The Science of Reading
The Science of Reading is the accumulated evidence from multi-disciplinary scientific research on how people learn to read and how to teach reading effectively.
Funding brings literacy boost to kids in need
Morpheus Foundation and MultiLit team up on literacy funding for successful programs in schools.
For the fun of phonics
Teaching phonics is crucial to effective early literacy education and sets children up with the foundations necessary to develop into successful readers.
Three things Year 2 teachers love about InitiaLit
InitiaLit–2 is the important final stage of MultiLit’s whole-class literacy program. In our recent national survey, Year 2 teachers using InitiaLit–2 revealed their favourite aspects of the program. Here’s what they had to say.
Implementing InitiaLit–2 in 2022
To ensure a successful InitiaLit implementation, it is recommended that InitiaLit–2 is rolled out after InitiaLit–F and InitiaLit–1 have been embedded in the school.
The value of early literacy investment
East Para Primary School in South Australia has been running InitiaLit — a whole-class literacy instruction program — since 2018 and has seen great results.
Discover what has changed in MiniLit Sage
In 2011, MultiLit launched MiniLit, our effective, evidence-based, small group intervention program, designed to support struggling readers in the initial stages of literacy up to Year 2. A decade on, it’s time to release the first major revision of the program, MiniLit Sage.
Behind the Wattle Series
Get to know some of the authors and illustrators behind the Wattle Series here.
Shifting practice: Introducing the Science of Reading at your school
Yates Avenue Public School is a small P-6 school of 176 students, located in Western Sydney. Four years ago, the school embarked on a program of improvement based on evidence-based practice.
How to support your child with InitiaLit Readers
For young readers, one of the most effective ways parents and carers can offer additional support at home is by spending as little as 10 minutes each day on supported book reading.
Support struggling readers at school with an intervention program based on reading science
A parent from one of our science-based literacy intervention programs recently shared this interaction with his son: “A couple of weeks ago my son had a maths test at school, so I asked how he went. ‘Good, I could read the questions’, he replied to me. It melted my heart.”
Teachers and students thrive with Positive Teaching
While most teachers understand the importance of positive reinforcement, research indicates that praise is more often focused on academic performance.