have schools faced such disruption on the scale inflicted by the coronavirus COVID-19. In all corners of the globe, and in the middle of a school term for Read more…
Top 5 tips for schooling at home
Having children at home doing their schooling is a new experience for many parents and carers all over the world at the moment. Here are LiteracyPlanet’s top five tips to Read more…
Checklist: How to help parents support student learning at home
When students learning moves away from a classroom setting and into the home, the disruption can cause stress for both students and parents. Here is a simple guide to coping Read more…
Checklist: How prepared is your school for COVID-19?
During this difficult time where the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been declared a global pandemic, navigating the disruption it has caused in schools can be tough for teachers and educators. Here Read more…
How LiteracyPlanet’s Spelling program works
The ability to sound out each phoneme and recognise whole words on sight is reinforced by LiteracyPlanet’s Spelling Program that includes every phoneme, morpheme and lexeme in the English language. Read more…
How LiteracyPlanet’s Sight Words program works
The explicit teaching of letter-sound correspondences is essential to acquire synthetic phonics knowledge, although not sufficient on its own. Analytic phonics – the identification of a whole word (blue) and Read more…
How LiteracyPlanet’s Phonics program works
The systematic and explicit teaching of synthetic phonics has been identified by literacy practitioners in the US, Australia, and the UK as one of the most effective strategies for students to develop Read more…
How Artificial Intelligence Helps Teachers Improve Literacy Outcomes
Closing the connectivity gap and improving access to digital resources in classrooms has been a priority for education systems in many countries over the past decade. Equitable access is recognised Read more…
Gamification in the K-12 Classroom
The use of gamified resources is growing in school classrooms. So what exactly is gamification, why gamify learning, and how does it improve outcomes? Gamification is the integration of game Read more…
Phonics and Sight Words Program
Why is a Phonics and Sight Words program important? An explicit, systematic approach to the teaching of phonics and word recognition skills is recognised as foundational to reading and writing Read more…
