Printable Letter Sheets

HubbardsCupboard is an excellent resource and certainly worth visiting. I'm sure i'll link to it many more times as I continue to update this blog. What i'm linking to today are printable letter sheets that you can print out to help the children with handwriting. You can find the sheets here.

3X Table Video

This Youtube video links to a 3 Times Table Multiplication Video. Click on this link to view the video.

2X Timetable Video

The 2X table is a great time table to teach younger children and the following youtube video is catchy and kids will love it. Follow the link here to watch the video.

BUDD:E

Online Safety is something I take very seriously as a teacher and whether you are an Early Years teacher or a Secondary School Teacher BUDD:E is an excellent resource. It is an online website where students create an avatar and complete online safety games. The online version can be found here. Australian based teachers can also request a CD based version of the program, for offline use.

Online Safety Video

There are plenty of cyber safety videos and resources available on the internet, but videos that are relevant to kids are generally the types of videos that keep kids occupied. This Online Safety video will keep children interested, especially as it focuses on Facebook, it can be found here. There are many more videos in this series as well, all are worth watching.

Make your own classroom caddys

At the start of the year teachers always take a look at just what they can do to 'jazz' up their classroom. Well, by using a muffin pan, some plastic cups and a piece of magnet to the bottom of each cup you can create an awesome classroom caddy that's easy to move around, try making a few extras for portable art supplies. Your kids will love them!

50th Day of School

Some schools have begun celebrating a '50th' Day of School, as well as 100 Days at School. Mrs Stamp's Kindergarten has some excellent ideas for what to do with the kids on their 50th Day at School. You can find the blog here.

Math Mats

The F is for FirstGrade Blog is a wonderful resource and there is a freebie up for grabs at the moment. The Math Mats are to use with Guided Math Groups from Prep to Year 2, you can download them free from the blog.

Classroom Displays Flickr

It is very rare that I will link to a Flickr, but this one is certainly worth it. On this Flickr page teachers upload pictures of their class displays from their classrooms. It is a wonderful resource as you can search through the Flickr stream to find specific classroom displays (eg. Literacy).Find the Stream here.

Studyladder

Studyladder is a remarkable website and one which I use on a frequent basis and I cannot believe I haven't mentioned it on this website before. Studyladder is a free website to register with and contains many free resources for teachers and parents. Challenges can be set for the students to complete during Literacy time and there are other resources from learning areas such as Science, Language and Art.

Maths Vocabulary Posters

Included in this free download is a variety of posters which contain Math Vocabulary. These posters can be used to display in the classroom or you can create a little quick reference book for students. Download them from here.

Maths Games

Maths Games are always fun and I have found a document which contains quite a few Maths games. There are 53 pages and there are free teacher templates to download and print. Download the resource from here.

Sky Writing

Skywriter is a excellent website for showing students Letter Formation. All you have to do is select a letter from the drop down box on the website and then the Sky Writer will show children on the IWB how to write the letter. Check it out here.

M&M Challenge

I will often use Food in the classroom to help with Numeracy but the Classroom Freebie blog has come up with an excellent idea for using M&Ms with parts of speech. Read about their awesome activity here.

100 Days at School

I am aware that I just did a 100 Days at School post but the reason for the myriad of them is that the 100 Days in School is about to come up in America, so lots of resources are becoming available and I'm best of grabbing them now than searching for them in vain in August/September this year!. Check out some more activities at Technology Rocks.

100 Day Activities

I'm a big fan of celebrating 100 Days in Prep as it gets the students ready look forward to something, I just found this awesome PinInterest which contains all these wonderful activities for 100 Days in Prep and beyond. Check it out here.

ABC Teach

ABCTeach is an excellent website with mainly free resources, mainly the focus is on Literacy but there are also some really unique tools on the site, for example there is a word search creator which is well worth trying out.

2D and 3D Shapes

Technology Rocks has some awesome resources on 2D and 3D shapes for use in the classroom, check them out here.

