Learning how to write a simple story is an essential skill that children will use throughout their school years. Story writing is one of the most common ways that we teach children to stretch their imagination. For young children, it can be an excellent way to help them learn to organise their thoughts and coherently express their ideas. Teaching children to write stories of their own helps them to read and understand stories written by others better.
Make Multiplication Fun with Engaging Activities! Even with fun pictures, kids can struggle to master the fundamentals of maths. Just when they’ve got a handle on addition, they learn that there’s another type of maths that is similar to addition but also completely different: the dreaded multiplication. Even as adults, we sometimes have to pause […]
To go with our Multiplication Grid, we have put together some fun multiplication based classroom games to share with you.
Learn New Vocabulary and Have Fun with the Seasons Word Search! Discover new vocabulary, learn to spell, and have fun at the same time. This Seasons Word Search is a fantastic resource if you’re teaching the topic of seasons or if you’re looking for a constructive way for your students to pass some time in […]
Make Maths Fun with Number Facts Bingo! What better way to engage students than with a fun game? This Number Fact Bingo resource is guaranteed to excite learners and encourage them to use and recall their number knowledge. Are you familiar with groans and complaints the moment you mention a mental arithmetic test? Well, you […]
Spice Up Your Lessons with the Fun Scrabble Spelling Game! Spicing up your lesson plans with fun activities can make learning much more enjoyable. A game is a great way to increase participation within a lesson and inside your classroom. Even though the learning processes may be the same, a worksheet presented as a game […]
Collaborative learning is a useful way to enhance a growth mindset. Learning in groups allows children to find solutions with the support of their peers. With this in mind, we came up with the following activities which can be done individually or in groups.
Commemorate ANZAC Day with Red Poppy Crafts Australians and New Zealanders have quite a few symbols to represent ANZAC Day, which are used to commemorate this significant time in history. The red poppy, one of the first flowers to bloom in the French and Belgian battlefields after World War I, is often associated with Remembrance […]
The Youth Climate Strike saw millions of young people from 150 countries worldwide pour onto the streets to demand governments take emergency action on climate change.
The one major thing that removes the joy from teaching is, without a doubt, dealing with badly behaved students.
