Helping parents improve their children’s reading in a fun way, while engaging them with the world of science, is the impetus behind Griffith’s launch of a new educational book series.
Launched in early February the Suzie the Scientist home-reader series is a new take on home-readers linking reading development directly to the Australian Curriculum: Science.
The series has been supported by a partnership with the Southport Rotary club on the Gold Coast which has provided $5000 to purchase a full set of books for every primary school on the Gold Coast.
“The 24-book series features an engaging “cool” scientist (Suzie) who presents interesting scientific facts to engage kids and empower parents to explore and discuss scientific concepts while developing and improving reading literacies and fluency,” Professor Richard John from Griffith Sciences said.
The books are aimed at children in years Prep to Year 2 and are aligned to the three strands and four sub-strands of the Australian
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