readilearn: teaching resources for celebrating birthdays in the early childhood classroom
I’m excited! Today, 24 August 2018, marks readilearn’s second birthday. How quickly those years have passed and how the collection has grown in that time. When I started out with...
cross-curricular teaching resources
readilearn: Interactive whiteboard resources for kindergarten
“I’ve got an interactive whiteboard in my room but I don’t know how to use it.” “What readilearn resources can I use with my kindergarten children?’ “Schools have said they...
readilearn: What place do worksheets have in your early childhood classroom?
How do you feel about worksheets? Love them? Hate them? Use them sparingly? I would say I’ve never been greatly in favour of worksheets. I’m not saying I never used...
readilearn: Learning to be friends – unleash your friendship superpower
Sometimes we expect that all we have to do for children to make friends is to put them in close proximity to other children. We may see it happen at...
readilearn: Introducing Jennifer Poulter, author of Hip Hop HURRAH! Zoo Dance
This week I am delighted to introduce you to prolific Australian author Jennifer Poulter. Jennifer writes fiction and poetry for children, education and the literary market. She has had over 50...
readilearn: A week’s reading instruction with Bullfrog’s Billabong
The readilearn Bullfrog’s Billabong suite of cross-curricular resources can be used as the foundation for planning a week’s reading instruction including lessons with the whole class and small groups and...
readilearn: NAIDOC Week Celebrations 2018—Because of Her, We Can
In Australia, NAIDOC Week is celebrated around the country each July. The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. The theme of this year’s celebration, which...
readilearn: Teaching about living things in early childhood classrooms – turtles
Teaching about living things has an important place in early childhood classrooms. In the science curriculum in their first few years of school, children learn What is a living thing...
readilearn: How to make STEM learning a part of every day
Making STEM learning a part of every day is easy if one is mindful of the opportunities that arise. In a previous guest post, Narinda Sandry explained STEMtastic: making it...
readilearn: Learning fun with Mother’s Day activities in early childhood classrooms
Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May in many countries, including Australia, the United States, and Canada. As the day approaches, teachers often look for easy-to-make...
readilearn: Introducing Andrew King author of the Engibear series
Today, I have great pleasure in introducing you to Dr Andrew King from Brisbane Australia. Andrew is an engineer, teacher, and writer of the popular Engibears series of picture books,...
readilearn: What parents can do to prepare their children for school
Parents often approach teachers wanting to know what they should teach their children or how to prepare their children for school—should they teach them the letter names or sounds or...