Book Reviews

I have uploaded just a few more book reviews, there is one editable document with a book review as well as a PDF which contains over 15 book reviews. Some are a bit crooked as they scanned crooked but print them once, then use a photocopier and you can straighten them up. The first book review can be found here and the PDF file can be found here.

Early Learning HQ

Early Learning HQ is an excellent website. It's a very specific website, only catering to a few topics such as Literacy and Numeracy. There are also some editable resources, which is even better and some beautiful display pieces for a classroom.

Twinkl

Twinkl is an excellent website which has over 43,000 resources for younger kids. I have added this website to the right side of the blog as it is essential viewing for any teacher, especially early years teachers.

Super Teacher Worksheets

SuperTeacherWorksheets is an excellent website and don't be fooled by the website, there isn't just teacher worksheets on the website. There are lots and lots of resources on the website from Numeracy to Literacy. I have added a link to SuperTeacherWorksheets on the right side of this blog.

Home Learning

We are no longer in a society where learning begins when a child starts at school and ends at 3:30pm. The Victorian Government has published a book, (which can be downloaded directly from here) which provides 201 Literacy and Maths tips to help your child at home. It is important to help your child at home as learning does not stop outside the classroom.



The Rainbow Fish - Powerpoint

I've mentioned before how much I enjoy the Rainbow Fish and how I feel that I could almost teach the story as a stand alone unit. So, to add to this I have added a Rainbow Fish powerpoint, which recreates the book in Powerpoint form, which is also great for the IWB. Download it from here.

2D and 3D Shapes in the Classroom

Getting children to look for 2D and 3D shapes in the classroom is a great way to engage students and get them looking 'beyond the box'. I've uploaded two sheets, one on 2D sheets and one on 3D sheets. You can download the 2D sheet from here and the 3D sheet from here.

Representing 10's

I know this is a very specific resource but you never know when it will come in handy. This sheet allows children to represent 10, which is something that some children do have trouble with. Download it from here.

Money - Going Shopping

This is a fantastic resource to use with the lower grades but it can also be used with older grades. If you print the attached document in A3 then grab some catalogues then children can 'go shopping' and be given a budget to spend. There is also a 'rounding' column, which can be removed for lower levels, but for older levels you can encourage children to round up or down. Download it from here.

My Favourite Book

I love finding new ways for children to respond to books and i've finally found my old files from when I was a Grade One teacher, so i'm going to start uploading some new 'older' resources. This is only one file but you can print it out and use it multiple times. Download it from here.

Mrs Pancake

Mrs Pancake is a fantastic site that provides wonderful educational resources for Teachers, Parents and Children. There aren't a lot of resources on the site, but all of them included are just absolutely stunning, half of my room is full of resources from Mrs Pancake. 99% of the resources on the website are free as well, which is even better. I have even added Mrs Pancake to the site links on the right because i'm such a fan of the site.

HaveFunTeaching

HaveFunTeaching.com is an excellent website with a whole bundle of resources (as you can see from my tags below). You'll find that HaveFunTeaching has resources for little kids as well as for older students. A wonderful resource.

Online St Patrick's Day Colouring

I know it isn't St Patrick's Day for a few more months but as I find these resources I upload them so that I don't lose them. There are some online St Patrick's Day colouring pages available here.  

FunSchool

FunSchool contains many small Flash games which are designed to 'make learning fun'. It's a brilliant website for younger kids as there are so many wonderful games on the site which kids love playing. The website can be found here.

ICT Games

ICT games is a wonderful website with Literacy and Numberacy games which can be used in small groups or on an Interactive Whiteboard. The website can be found here. (A small tip, if you push control+plus on the keyboard you will get a bigger display which is handy for filling out the screen so kids can see it easier).

Sheppard Software

This website is fantastic and features a variety of different activities for children from Pre School age to school age. There are activities on shapes, numbers, colors and the alphabet as well as lots more. The website can be found here.

