TES

It's such a shame that most of the Education postings on Pinterest are USA-based.

Here in the UK, a lot of us teachers use TES Connect, the online version of the Times Educational Supplement.  It's a great place to share great teaching resources for free!
I thought I'd upload a couple of my resources for you to see here.

How to use Word for kids
How to use PowerPoint for kids
Olympics board game

Tagxedo madness

The holidays have given me the chance to learn new programmes that would be fab in the classroom.  I've fallen in love with Tagxedo, thanks to the A Turn to Learn blog (loving the Technology Tuesday section - thanks!) 

Tagxedo is a brilliant website that could have many uses within the classroom.  You type in some words or text, and the clever programme will produce a word cloud for you in seconds.  With a few extra clicks, the font, colour theme and layout can be changed to your liking.  Once finished, it can be saved to use as you wish.

I made a great class door sign with all the kids' names on, but would also be really good for creating topic key word displays. 

I'm planning to use this Phonics word cloud as part of my parent workshop, as when you scroll over the words in the Tagxedo, they enlarge; great for discussing specific vocabulary!

 I also made Tricky word tagxedoes to be used as a bookmark for my kids. I hope they'll love the fun element, as well as it being educational and motivating! 

 

Let me know what you think xx

Holiday prep

Welcome to my blog.  Although it's officially the summer holidays, I'm already preparing everything ready for the Autumn term.

Now extending my class to teaching Year 1 as well as EYFS, so busy researching how to integrate the two curriculums.  Really excited, but a bit apprehensive, even though I already know the kids.

Follow me on my journey through planning, preparation, assessment and the mad things kids say!