I was born in Ireland and grew up in South Africa. I have had a wondefully rich life in terms of experiences, travelling and learning about different cultures. I currently live in Dubai, UAE. My best travel spots so far have been Peru, Prague and Jordan! All of them are must see's!
I create engaging and creative resources for early years and primary students.
I was born in Ireland and grew up in South Africa. I have had a wondefully rich life in terms of experiences, travelling and learning about different cultures. I currently live in Dubai, UAE. My best travel spots so far have been Peru, Prague and Jordan! All of them are must see's!
I create engaging and creative resources for early years and primary students.
Arrrghhh you learning all about pirates or do you want to liven up your math centers? With over 90 pages these Year 1 Pirate Math Centers are perfect for your firsties. Included in the pack are 17 different math centers covering a range of skills and standards.
Included in the pack are the following Year 1 pirate math centers:
Yo Ho Ho (Place Value)
Pirates Loot (Odd and Even)
Measure the Jolly Rodger (Measurement\
Anchor Away (Addition and Subtraction)
Hats, Maps and Hooks (Data Handling)
Treasure Maps (Shape)
A Pirates Time for Me! (Time - hour and half hour)
Pirate Treasure (Ten Frames)
Message in a Bottle (Fact Families)
X Marks the Spot (Tallies)
Cast Away (Addition and Subtraction)
Treasure Chest (Number Order)
Ahoy Matey (100 grid)
Aarrghh (Addition)
Treasure Chest (Number Order)
Are your kids buzzing to learn about bees? This 160 pages resource pack includes many engaging and exciting activities for your students. This resource will captivate your kids. Written in kid friendly language the information pages and activities will deepen your students understanding. Your kiddo’s will be buzzing with new knowledge in no time.
Included in this printable pack are the following resources:
Posters:
•Entomologist
•Bees
•Where do bees live
•Anatomy
•Diagram
•Life Cycle of a honey bee
•Beehives
•Diet
•In the beehive
•Queen Bee
•Worker Bee
•Drone Bee
•Bee Jobs
•Bee Keepers
•Bees and Humans
•Pollination
•Communication
•Bee Wax
•Honey
Life Cycle Spinner
Life Cycle Flip Book
Life Cycle Honeycomb
Did You Know? Bee Facts
Word Wall
Mini Book (2 levels)
Research Report
Differentiated Comprehensions
Worker Bee Timeline - Day 1 - Day 45
Worksheet and Graphic organizers:
â—ˆLabel a Bee
â—ˆKWL Charts
â—ˆAll About Bees
â—ˆBees Can Have Are
â—ˆBee Life Cycle
â—ˆBee Facts
â—ˆWord Search
â—ˆAcrostic Poem
â—ˆA Bee C Order
â—ˆSyllable Sort
â—ˆNoun, Adjectives and Verbs
â—ˆDescribing a Picture
â—ˆIf I was a Bee
â—ˆFact or Opinion
â—ˆVenn Diagrams
â—ˆFill in the Blanks
â—ˆInvestigation
â—ˆPuzzles
â—ˆSyllable Sort
â—ˆNoun, Adjectives and Verb sort
Are you learning all about Koalas? This 103 page non-fiction information pack is perfect for your Pre-K - Grade 4 students. Included in the pack are a variety of non-fiction information texts, real photographs, graphic organisers, differentiated comprehensions, activities and worksheets.
Included in All About Koalas:
Information Posters
· Koala Introduction
· Where Do Koalas Live
· Habitats
· What Do Koalas Eat?
· What Do Koalas Look Like
· Lazy Koalas
· Adaptions
· Joeys
· Life Cycle
· Arboreal Animals
· Interesting Facts
Reading Comprehensions
· 3 Differentiated Information Texts
· Differentiated comprehensions
Real Picture Koala Photo Cards
Word Wall
Graphic Organizers
Koalas Can, Have, Are, Eat, Live
Worksheets
· Koala KWL
· Koalas Can Have Are
· Label The Koala
· Where Do Koalas Live?
