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How to Use Whiteboards in the Classroom to Encourage Creativity

Creativity is important. It aids a child’s intellectual and emotional development, helps them to innovate and develop problem-solving skills, and can even help children to feel more confident in their ideas and decisions.

15 Tips and Hacks for Ziploc Bags in the Classroom

Who would have thought the trusty ziploc bags could be used for so many things?

22 Maths Mentals Classroom Games and Teaching Resources

Mental maths is a students ability to make calculations in their mind without the guidance of pencil and paper, calculators or other aids. This blog outlines some activities, resources and ideas of how to develop your students number sense.

Easy and Fun Origami Cube for Kids

A step by step process (with photos) to create this fun origami cube.

14 Quick, Easy and Fun Daily Classroom Fitness Activities

This blog briefly outlines each activity from our 'Pack of Fun' fitness cards.

16 Hands On Phonics Games for the Classroom

This blog outlines some fantastic phonics resources and activity ideas that can be used in the classroom environment.

7 Benefits to Blogging in the Classroom

Blogging with your students in the classroom can be a fun and positive way to connect and share with parents on a regular basis.

7 Classroom Hacks and Activities Using Magnets

Some fantastic magnet classroom hacks and activities that I would have used in the classroom...

Nine Nifty ways to use a Pack of Cards in the Classroom

Read this blog for nine simply nifty ways to use a pack of cards in your classroom. Everything you need to know...

5 Ways to Spark Imagination in the Classroom Using Writing Prompts

25 Social Stories To Use in the Mainstream Classroom

Social stories describe social situations or concepts in a layout that is clear and meaningful for children. Teach Starter have created 25 social stories, templates and pictures for the use in mainstream classrooms.

12 Funny Answers Children Wrote on a Test

Need a giggle? Read these funny answers kids made on tests.

15 Handy Handwriting Hints and Resources

Some great hints and tips to add to your handwriting program.

9 Clever and Creative Ways to Use Paddle Pop Sticks in the Classroom

9 cheap, fun and effective ways to use paddle pop sticks for hands on activities in the classroom.

The Fundamental Building Blocks of Teaching Spelling

Developing a spelling program is not about students learning a list of words at home and taking a spelling test every Friday to determine how much they have managed to rote learn. Spelling is more than learning words...it's learning about words (Bush, 2008). Learning about words and how to spell them is not done in one exposure and that's it! It's about multiple, meaningful exposures to the English language.

Is Dictation Just an Old-Fashioned Teaching Strategy?

How many teachers still use dictation as a teaching tool in their classrooms? How many teachers would consider dictation a waste of time, boring for the students, a ‘teacher-centred’ task?

Visible Learning in the Classroom

Many Australian schools are transitioning into visible learning classrooms, but what is best practice when it comes to creating a visible learning classroom environment?

Relief Teaching Tips and Advice for Australian Teachers

Are you starting out this school year as a relief teacher?

A Guide to the English Language System

Whether you are a new teacher, an experienced teacher or a parent, understanding the English language system can be very confusing. This blog post will outline some of the terms that are commonly used in the early years of schooling.

How can I help my child improve their writing?

Why do Children Fight? Lessons in Moral Development

Which is your story? You dread the child next door coming over to play; Your child comes home from school crying, “She’s not my friend any more”; You have two children and they are always fighting; You hear from others that your son is a bully; Your child often says, “That’s not fair. She’s got more than me”.

Opinion: Is it time to let cursive die?

Cursive handwriting is a dying craft.

The Powerful Benefits of Storytelling

There is an old saying, “Richer than I you’ll never be, for I had a parent who read to me”. The benefits of reading can never be doubted however I would like to rewrite this saying and state, “Richer than I you’ll never be, for I had a parent who told stories to me”.In our highly visual world it is vital that children have an opportunity to listen and imagine. My passion is to encourage parents and teachers to include oral storytelling on a regular basis.