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Alphabet Sound Mazes
I'm always looking for new and engaging ideas to use in my classroom particularly activities that can be completed independently during our Daily 5 lesson or as a literacy centre. Recently I created...
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Fun Fine Motor Idea
I've written before about the number of young children starting school with under developed fine motor skills. My solution this term? To supply some take home activity packs to my students that are...
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25+ DIY Rock Craft Projects to Make
Rocks are one of my favourite resources for DIY projects for my classroom. They are cheap, easy to source and can be used so many ways. Best bit - you don't need to be a great artist to create many of...
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Great Read Aloud Picture Books
Today I sat and was read to by my youngest child. At seven she has learnt how reading aloud is a different skill than reading to herself but it did make me stop and think about the difference the right...
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Teaching Digraphs - /ch/sh/th/
It's time to revise some of the letter sounds we've been learning in class this term. Working in the Early Years, I know these literacy activities need to be hands-on to allow the children to practice...
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ABCs and 123s eBook - Ideas for Learning
Kids learn through play. They learn best when they are engaged and that usually means they're having fun! Frequent readers here will know how much I value hands-on play based learning activities for...
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Teaching Verbs
During our grammar lessons in class we've been looking at verbs. Personally I find them one of the easiest parts of speech to teach to young children because they are types of words children can relate...
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Printable Sound Bingo - /ck/ words
Frequent visitors here will know I often make the resources I can not find for use in my classroom. Most recently, we've been looking at the digraph /ck/ in class and whilst I had an idea for how best...
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Learning Letters with LEGO
My class this term loves any activities that include building particularly with our Duplo and Lego blocks. Following this lead by the children, we've been using our blocks to help learn about letters...
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Twinkl Resources
As a classroom teacher I'm always on the hunt for quality resources to use. I do make a lot of my own resources for class but last year I wanted to make a wall display and came across Twinkl Resources...
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20 Must Follow Instagram Accounts
There are so many different forms of social media now - Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Flipboard, Instagram, Pinterest... the list goes on and on but my absolute favourite place to find inspiration for...
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Informative Report Writing Made Easier
Teaching young children different writing genres can be difficult. Some genres like recounts and narratives are more familiar and comfortable with but others like information reports can prove more...
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Teaching Australian Money
I love teaching Australian money. It would have to be one of my favourite parts of the Australian Curriculum for Maths. I do believe teaching young children about money and financial matters is an...
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Olympics Inspired Art Project
I have loved watching the Rio Olympics as have my class. With so much community and good sportsmanship shown, the 2016 Olympics is truly something to celebrate. There have been plenty of history making...
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Digraph Sound Mazes and I Spy Games
Literacy centres, or word work if you do Daily 5, are part of our classroom timetable but that then means finding suitable resources to use in our literacy circles. Ones that young children can use...
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STEAM Kids - Water Pendulum Play
Working in the Early Childhood Education sector, many of the hands on activities we plan already incorporate STEAM. What is STEAM and why is it important to how I teach young children today? Education...
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UP! Building a Child's Love of Blocks
We all know kids learn best through play! They learn when they are actively engaged in their learning and I am happy to have co-authored another book that focuses on promoting hands-on playful learning...
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Word Family I Spy Mats
Developing phonemic awareness in the Early Years is key to learning how to read and spell. What is phonemic awareness? Basically it's understanding that the English language is an alphabetic system in...
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Rhyming Word Peg Cards
Recently I wrote about how important developing phonemic awareness was in Early Childhood. It is key to learning how to both read and spell and, then subsequently, write. By preschool age, one of the...
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Stop Motion Video Making with Kids
It's school holidays here and we've been having some fun exploring some new apps on the iPad. My youngest has been alternating between building secret rooms in Minecraft and learning Mandarin while the...
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