by Melinda | Mar 5, 2013 | Lesson Ideas, Tuesday Teaching Tips
Last week I shared with you my article, 3 Creative Play Activities Using Colourful Fabrics, as a way to get started with some play ideas. I’ve found another great creative play idea that I also wanted to share with you. The Creative Play Box is an idea that I have...
by Melinda | Jan 22, 2013 | Classroom Management & Organisation, Tuesday Teaching Tips
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced as a teacher is working out how I can best cater for all the different types of students who may be in my class. This includes students with varying learning styles, ability levels, emotional and social needs, races or genders....
by Melinda | Jan 8, 2013 | Time Saving Tips, Tuesday Teaching Tips
Graphic organizers are a great way to get your students thinking about a topic, organizing ideas and planning what they want to write before they actually start the writing task. Recently I wrote an article, 11 Strategies For Getting Your Students To Write, that lists...
by Melinda | Dec 18, 2012 | Lesson Ideas, Tuesday Teaching Tips
Learning how to count and order numbers is a significant learning outcome for junior primary students. The early stages of learning to count can include knowing the names and sequence of numbers as well as knowing how many can be in a collection. I’ve just started...
by Melinda | Dec 4, 2012 | Lesson Ideas, Tuesday Teaching Tips
Wow can you believe it’s December already? It feels like just the other day we were celebrating Easter and Christmas has snuck up on me a bit. However, I did manage to put up our Christmas tree on the weekend with Little Miss Two…much fun was had! So I thought that I...
by Melinda | Nov 20, 2012 | Classroom Management & Organisation, Tuesday Teaching Tips
I’ve picked a fun and short video to feature this week that you can use as a brain break to re-energize and re-focus your students. 😀 The video uses song and dance and provides directions for students to follow. There are instructions for boys and for girls and for...
