30 Thoughtful Anzac Day Activities and Resources
On April 25, as a nation, we commemorate Anzac Day and honour those who had served or are serving our country. In preparation for this meaningful day, we’ve put together a collection of Anzac Day activities and teaching resources for you to use in your lower primary, middle primary or upper primary classroom. In 2018 we will commemorate […]
Kindergarten funding, time for an ongoing commitment
Since 2013 children across Australia have been attending kindergarten for 15 hours each week. For eight years they have been the beneficiaries of a funding partnership between the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments. These children are now teenagers in their first year of secondary school! It’s a partnership that has enabled more children to engage […]
9 Clever Ways to Use Pom-Poms in the Classroom
Pom-poms. Maybe there’s a jar full of them in your classroom closet, or maybe you just can’t resist them in the $1 bins at Target? It seems as though these little balls of fluff are as much a classroom staple as pencils, dry erase markers, and tissue boxes! While they are a familiar sight to […]
Teachers Share Their Best Bunnings Buys
Honestly, who doesn’t love a weekend trip to Bunnings? A leisurely stroll around a massive hardware warehouse, cool concrete underfoot, coffee in one hand, and a red basket in the other… it’s blissful. Teachers are loving Bunnings, using their creative superpowers to transform everyday household items into inspiring teaching tools! Bunnings PVC Pipe Whisper Phones […]
Teachers Share Their Best Bunnings Buys
Honestly, who doesn’t love a weekend trip to Bunnings? A leisurely stroll around a massive hardware warehouse, cool concrete underfoot, coffee in one hand, and a red basket in the other… it’s blissful. Teachers are loving Bunnings, using their creative superpowers to transform everyday household items into inspiring teaching tools! Bunnings PVC Pipe Whisper Phones […]
Partnerships with families of young children with disabilities
Educators are in positions of enormous privilege in the relationships they share with young children and their families. Such relationships are built on trust and respect, even when early childhood education and care may also be a necessity for the family concerned.—Jackie Brien For many families of young children with disabilities, their experience of the […]
Books by Asian American Authors to Add to Your Classroom Library ASAP!
Filling a classroom library with diverse books is a win for every student. But maybe you’ve noticed your classroom reading nook could use more children’s books representing the Asian American community? We’ve got you covered. No doubt you already know the values of diverse classroom books for students. They form what Ohio State professor emeritus […]
A Teacher’s School Holidays Told in GIFs
There’s no denying it – teachers are always crawling to the finish line when the school holidays are in sight. So, we decided to do a little recap of what teachers tend to do on the school holidays, and no, they don’t live at the school as some kids think. A Typical School Holiday for […]
A Teacher’s School Holidays Told in GIFs
There’s no denying it – teachers are always crawling to the finish line when the school holidays are in sight. So, we decided to do a little recap of what teachers tend to do on the school holidays, and no, they don’t live at the school as some kids think. A Typical School Holiday for […]
Avoiding burnout together
Through Australia’s bushfires, COVID-19 and a number of other highly stressful events in the past few years, educators, learning communities, families and children have shown resilience and supported each other’s mental health and wellbeing. However, the uncertainty, rapid change and accompanying feelings we might have experienced—anger, grief, loss, shame or the feeling of being overwhelmed, […]