Does Tracing Improve Handwriting? (And Free Resources)
Handwriting can be practiced by tracing letters; however, tracing mazes and shapes are better suited to practice handwriting
How to Make Bedtime Stories Educational (with 12 Questions to ask!)
Bedtime stories are an underutilized way of improving a child’s reading comprehension, higher order thinking and meta cognition skills. Developing a series of simple questions will enable them to practice and develop reading skills including empathy, comparison, summarizing, and prediction skills at all ages.
How to Deal with Homework Struggles – Practical Solutions
Students struggling with homework is an increasing problem. Ever increasing demands on student’s time, and a shortening attention span globally are some root causes
Is Reading More Than One Book At Once Bad?
So many good books in the world and so little time, but it is a good idea to read more than one at the same time. I am sure we have all done this, right now there may be a couple of books on the bedside table, Well the answer many surprise you. Reading multiple…
The Best Free Online Sentence Games
Sentence games are a successful way to introduce both the initial concepts of sentence construction to young learners, and then extending that learning with more complex structures
What To Do When Phonics Doesn’t Work
Methods such as whole language instruction, balanced literacy, and Native Instruction are alternatives to phonics and work well for many children, including those with Dyslexia.
ESL | Phonics | Teaching | Teaching English | TEFL
How to Teach CVC Words to Children with activities and games.
The optimal way of teaching young learners CVC words is to firstly ensure that they are aware of the individual phonetic sounds. Following this using varied activities and approaches will have the best results
ESL | Lesson Plans | Phonics | Reading | Teaching | Teaching English | TEFL
Meta Cognition Activities and Reading Comprehension
Metacognition and evaluating skills can be taught using many traditional classroom activities, mill drills, idea boards, Why, What, Where and time capsule activities are all relatively easily adapted to enable teachers to teach and practice meta cognition and evaluating skills with their students.
Educational Technoology | ESL | Phonics | Reading | Teaching | Teaching English | TEFL
How to Make English Lessons More Fun
Making English lessons more enjoyable for students is beneficial on a number of levels. It can be achieved by introducing new and dynamic activities, considering their interests when planning
