And so, to begin — another school year
The beginning of a school year is usually filled with anticipation and expectations: new books, new stationery, new friends, new activities, new things to learn. The excitement may be tinged...
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Developing understanding of number with three new resources
An understanding of number is crucial to navigating our complex world. It is something we use everyday whether we are aware of it or not. From things as seemingly simple...
Announcing: It’s Time for Change
Over the coming weeks, we are making improvements to the readilearn site. During the changeover period, until mid-to-late March, we will not be adding new resources to the collection or...
readilearn: freemium lower primary teaching resources with lessons ready to teach
In this post, I explain what readilearn is and how it works. There is more to readilearn than just this blog. In fact, this blog is just one small part...
readilearn: Be prepared – a casual teacher’s motto
It’s not always easy being a casual teacher, taking over another teacher’s class for the day. You might be in a different class at a different school, working with a...
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...
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: 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: 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: Teaching phonics and letter-sound relationships in early childhood classrooms
Teaching phonics and letter-sound relationships is an important part of literacy education in early childhood classrooms. To be fluent readers and writers we need to understand the relationship that exists...