Bossy E

I found this wonderful resource called "Beware of Bossy E...." which is fantastic for teaching the Bossy E rule to kids. Download it from here.

Story Creator

StoryCreator is an excellent website to use with Prep - Year 2 students to enable them to have a launchpad for writing. The website can be found here.

Word Tamer

Word Tamer is a brilliant website to use with Senior School primary students, using this website allows you to work through the story writing process with your students - something they will love. The website can be found here.

Cut and Paste Activities

This website contains a collection of cut and paste activity pages and games to make, these can be used when planning activities and curriculum for young children. The website can be found here.

Coinland

Coinland is an excellent website created by the Commonwealth Bank, It can be found here. Even though the program is sponsored by the commonwealth bank it is all about teaching children to be responsible about money, without pushing a 'Commonwealth Bank' agenda. Year 3-6 students will enjoy this, as it replicates popular kids websites like Club Penguin.

Making Sense of Money Virtual Manipulatives

Finding Australian money resources can be very difficult, I have found an excellent resourt from Rosetta Primary which can be found here. I'll let Rosetta describe it.

"The following virtual manipulatives were developed at Rosetta Primary School to help our year 2 & 3 students learn about the value of Australian coins.
Manipulatives are generally defined as concrete models that incorporate mathematical concepts, they appeal to one or more of the senses and can be touched and moved around by students, some examples are materials as simple as counters to more specialized materials like MAB 10 blocks. A virtual manipulative is a type of  computer-based learning resources that is a dynamic visual representation of a concrete manipulative that can be manipulated by the user.

One of the difficulties in working with money is that although coins and notes are concrete models of themselves, they are not proportional in relation to their values. The ability of the computer to dynamically link concrete and symbolic representations makes it an ideal medium for developing instruction related to teaching the value of money. "

Seasons Posters

This one page PDF contains the four seasons of the year with some nice pictures to accompany them. These can be used as a classroom display and can be downloaded here.

Pre School Writing Pages

These are Pre School Writing Pages which feature 8 different writing designs, they are very cool and can be used to stimulate writing in students. I am always looking for different writing options to keep writing 'interesting' and i'm hoping the 'Writing' tag will feature many of these cool resources.

Download it here.

Months of the Year

Included here is a one page document which can be download and mixed up to test your children on the Months of the year. It's not very visually appealing so I wouldn't use it for a classroom display but it's a good Numeracy activity.

Letter of the Week Posters

If in your Prep classroom you focus on a letter of the week then these posters will come in handy. You can print them and use them to show yoru students what your 'focus' letter of the week is. You can download it here.

Birthday Charts

This is a different way to display Birthday Charts in your classroom, with each month being devoted a A4 page. You can add the names of the children in your classroom to the document and then change it every year. This resource was created by me. Download it from here.

Friends of 10

This included download comes courtesy of http://www.k3resources.com/ and is seven pages. It includes some flash cards as well as some visual posters that your children can use to help them work with the numbers 0-10. Download it here.

Days of the Week Cards

Included in this download are the Days of the Week in a Printable Black and White format. I always find having the days of the week on display help the children to remember them.
Download it here

This included capital and lower case match game can be laminated to be used during small literacy groups.
Download it here

Brain Food Chart

In Australia and in most classrooms Brain Food is a regular scheduled 'activity'. Children bring along brain food to eat during a scheduled time (normally in the morning). At times children have trouble remembering what food to bring along for brain food, so this poster will help children to remember.

Download it here

Birthday Balloon

Included in this download is a Birthday Balloon word document. This document can be printed at the beginning of the year and you can put the names of your children on the balloons and hang up the display.

It can be downloaded from here

Alphabet Chart

This included PDF is six pages and includes different pictures of the alphabet as well as cut up and paste upper case and lower case cards. I suggest you laminate them or use them for a display poster. This poster is in Victorian Modern Cursive Script. Credit to K-3TeacherResources.com

Download it here