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Teaching Sight Words - practical ways to teach high frequency words plus printable sight word mats to use | you clever monkey
A collaborative blog where two friends share great ideas, activities, and resources about teaching, coaching, and tutoring in the primary grades!
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Explore different materials and their properties with this engaging unit. Activities and printables for the Foundation and Prep Year chemistry strand.
These teacher hacks are brilliant ideas for your classroom that'll make your life so much easier this year. Number nine will change your life!
Space themed writing and grammar activity for early elementary and Key Stage 1. Construct sentences using the Silly Sentence prompts and write a story.
A clever classroom trick to help children learning to write inside lines
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Check out these MUST do things to check off before you leave for the summer! {TONS of FREEBIES to help you get prepared for next school!}
Turn your Kmart train table into a beautiful small world table. Perfect for imaginative play and learning activities for the classroom or home!
There are probably tons of apps that will help your kids learn to tell time, but why not skip the screen for this one? For the sake of getting crafty and going back to basics, try one of these time-telling crafts instead. Thankfully, the internet has loads of fun ideas that will make learning to tell time feel more like an art project or a game than homework.
How to spell. Top ten tricks to help your kids learn to spell.
My first year of teaching, I created an all done jar for my fast finishers and it was seriously amazing! I always had students who finished their work quickly.
These 5 fun 3D shapes activities for kindergarten are a great way for students to learn about shape attributes while having a blast.
Say It Make It Write It For Maths - how to use this FREE printable five different ways to create engaging maths centre activities in school for children aged 5-7 years | you clever monkey
A hundred chart is a surprisingly simple way to teach sequencing, patterns, skip counting, and more! Find out 10 ways to use this free, handy chart.
learn to tell the time clock craft - a great DIY watch craft for kids learning to tell the time
Three hands-on activities to develop your child's number sense, and build a solid foundation in math that goes beyond counting.
I wanted to stop by today and share some a few of my “go-to” activities during the first week of school to build our classroom community and set expectations for […]
Teaching elaboration might seem impossible sometimes, but I recommend this engaging and authentic activity to better help students understand what it means.
Addition to 10 is a crucial component of primary curriculum. Students need a ton of time and repetition to master addition facts to 10. Within the skill of sums to 10 is the skill of knowing what numbers make 10. Since our number system is based on the number ten, this is truly important for
Goal Setting - This 4th grade teacher uses post it notes to remind children of their goals upon entering the classroom. I love that her method to this has
Addition to 10 is a crucial component of primary curriculum. Students need a ton of time and repetition to master addition facts to 10. Within the skill of sums to 10 is the skill of knowing what numbers make 10. Since our number system is based on the number ten, this is truly important for
Goal Setting - This 4th grade teacher uses post it notes to remind children of their goals upon entering the classroom. I love that her method to this has
A look at what's inside my guided reading tub for reading groups with my Prep class. Download my free reading comprehension story wand prompts.
Flip Sticks are an amazing participation tool for calling on students at random! The idea of using name sticks is nothing new. In fact, this classroom management strategy has been around for a long time. Unfortunately, what I didn’t learn until a few years into teaching, was how to keep track of which students had […]
Every great reader has their beginnings in sounding out words!
Say It Make It Write It For Maths - how to use this FREE printable five different ways to create engaging maths centre activities in school for children aged 5-7 years | you clever monkey
They all add up to fun!
Teaching Double Numbers - using our free printable mats to help teach young children double numbers, one of the Natural Maths Secret Code, plus two other teaching ideas for the Early Years classroom | you clever monkey
Hands-on math activities for children who love blocks! You can use these printable counting and addition games with your favourite unit blocks to build math towers, supporting early math and fine motor skills. Math towers – block addition activity printables Watch this video to see how you can teach addition to your children: […]
Hi friends!! How are you?!?!? I feel like I’m finally recovered from Vegas after several days of resting! It was seriously amazing being with my closest friends, but there’s nothing […]
These kindergarten anchor charts will give you the tools you need to teach math, reading, friendship skills, and much more!
Bring in the spring with these fun math activities! Your preschooler is going to love learning all about numbers, counting, even addition with these 25 Spring Math Activities For Preschoolers. Let's go! It'll be fun
This math facts activity with paper cups teaches kids math facts in a fun, hands-on way. It is crazy easy to set up and an effective way to learn math!
Use the latest fidget toy, for Pop-It learning activities! The sensory seeker child will be more engaged and willing to learn using a toy!
20+ WEATHER theme learning shelf and activities for preschoolers and toddlers. Check out the fun activities here...
How to Create Audio QR Kids using Seesaw
Lots of ideas and pictures of ways to teach reading skills using phonics centers to make learning fun and promote fluency in reading skills.
One math standard that many children struggle with is the ability to understand what is one more and one less. Let’s see what happens when we hop, sing, and move this standard. Paper Clip (Parisa Ghannadan) Make a number line on a sentence strip. Use a paper clip to slide to different numbers and the children can see what comes before and after. Number Line Hop Draw a number line with chalk on the carpet or use masking tape to make a number line on the floor. Choose different children to hop to a number. What is one less? What is one more? *Let children roll one or two dice and then hop to that number. What is one more? Less? *Call two children and ask each to stand on a different numeral on the number line. Which one is more? Which one is less? Ruler Game Give children a ruler to use as a number line. Have them point to the numbers as they count on the ruler. Can you find 6? What’s 1 more than 6? What is 1 less than 6? Counting on a Shoestring Write numerals 0-20 on a cotton shoestring with a permanent marker. Insert a bead. Children move the bead as they count. They can clearly see what is one more and one less. Ten Little Friends Ten little friends (Hold up fingers.) Went out to play (Wiggle.) On a very bright And sunny day. And they took a little walk. Walk, walk, walk. (Walk fingers in front of your body.) And they had a little talk. Talk, talk, talk. (Put fingertips together.) They climbed a great big hill (Move fingers over your head.) And stood on the top very still. (Keep hands still.) Then they all tumbled down (Roll hands around and down.) And fell to the ground. We’re so tired, (Hold up fingers.) They all said. So they all went home And went to bed. 10 – 9 – 8 – 7 – 6 – (Put down fingers one at a time as you 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1. count backwards and lower your voice.) Good night! (Lay head on hands.) Country Countdown 1-20 (“Totally Math” CD) All right all you cowboys and cowgirls. Time to count ‘em up and count ‘em down with me. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Turn around and count back down. 20 19 18 ….. Let’s do it again… More or Less Game Make a grid similar to the one shown. Two children take turns making sets with unifix cubes in the middle section. Their partner has to make sets with “one more” and “one less.” Magic Number Countdown Children stand in a circle. The first child says “one,” and children continue counting around the circle. When you get to ten or a set of ten, that child must sit down. Continue counting until you get to 100 and then start all over again. The last child standing is the winner.
