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Keep Encouraging Students Through School Closures
Read this blog for creative ways to provide positive reinforcement to your students during school closures.
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How to Stay Connected with Students During School Closures
Creative new ways to maintain relationships and stay connected with your students during school closures.
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9 Essential Tips for Learning From Home
Find out how to take a balanced approach to learning from home. This article includes 9 essential tips along with teaching resources.
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20 Printable Sight Word Books for Little Learners
Essential printable sight word teaching resources for the classroom! Find out how Little Sight Word Books can change the way you teach and learn sight words forever!
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Crossing the Midline Activities
Do you want to know what the body's midline is? Or are you looking for crossing the midline activities for your classroom?
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Tips To Reduce Germs in the Classroom
The number of germs that get shared on a daily basis within your classroom is scary! These visual ways to show how germs are spread are fantastic for primary school students.
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40 Activities and Ideas to Set up Literacy Groups
Are you wondering the best ways of teaching literacy to your class? Here's your 'how-to' guide for setting up and organzing literacy rotations.
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How to Teach Reading | an Essential Guide
A research-based look into the essentials of teaching reading and the importance of looking at the big picture.
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NEW Interactive Wall Display | What's the Question?
This isn't just any classroom display! Get your students' brains buzzing with our NEW interactive wall display - What's the Question?
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All the Ways to Be Smart Activities for Kids
This beautifully illustrated and meaningful children's book is perfect all year round. Check out some of these wonderful 'All the Ways to be Smart' activities for kids.
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Tricks in 60 Ticks | Fun Classroom Party Games
It's time to have some fun with your students using our classroom party game ideas!
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5 Positive Reinforcement Ideas (Quality Time)
Are you looking for effective positive reinforcement strategies for your classroom? You can transform the culture of your classroom by trying one of these brilliant ideas!
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Fun and Easy Crafts for Kids | Pencil Shaving Goodness
If you're looking for fun and easy crafts for kids... then this blog is for you! Trusty pencil shavings sparking creativity...
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DIY Board Games for the Classroom
Are you looking for educational board games to use in the classroom? Find out how you can create your own by using our board game template! Make your classroom buzz!
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Team Building Activities for Kids | Get Your Students Working Together!
Your students will absolutely love this team building activity - get them working together in a fun and exciting way!
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Art Activities for Kids | Teaching Resource Packs!
Looking for quality Art activities for kids? Look no further. Read on to find out about the ultimate Art teaching resource packs. Let's put the magic back into teaching Art!
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Informative Writing | Teaching Tips and Unit Plans
Are you teaching informative writing? Read this article for must-have tips, teaching resources and unit plans!
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Cute Ways To Use a Class Mascot in the Classroom
Check out the fun ways you can utilize a class mascot in the classroom, more than just a take-home writing task.
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20+ Resources for Teaching Money and Financial Mathematics
These amazing downloadable resources will give your students the real-world skills they need to know all about money and financial mathematics!
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Teacher Hacks That Will Blow Your Mind
This selection of amazing dollar store teacher hacks are so Instagram worthy, you'll be jumping in your car and driving to your nearest shop in no time.
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8 Powerful Student-Led Discussion Strategies
Encourage creativity and collaboration in your classroom! These student-led discussion strategies will have your students engaged and thinking.
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Expanding Sentences | Resource Download To Improve Writing
Hints, tips, and resources to help improve your students' writing by encouraging them to expand their sentences with descriptive language.
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11 Easy Ideas for Teaching with Technology
Interactives, podcasts and iPads, oh my! Have you used these in your lessons? Take a look at these super-easy ideas for teaching with technology!
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Fun With Literature: Novel Study Activities for Any Story
There's nothing quite like dissecting a juicy novel with your class! Have fun with literature with our novel study activities pack!
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Word of the Week - Expanding Vocabulary in the Classroom
Words! Words! Words! Vocabulary is critical to listening, speaking, reading and writing success! Everything that you need to set up Word of the Week and to make a huge impact it right here.
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Tips and Ideas for Creating a Makerspace in the Classroom
A guide to creating a Makerspace in your classroom with helpful tips and ideas to help you to get started.
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Reading Engagement in the Classroom | How to Foster a Love of Reading
As you begin thinking about your new teaching year and how you can improve the learning in your classroom, why not implement a specific plan to improve reading engagement?
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How To Turn Your End of Year Party Into a Real World Math Lesson
Planning an end-of-year party for your class? It's the perfect occasion to explore mathematics in a real world context!
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Developing Inferential Comprehension Using Visuals
Are your students struggling with inferring during reading? Why not teach the skill of inferring using only visuals? Check out our resources and ideas featured in this blog.
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Teaching Measurement | The Best Informal Measurement Activities
A guide to teaching measurement and a reveal of our Measuring Length with Informal Units unit plan and some of our best measurement activities.
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8 Magical Multiplication Activities for the Classroom
Check out this blog for 8 magical multiplication activities. All activities suggested use everyday items or printable resources.
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5 Ways to Light Up Your Classroom With Paper Lanterns
Check out these five creative ways to use paper lanterns in the classroom.