Keep children engaged and learning with fun Easter lessons and activities
Easter is coming in 2020 along with school holidays, school closures and lockdowns. While readilearn lessons and activities are designed with teachers of the first three years of school in...
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Special Days and Events for Classroom Celebrations — March
As we step into March, here in the Southern Hemisphere, we are looking forward to some cooler weather and a reprieve from summer’s heat as autumn begins. In the Northern...
Leap into learning with leap year fun
Next Saturday 29 February is a leap day. A leap day is an extra day added to every fourth year to keep the calendar in line with the solar year....
Daily Classroom Calendar for Lower Primary Classes
Discussion of the day, date and weather is a familiar part of the daily routine in most early childhood and lower primary classrooms. The discussion allows for incidental teaching about...
Learning with Halloween fun
Halloween is just around the corner and many of us wonder how we can have fun with a Halloween theme while ensuring learning is not forgotten in repetitious and meaningless...
Teaching critical and creative thinking and cooperative learning in the classroom
We are all aware of the importance of teaching critical and creative thinking and of providing opportunities for cooperative learning in the classroom. We know that critical and creative thinking...
A New Classroom Game for Junior Entomologists
This week I have added a new classroom game for junior entomologists to the collection. The game is a fun way to integrate learning across the curriculum and, while appropriate...
Celebrating 100 days of school with lessons ready to teach
Celebrating 100 days of school is a wonderful opportunity for acknowledging the passage of time, learning progress and a growing understanding of number. Children love a party and there can...
Developing Number Concepts with Lessons Ready to Teach
Ensuring children have a firm understanding of number concepts is important before moving them on to working with larger numbers and more abstract concepts. A strong foundation makes for greater...
Wishing you a Happy Easter Holiday
Wishing you a Happy Easter Holiday! It’s Easter time again and I wish you and your loved ones a very happy holiday, however you celebrate it. I’ve been brought down...
Teachers! Save time and money with readilearn K–2 teaching resources
readilearn teaching resources for the first three years of school save teachers time and money with lessons ready to teach. More than just worksheets to keep kids busy, readilearn lessons...
Teaching place value to young children
Teaching place value is a vital part of mathematics programs in lower primary classrooms. It is essential that children develop a firm understanding of place value right from the start...