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How to Nail Your Practicum as a Student Teacher
Are you a student teacher heading out on your first practicum? This blog is a must read...
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2018 Winter Olympics Classroom Activities and Resources
Aside from medal tally maths, find out what else your students can learn from the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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The Best Valentine's Day Craft Activities for Kids
Some of the cutest and easiest Valentine's Day craft activities for your classroom all in one spot!
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30 Resources and Tips to Help Your Students Love Editing
These tips and resources will help your students learn to love editing.
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Hands-On Addition Activities for the Classroom
Our top picks for hands-on activities to consolidate simple addition.
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A Simple Way to Get Kids Writing Every Day
Have you ever wondered how to get kids writing every day without fielding a chorus of collective groans? Check out how to make daily writing practise a breeze!
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10 Picture Books and Activities About Starting School
We've looked at these 10 picture books about school in detail, creating activities for each one! Find out why these 'starting school' books are worth reading...
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How to Teach Poetry With Mini-Book Making
Use this printable template to make poetry writing lessons fun! Students create their own anthology of original poetic works in mini-book form.
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Fabulously Fun Vocabulary Activities for the Classroom
Need some more ways to challenge your students' vocabulary? These activities and games are fabulously fun!
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The Best Hands-On Activity for Numbers to 10
A super fun hands-on activity to help consolidate children's knowledge of numbers one to ten.
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Why You Don't Need to Know "How" to Get Kids Coding
Find out how you can teach students computer coding without knowing yourself how to code...
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Colouring-in Activities to Help Make This a Mindful Christmas
Stop with the tinsel, the glitter and bonbons. At least for a short while. Create some Christmas calm with these beautiful, mindful colouring-in sheets.
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23 Maths Warm-Up Ideas for Your Classroom
Daily maths warm-ups are intended to be a quick warm-up of the brain. Check out our top 23 ideas...
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Fact Family Fun!
Ever wondered how your students could use an icosahedron to practise fact families?
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Try This Fun Comprehension Strategies Board Game!
Are you struggling to find ways for students to practise their reading and comprehension strategies without busting out yet another traditional comprehension worksheet? Check out this awesome game!
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6 Fun and Cheap End-of-Year Student Gift Ideas
Check out some of our end-of-year printable gift tags and student gift ideas.
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55 Amazing Alternatives to Place Value Worksheets
Searching for printable place value worksheets? STOP! Take a look at these super fun, hands-on alternatives to teaching Mathematics with worksheets.
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Teaching Resources for Special Education Teachers
Finding the right resources for your students when in Special Education, can be difficult. This blog will outline some of the resources Teach Starter have that can assist Special Education teachers to navigate their day!
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Sumblox - Academic Building Blocks Every Classroom Needs
Sumblox... teaching the world of maths in the shape of wooden numbers.
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Infinity Cube – Origami Fidget Toy Instructions
Watch the video and follow the instructions for a tricky origami project that will have your students on task for a while (hopefully!)
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How to Make a Sundial
Luckily for our students, we don't need to charter a space shuttle to experience some real-world learning about how parts of our solar system work. The simple act of making a sundial provides us with the means to examine the Earth's rotation on its axis!
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Does Flipped Learning in a Primary Classroom Really Work?
What is flipped learning? How does it work in primary classrooms? Does it actually benefit students or just create extra work for teachers? Here's what we've discovered...
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Guided Meditation Scripts for the Classroom
Are you curious about how to run guided meditations for children? Check out these resources and tips!
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Reggio Emilia Approach in the Classroom
The Reggio Emilia approach is starting to filter through primary schools, especially in the early years, and I can see why! But, how is it possible to incorporate elements of this learning philosophy into a classroom with a strict curriculum to adhere to?
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Scarily Awesome Halloween Art for Kids
With this super fun occasion creeping up soon, we’ve got some awesome Halloween art for kids and Halloween classroom games to share with you today!
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10 Exciting QR Code Classroom Activity Ideas
Here are 10 awesome ways to use QR Codes in your classroom. These ideas and teaching resources cover Mathematics, Comprehension and more!
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4 Quick and Easy Maths Tricks for the Classroom
You know those mind-blowing maths tricks shared all over social media? As teachers, we either love them or cringe when we see them!
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15 Books and Activities to Foster Grit in the Classroom
Teachers around the world are fostering grit, building resilience and encouraging a positive growth mindset in young minds! Here is a list of 15 of my favourite growth mindset resources.
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Investigations - Making Mathematics Fun!
Mathematics doesn't need to be a dry subject where students complete worksheets to reinforce new concepts. Find out how Mathematics Investigations make learning fun!
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Teaching Kindness One Rock at a Time
The Kindness Rock Project has one simple goal, to promote random acts of kindness in the shape of painted rocks with inspirational words!
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Talk Like a Pirate Day 2017 - Activities for Kids!
It's time to throw your iPad overboard and fire up the photocopier for these extraordinary International Talk Like a Pirate Day 2017 classroom activities!
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Roald Dahl Day 2017
Introduce your students to the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. These primary comprehension activities explore the life of the man behind stories.