Professor Anne Castles' open letter to Australian children's author Mem Fox about why some children can't read.

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Professor Anne Castles' open letter to Australian children's author Mem Fox about why some children can't read.

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Professor Pamela Snow hosts Professor Anne Castles' open letter in response to Mem Fox - including some personal responses of parents with children struggling to read:

https://pamelasnow.blogspot.com
Dear Mem: Professor Anne Castles' letter to Australian children's author Mem Fox about why some children can't read.

Recently, Professor Anne Castles, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science at Macquarie University wrote to Australian children's author, Mem Fox following her comments about reading aloud to children on the Today Show. As you will note, Anne respectfully requested a reply from Ms Fox to this letter. Unfortunately this has not been forthcoming. In view of the importance of this issue, and the distress caused to many parents by Ms Fox's comments, Anne has asked me to publish her letter on The Snow Report, and I am pleased to do so.

Readers may also be interested in the follow-up article about this issue in the Sydney-Morning Herald.
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Re: Prof Anne Castles:

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If this topic is of interest, the link below leads to further responses to Mem Fox's claim that reading aloud to children is sufficient for them to become readers (via the 'Research and Recommended Reading' forum:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=940&p=2309#p2309
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