Tailor-made Teaching

A perfect independent activity for fast finishers!The activity has just started- but, before some children have even taken out their stationery to begin- someone else is proudly announcing that they're "done". What's a class teacher to do with the (dreaded) early finishers? We want to keep them meaningfully occupied, without just heaping on the "busy work". These fast finishers are often the learners who desire extension where others need repetition and revision. We want academically gifted l

Dinosaur Doubles Game is a fun way to make children aware of 100 words that are spelled the same and sound the same, but have different meanings. Dinosaur Doubles Game will grow vocabulary and build literacy to understand and engage with the figurative language of jokes and puns. It also consolidates knowledge of homonyms, homophones and homographs. Children learn best through PLAY!Use Dinosaur Doubles Game To: - supplement whole class activities - occupy small groups - stimulate

Have you ever seen a squirrel baking muffins? Or a crocodile with a wig? How about a hyena mowing the lawn? I've never heard a teacher complain about their learners being too creative. And...I've never heard learners complain that they're having too much fun. I created this product as a way of getting my learners to think more imaginatively, without them even realising that they're doing it. It's a win-win! This download consists of a zip folder that contains: - 64 drawing prompts in boo

Ah, English...a notoriously tricky language that's sometimes plain confusing! For anyone like me, the nuances are where all the fun's at... I'm all about word play. This game was designed for the fast finisher types, who've already grasped their parts of speech and are now needing to be challenged. They know what nouns and verbs are, and can easily distinguish them in sentences. They're competent enough with the subject matter to enjoy the exceptions to the rules. Enter verbifying or verbin

This download consists of a PDF booklet containing 5 Crossword Puzzles to solve, with 10 nationalities represented in each. Available in color/ black and white.There are always some early finishers in my class, and I'm not someone who enjoys heaping on "busy work" just for the sake of keeping them occupied. I want all children to be engaged in meaningful tasks...and even better if those tasks involve learning new information! Over the years, I've found that children in my class don't have the g

Perfect independent activities for the whole class or your fast finishers!I love the nuances of language, and really enjoy creating activities that explore this. Some language rules are hard to be make sense of and just need to be experienced... Like irregular verbs when changing between tenses! This download contains: - 1 crossword activity: change irregular verbs from present to past tense. - 1 puzzle activity: change irregular verbs from present to past tense/visa versa. - Solutions for e

A perfect independent activity for fast finishers!The activity has just started- but, before some children have even taken out their stationery to begin- someone else is proudly announcing that they're "done". What's a class teacher to do with the (dreaded) early finishers? We want to keep them meaningfully occupied, without just heaping on the "busy work". These are the learners who tend to desire extension when the others need repetition and revision. We want academically gifted learners to f

A perfect independent activity for fast finishers!The activity has just started- but, before some children have even taken out their stationery to begin- someone else is proudly announcing that they're "done". What's a class teacher to do with the (dreaded) early finishers? We want to keep them meaningfully occupied, without just heaping on the "busy work". These are the learners who tend to desire extension when the others need repetition and revision. We want academically gifted learners to f

A perfect independent activity for fast finishers!The activity has just started- but, before some children have even taken out their stationery to begin- someone else is proudly announcing that they're "done". What's a class teacher to do with the (dreaded) early finishers? We want to keep them meaningfully occupied, without just heaping on the "busy work". These are the learners who tend to desire extension when the others need repetition and revision. We want academically gifted learners to f

An adorably themed clipart set that consists of 7 colors of hamsters, each in 4 positions. Initially this started as a poster set of 7 hamsters holding blank banners. I thought they'd be fun for allocating duties, building word walls, displaying sight words and phonics sounds etc. I work in junior primary and knew they'd be a friendly decorative resource. But, I had so much fun with making them (my first attempt at clipart!) and the hamsters just sort of took on a life of their own. I ended up w