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11 Ways to Celebrate Student Success
Celebrating Student Success is the key to motivating students, building self-esteem and creating a positive classroom culture. Find out how with these 11 brilliant ways to make your students shine.
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Teaching Emotions to Kids in the Classroom
Teaching young children about emotions and feelings is imperative in the early years. Check out these picture books and teaching resources all about emotions...
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Fabulous Fairy Tale Activities for Kids (Podcast and Videos Included)
Fairy Tales - they enrapture kids, boost their imagination and transport them to another world! Here's your ultimate collection of Fairy Tale activities for kids.
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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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What are the "Super Six" Comprehension Strategies?
What are the Super Six Comprehension Strategies and how do I teach them in my class?
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5 Ways to Nail the Perfect End-of-Year Classroom Clean Out
These simple steps will help you figure out what to keep, and what to let go, so you end up with just the right amount of everything you need!
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Fun Printable Worksheets for Kids (New and Exciting Resources)
Are you looking for some fun printable worksheets for your students? Perhaps some fast finisher activities? Or, perhaps some new resources for stations during group work?
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Maths Warm-up Ideas for the Classroom (Easy to Set Up)
Are you looking for some fresh new and easy maths warm-up ideas for your classroom? Look no further...
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Colouring-in Activities to Help Make This a Mindful Christmas
Stop with the tinsel, the glitter and bonbons. At least for a short while. Create some Christmas calm with these beautiful, mindful colouring-in sheets.
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New Transport Themed Phonics Resources for Older Students
These new phonics resources have been designed in a way that is sensitive to the needs of older students who may feel that the resources that they usually get to work with are too "babyish".
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How to Create a Writing Workshop in your Classroom
The Writing Workshop is a popular method of teaching writing, backed by decades of research on how children learn to write. Find out how to use it in your classroom for writing success!
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Learning Through Play | Active Learning Games
Learning through play has been proven to improve student cognitive functioning. Read about our Active Learning resources to enhance your students' learning!
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23 Maths Warm-Up Ideas for Your Classroom
Daily maths warm-ups are intended to be a quick warm-up of the brain. Check out our top 23 ideas...
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Word Family Paper Cups | Hands-On Phonics
Find out how fun and easy it is to make word family paper cups. Use these clever cups as a hands-on learning tool to accelerate learning in early years phonics. Plus, find other essential word family teaching resources.
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Activities to Help Kids Develop Creative Thinking Skills
How do you teach the kinds of creative thinking skills that kids in the 21st Century really need? Find out here...
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10 St Patrick's Day Activities for Lucky Students!
Have a great craic with these St Patrick's Day activities for your lucky class! From history to art and craft, you'll be sure to get in the holiday spirit.
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25 Tips and Resources for Teaching Phonics in the Classroom
Are you looking for fun and engaging ways of teaching phonics? This blog post provides the tips, phonics activity ideas and printable resources you need!
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Why You Should Dig Deeper into Challenging Behaviour
When it comes to behaviour management, you never stop refining your techniques. Read our tips on why you should dig deeper into challenging behaviour.
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Maths Investigation - Let's Play Mini Golf Financial Mathematics
Tee off some fun learning with this mathematics investigation all about financial maths and measurement.
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Working Memory in Kids (Printable Resources and Activities)
This blog will highlight how to foster and develop a child's working memory through activities and games in the classroom environment.
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Making Literacy Lessons Fun with Comic Strips
We've got all the tips you need for making literacy lessons fun with comic strips! Teaching reading and writing with comic strips has never been more fun.
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10 Cheap and Cheerful Ways to Makeover the School Staffroom
Create a staffroom that teachers and staff want to go to with our 10 cheap and cheerful ways to update the school staffroom.
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Fresh Juice Recipe to Start Your Day
Check out this super simple way to prepare a week's worth of juices in no time at all!
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10 Brain Teaser Puzzles for Kids to Use in the Primary Classroom
Using visual brain teasers in the classroom encourages critical thinking in your students, plus, kids love them!
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Fact Family Fun!
Ever wondered how your students could use an icosahedron to practise fact families?
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Podcast News from Teach Starter HQ (December Update)
Find out all the latest on the Teach Starter podcast For the Love of Teaching! December was full of festive fun!
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10 Text Types for Upper Years | Teaching Resources
Find out how reading a wide range of text types can improve reading comprehension and nurture a love of reading and writing.
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Don't Reinvent the Wheel - Check Out Our Unit Plans!
Our unit plans have been carefully planned and created by qualified teachers with the busy teacher in mind!
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10 Simple (but Amazing!) Ideas for Classroom Wall Displays
Classroom displays don't need to take forever to create. Take one of these simple display ideas and follow three simple steps to make a striking and helpful display.
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Supporting Ambidextrous Kids in the Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know
How do you support ambidextrous pupils? Get expert tips designed to help teachers and their class!
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7 Classroom Art Activities Inspired by Famous Artists
A set of engaging, fun and easy art activities inspired by famous artists around the world!
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Teachers: TED Talks You'll Want to Watch!
Want to feel uplifted and inspired? What you do matters - these TED talks for teachers will help concrete this thought in your mind.