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Spooktacular Halloween Printable Number Games

TRICK your kids into LOVING Math with our spooky Halloween Printable Number Games These Halloween printables make Learning & Teaching Number Recognition a TREAT! It's time to STOP hating on the Halloween hype and use it to YOUR advantage! You won't regret it, I promise. Until recently I never 'did'…

Number Recognition Printables That Will Make learning fun! {Do-a-Dot}

Our number recognition printables are the perfect activity to use with Do-A-Dot Markers. Try these Fun, Hands-on Mazes for Teaching Number Recognition now! Teaching Number Recognition Teaching number recognition or learning to identify and name numbers, is one of the first things a kindergarten or pre-schooler will learn how to do.…

How To Teach Primary School Algebra In 5 Easy Steps

Do Your Primary Math Students Fear or Struggle With Algebra? Then You Must Try Our Teaching Algebra Top 5 Tricks Tricks To Boost Results! Creating programs for Teaching algebra is a difficult component of teaching numeracy. Our Teaching Algebra Top 5 Tips free printable will help you plan and create…

AMAZING Amazon Classroom Must Haves For Teachers

We just LOVE shopping for our classrooms! "All The Things" make running a hectic classroom easier and us happier! Check out our Amazon Must Haves for Teachers! Amazon Must Haves For Teachers Who doesn't love shopping for classroom goodies, especially from the comfort of your couch? No need…

Clever Strategies for Teaching Number Recognition You Must Try!

These strategies for teaching number recognition are a must for teaching kindergarten and preschool kids subitizing, counting and numbers. Essential hands-on ideas for teaching subitizing and numbers to Kindergarten & Preschool kids! Clever Strategies For Teaching Number Recognition You must try these simple hands-on strategies for teaching number recognition with…

Simple Homemade Tomato Soup

Our simple homemade tomato soup is delicious! Make it from scratch in the crockpot using tomato, onion, potato, bacon, garlic, a yummy recipe for teachers! It's the best ever tomato soup you'll ever make from scratch! Simple Homemade Tomato Soup From Scratch It doesn’t take much to make a healthy,…

Egg-cellent Egg Carton Ten Frame Activities

These Egg Carton Ten Frame Activities are a fun way for your kindergarten or preschooler to practice addition, counting, subitising, and making 10. Egg-cellent! Egg Carton Ten Frame Activities These Egg Carton Ten Frame Activities are a fun and engaging way for kids to learn and practice early years…

Bloom’s & Gardner’s Writing Matrix

When we found this Blooms Gardners Writing Matrix it reminded us that we should be using Blooms Taxonomy and Gardners Multiple Intelligences matrix in our classroom, teaching and planning! If you're looking for a great range of higher order thinking verbs and effective questions to extend your students' thinking, for your next…

Subitising Egg Carton Activities

These Subitising Egg Carton Activities are a fun and engaging way for kids to learn and practice early years number skills. This everyday item makes math rotations cheap, fun and hands-on for Preschool, Kindergarten & Foundation Years kids. Make these egg carton teaching ideas to use in your math rotations in…

Egg Carton Addition Teaching Ideas

These Egg Carton Addition Teaching Ideas are a fun and engaging way for kids to learn and practice early years addition skills. This everyday item makes math rotations cheap, fun and hands-on for Preschool, Kindergarten & Foundation Years kids. Make these egg carton addition teaching ideas to use in your…

Fine Motor Rainbow Math Game

Using a hand help hole punch is great for developing fine motor skills. This fine motor rainbow math game will help young children to develop the smaller muscles found in the hands, fingers and wrists, it also perfect for building number recognition. This simple game goes perfectly with our number…

Simple Hole Punch Fine Motor Activities For Teaching Math

Try these simple hole punch fine motor activities for teaching number recognition. Seriously simple but perfect for learning math! These hole punch fine motor activities are great for helping young children develop the smaller muscles found in the hands, fingers and wrists. This simple activity is great for teaching number recognition and involves paint…

Amazing Number Recognition Free Game To Try Right Now!

Make teaching number recognition 1-10 fun with this amazing number recognition free game. Perfect number recognition activities for preschool and kindergarten kids! This Number Recognition Free Game is a fun activity for teaching number recognition. Kids will love learning number names, numerals, and quantity from 0-10 with our 'I Spy'…

How To Make Quick Coloured Rice For Rainbow Sensory Bins

Rice is not just for dinner! It can be used in so many different activities in the classroom. Follow this recipe for the perfect Rainbow Coloured rice! Coloured Rice Fun Coloured rice can be used for hundreds of activities including filling, pouring, measuring, matching colours, making music and art as…

Frayer Model Maths Think Board {Free Printable!}

Frayer Model Maths Think Board are excellent learning tools for EVERY classroom. Easily differentiate any topic and see what kids really understand. Try Our Freebie with your kids Today! Maths Think Board Templates are great teaching tool that will help your students build deeper levels of understanding in a wide range…

Teaching Mental Maths

Successful Numeracy Teaching includes an effective mental maths program. Unfortunately many numeracy programs focus on drill and kill rote recall of facts rather than taking a strategy focus which results in poor results for many students. Even more alarming is the damage that this approach can do to confidence, self esteem and…

Italian Bean Soup Recipe

Slow Cooker Italian Bean Soup Recipe This simple Italian Bean Soup Recipe is a favourite, healthy, school-night recipe. It's a perfect recipe for the slow cooker, Insta or crockpot. Try it as a MEAT FREE Monday dish, or you can add bacon, ham hock or chicken for a hearty meat version.…

5 Steps For Successful Problem Solving Using Newman’s Prompts

Kids struggling with Math Word Problems? Try our 5 steps to successful problem solving and banish student math anxiety forever! Teaching math Problem Solving Strategies is my least favourite things to teach and most kids find it the worst thing to learn! I dislike teaching this topic because the kids…