Have you ever thought about the role power plays in literacy development? This episode explores critical literacy and discusses how to decentralise the focus on the dominant culture so that meaning is constructed by every participant in literacy development process and not just the elite or privileged ones.

Phonemic awareness, an enlarged vocabulary and the development of listening and social skills are just some of the reasons to include nursery rhymes in your child's pre-literacy learning.

Literacy is more than cognitive ability; it is also social practice. When teachers understand this, they will be able to connect more with their students and become more effective teachers.

What if you found out your precious child - or even all your children - had a serious problem with reading? What if you then found out this problem had a name, dyslexia? Listen to Dr Eunice Santiago-Fuchs, a nurse and dyslexia expert, as she shares her experience and evidence-based knowledge about how and why she came to take charge of her children's learning.

There are so many ways you can turn your home into a place where learning takes place without it becoming like a classroom. Take advantage of simple and affordable real-life ways to build your child's literacy ability and confidence before they even start school.

Adults have an important role to play in building a child's vocabulary. Help them reach their literacy developmental milestones so they can communicate better. Don't stunt their growth. Listen up to learn why and how.

Engage your children and youth in reading by introducing them to picture books now! Not only will they find joy in it, but they will also learn to read better and it will help them in later life with things like map and graph reading. Moreover, in this day and age of everything visual, let's ensure they are visually literate so they don't get conned by those who are more media-savvy. Join primary teacher and my great friend, Cherie Forbes, as we chat about her experiences with using picture books at home and at school.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to work in literacy education? Join Veronica as she talks about her new role as Head Teacher of Literacy and Learning, the challenges she faces and what she hopes to achieve.

Find out the difference between learning to read and reading to learn, and the connection with literacy.

The title of this episode is a bow to the lovely legend, Miss Tina Turner, but the content has nothing to do with music. In fact, it is about the importance of play in the emergent literacy years and how play sets children up for a lifetime of literacy accomplishments in reading, writing and imagining.