Week 3 of A Week of Wordy Wisdom has been posted. Motivation Monday comes from Dr Seuss. It is a message that I have been trying to instill in Megan from when she was really little. Children (and adults) are often so overcome with disappointment when a favored activity comes
At the beginning of the year (our year starts in January), Megan started at a new school where she knew almost no one. Despite being a confident and eager child, I still anticipated a fair amount of anxiety with the new venture. Seeing that the new school year is drawing
I am so excited to link up with Monica from I Heart Grade 3. Somewhere along the line I missed the first few weeks – oops, where have I been? But, none the less, here I am posting about The Best Trip of My Life. You can see the line
Are you ready for Week 2 of A Week of Wordy Wisdom? Today we have a quote by the beloved Winnie the Pooh! I just love his soft, kind-hearted nature! Give your students the opportunity to think about what makes them different from each other and their family. Children are
Megan has been increasingly interested in numbers. As we drive down the road, she reads the numbers of the houses; she notices the numbers on price tags; she refers to the page numbers of the books we read and so on. She is also aiming to count higher and higher,
Welcome to my first (of many) weekly posts focusing on A Week of Wordy Wisdom. Words are all around us and life revolves being able to communicate. The importance of reading is stressed as an important form of communication but often children are not exposed to different texts and ‘fun’
I love being in the garden but am not very good at it! We have a small ‘vegetable’ patch in out garden but there is really not much to it. The mint and strawberries have taken over and we are yet to harvest any lemons, tomatoes and capsicum from the
I love being in the garden and designed a theme pack for Pre-K/K using the garden as my inspiration. The aim of this pack is to prepare a student for Kindergarten and can also be used to reinforce work covered in Kindergarten. Many of the activities can also be adjusted
It is winter here now, but we are lucky to have the most wonderful days among those wintery ones. When the sun comes out, I like to get out. My children are ‘outside’ children and grumpiness, more often than not, disappears as they exit the house, into the garden. Apart
It is my mother’s birthday on June 17 and I needed to think of a meaningful gift. We are not a ‘present’ family, meaning that we do not place a lot of emphasis on expensive gifts, but I always get both my parents something small and (hopefully) meaningful. This year,
I am an online teacher, passionate about creating fun and engaging activities for ESL students. I live in South Africa with my husband, two children and a handful of pets.
