Dreaming with Eyes Open CBCA BOOK WEEK 2022
Book Week is almost upon us. It runs from 20 – 26 August. The theme for Book Week this year is Dreaming with Eyes Open. The beautiful artwork in the...
teaching resources
Lessons about recognising and counting Australian coins
Money is one of those things we all need to understand to be able to participate fully in life as we know it. I think it becomes more difficult for...
Learn about 100 and Celebrate 100 Days of School
The Australian school year consists of approximately 200 days. Depending on the length of terms and number of public holidays in each, the 100th day often falls towards the beginning...
What’s an apostrophe for?
It’s not uncommon to see apostrophes used incorrectly, even in professional writing. But apostrophes don’t have to be difficult. They really have just two uses — for contractions and to...
Supporting an ‘I can’ attitude with The Clever Children
Fostering self-esteem, a willingness to have a go and an ‘I can’ attitude was always important to me as both a teacher and a parent. These are important aspects of...
Provide a Context and Purpose for Reading with Procedures
This post is a revisit of one of the first posts I published almost six years ago in 2016. Since it was first shared, I have added many more procedures...
#BeBraveMakeChange in National Reconciliation Week 2022
Today, Friday 27 May is the first day of National Reconciliation Week which runs until 3 June. The theme this year is ‘Be Brave. Make Change.’ As expressed on the...
Make time for families in National Simultaneous Storytime 2022
Next week, on Wednesday 25 May at 11:00am AEST, we will be celebrating the 22nd National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). Are you ready? The event National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual...
#Don’t Choose Extinction — International Mother Earth Day 2022
The United Nations International Mother Earth Day 2022 is today 22 April. The day is a call to action. Mother Earth herself is calling us to action because nature is...
Happy Easter 2022
I take this opportunity of wishing you all a very happy and safe Easter long weekend however you enjoy it. In this video, I read one of our stories called...
Learning about Sustainability by Reducing Food Waste
This post is a little different from my usual post in that I am not sharing teaching resources for the first three years of school. Instead, I am sharing information...
Easter lessons and activities for the first 3 years of school
Easter is almost upon us. It has snuck up on me this year and I’m a bit late sharing our Easter resources since most of you will be on holidays...