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Free worksheets, free printables, and more are here for primary teachers to save time on lesson planning! Get a taste of the Teach Starter difference with classroom activities, learning games, lesson plans and more teacher-created resources that you can download for free right now!
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Sign up for a free teaching resource account now, and you'll get one free curriculum-aligned resource on us every single month to help your students meet the Australian Curriculum guidelines Plus you will have the chance to explore the entire Teach Starter library filled with thousands of resources for maths, English, science, social studies, social-emotional learning and more. Our downloads can be used for students from Foundation to kindergarten, from Year One to Year Six, and every year level in between!
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Do you love what you see and wish you could download every resource on the site right away? You can do that! Sign up for a Teach Starter premium subscription to access our entire collection of printable and digital activities, worksheets, teaching presentations and more. Pick the plan that's just right for you and pick the resources that are just right for your students!
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15 Classroom Storage Ideas for the Busy Teacher
This list of classroom storage ideas could be just what you need to help you feel more organised. Cheap and easy to set up today!
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The Tolsby Frame | The Best IKEA Hack for Teachers
The IKEA Tolsby frame is a bandwagon you want to jump on! Check out our top tips for using them in your classroom...
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A brilliant hands-on science resource for your students and children
The other day I was browsing the web for some science related inspiration and happened to stumble upon the greatest collection of incredibly fun, hands-on science resources!
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Opinion: Is it time to let cursive die?
Cursive handwriting is a dying craft.
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27 Practical Word Wall Ideas for the Classroom
Some neat ideas for setting up a word wall in your classroom...check them out here...
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Random name selector for your classroom
We've just launched a new tool for use in your classroom; a random name selector!
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Narrative Writing Examples | Bump It Up Wall
Instantly improve your students' narrative writing by using a Bump It Up Wall and narrative writing examples.
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Craft Activities for Kids - Our Top 5 Videos
Did you know that Teach Starter has its own YouTube Channel, with a range of different playlists? Find everything from teacher hacks to craft activities for kids!
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Engaging Procedural Text Activities for Older Students
When teaching procedural text activities for older students, don't go for the rushed and boring! Give these exciting activities a try!
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5 Minutes of Mindfulness: Activity Task Cards
Take a look at our beautiful new Mindfulness Activity Task Cards and Mindfulness Practice Trackers...
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Meet Our Teacher - Natalie Brown
Get to know the team behind the resources in our series of team biographies. Meet Teach Starter US Content and Resource Manager, Natalie Brown!
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26 Punctuation Resources and Activities
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Nick's Term 1 Top 10 Thoughts On Teaching
"In light of the imminent retirement of legendary broadcaster David Letterman, it seems appropriate, in his honour, for this blog post to take the form of a Top 10 list – Letterman’s classic trope."<br />Nick Spinks, a Year 10-12 Media Studies teacher at Ararat College, 2.5 hours west of Melbourne, reflects on his first term as a teacher after swapping life as a solicitor to join Teach For Australia.
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16 Classroom Management Strategies That Actually Work in Primary Classrooms
Try effective classroom management strategies other teachers use to keep your classrooms running well.
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Create your own custom teaching resources
Teach Starter now offers you the ability to create your own custom teaching resources, name tags, word walls and welcome signs to use in your school classroom.
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8 Christmas Food Ideas for the School Holidays
A blog packed full of fun and easy Christmas food ideas to share with your family during the school holidays.
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Fun Graphing Game for the Classroom
In this graphing game, the main objective is to collect data and create a graph of shapes that your students find on a shape hunt around the game board.
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Meet Our Designer - Alyssa Creagh
Get to know the team behind the resources in our series of team biographies. Meet Teach Starter US Graphic Designer, Alyssa Creagh.
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The Trend Of Teacher Earrings
Are you looking for a teacher gift? Are you a teacher looking for something to jazz up your daily outfits? Check out these bright and fun teacher earrings!
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From Lego to now: The importance of creativity
In all aspects of life we’re taught and conditioned to be normal. To follow the path through school, into tertiary education then into the work force. Your success is quantified by your results, your grades, your reviews. Failure is unacceptable.We need to embrace the fact that in the ever-changing world we live in, the old paradigm of how to succeed is less relevant than ever.
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Fostering Positive Learning Dispositions In the Classroom
How do we encourage positive learning dispositions in our students? Your students will become engaged and motivated learners with these simple ideas.
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Fantastic Lunar New Year Activities for the Classroom
It's Lunar New Year! Learn about and make a Year of the Dog string puppet, read a Story of the Zodiac animals and learn about all of the cultures that celebrate this awesome event!
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Our Solar System Begins | Out of This World Teaching Resources
Discover the ultimate Earth and space unit plan that explores the solar system through engaging hands-on science activities and maths investigations.
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What's in a Classroom Guided Reading Tool Kit?
Have you heard of a guided reading tool kit? This blog will give you some fantastic ideas of what to put in your very own classroom reading tool kit!
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The Powerful Benefits of Storytelling
There is an old saying, Richer than I youll 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 youll 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.
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The Best Instagram Photos of 2018 | Teaching Inspiration
The teaching Instagram community continually amazes us here at Teach Starter. Here's some amazing teacher inspiration with our top 35 Instagram photos from 2018!
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National Science Week Activities for 2018 (with Printable Resources)
The school theme for National Science week 2018 is 'Game Changers and Change Makers'. Here are some fun and easy activities you can do in your classroom.
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Sometimes we all just need a little pep talk
Kid President is on a mission to make grown-ups less boring. His ‘Pep Talk’ video is one way he’s set out to do this, with the help of Rainn Wilson’s (Dwight from The Office U.S.) website Soul Pancake.
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6 Picture Books About Love | Valentine's Day Special
Why not share a lovely story with your class this Valentine's Day? We've put together our favourite picture books about love, just for you.
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Why 'Word Guessing' is Not a Reading Strategy
Read all about why we should be discouraging our students to use word guessing as a strategy.
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Reach for the stars: Teach your students about the Universe with SkyView
With the rapid proliferation of iPads and tablets in the classroom, we thought it would be a great time to uncover some hidden educational app store gems, starting with an astronomy app called SkyView.
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Beginning Teaching: Beyond That First, Single-Term Contract
In our new Teacher Spotlight series, we will share the stories and experiences of some of our members. This week, beginning teacher Taylor Donnelly shares her journey beyond that first, single-term contract.