· Stick or Draw Koalas In Their Habitats
· Fill In The Missing Word Worksheet (differentiated)
· All About Koalas Organizer
· Word Search
· Acrostic Poem
· ABC Order
· Word Sorting
· Koala Reports (Differentiated)
· Koala Adjectives
· Photo Writing
· If I Was A Koala
· True or False
· Venn Diagram
· Investigations
Mini Readers (2 levels)
Flip Book (2 levels)
This resource is a great hands on way to teach Temperature in Celsius to 10 and 2 degrees Celsius.
Included in this 70 page pack are the following resources:
* Poster labelled
* Season Temperature Match Up
* Reading a thermometer by 10 C (Task Cards)
* Thermometer Puzzle by 10 C
* Reading a thermometer by 2 C (Task Cards)
* Thermometer Puzzle by 2 C
* Worksheets and Flip Books
* Clip Card to 10 C
* Clip Cards to 2 C
* Exit Slips to 10 C
* Exit Slips to 2 C
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These temperature activities are incredibly versatile and can be used in the following way: Whole Class, Small Groups, Paired, Math Stations and Centers.
These 68 Task Cards are a great way to introduce or reinforce Conjunctions for your kiddo’s. They are differentiated to include 3 levels so that you can challenge, support or meet your learners needs.
Task Card Level 1: Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentence (and, so, but, or, because)
Task Card Level 2: Coordinating Conjunctions: Choose the correct conjunction to complete the sentence
Task Cards Set 3: Combine the sentences using a conjunction.
This 82 page AR phonics Pirate Theme pack includes the following:
Posters
Find It
Flashcards
Read & Write the Room
Sort It
Ar Sort
Word Cards
Sort it recording sheet
Read It
Ar Book 1 - Trace the sentence and finish the picture to match.
Ar Book 2 - Trace the simple ar words
Play It
I Have Who Has
4 in a row
Walk the Plank Board Game
Memory Game
Bingo
Worksheets
Captain Mark- 3 differentiated reading passages
Wordsearch
Roll, Read, Color
Crossword
ABC Order
Ar Hunt
Syllables - 1, 2 and 3 /ar/ syllable sort
Word Match - read the sentence and find the ar word to match the sentence
Find and Color - colour the pictures with /ar/
Treasure Hunt - make your way around the maze and collect the ar words
Ar Sort It - ark, art and arm endings
Spin and Color
Real and Nonsense Words
Record It
Spell It
Spelling Cards
This 200+ page resource pack for DIWALI includes both DIGITAL and PRINTABLE resources.
Information Posters
All About Diwali
Rangoli
Diya Lamps
Sweet Meats
Fireworks
Clothing
Rama and Sita
Mehndi
Lakshmi
5 Days of Diwali
Digital Activities
Where on the Map
Mehndi Design
Word in a Word
Diwali Polaroid Snapshot
Diwali Anagrams
Match it Up
Word Search
KWL Chart
Comprehension
Facts
Diwali 123
Compare and Contrast
Poem
Poem Comprehensions
Tic Tac Toe
ABC Order
Opinion Writing
Writing Prompt x 2
Recipes
Printable Activities
Word Wall cards with pictures
Picture Word Match
KWL Diwali
5 Senses Diwali
Holiday Facts
Mehndi Designs
New Vocabulary
India on the Map
Diwali Can Has Is
Fire Facts
Diwali Food Graph
Favorite Treats Graph
Read Write the Room
Word Search
Venn Diagram Diwali and Christmas
Venn Diagram Blank
Words within words
Diwali facts
Original Diwali poem and questions
Fill in the Missing Words
Opinion Writing
Picture Writing Prompts x2
Complete the Picture
Recipe procedure
Emergent reader
Short vowel color A/E/I/O/U
Long vowel color a/e/i/o/u
Digraph color ch/sh/wh/th
Word Search
Flip Book
This 120 page resource pack for Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos includes both DIGITAL and PRINTABLE resources.
Information Posters
All About Day of the Dead / Dia de los Muertos
Where is Day of the Dead celebrated?
When it Day of the Dead celebrated?
How is Day of the Dead celebrated?
Welcoming The Dead
Skeleton Decorations
Time Line
Ofrenda - Alters
Marigolds
Papel Picado - Paper Decorations
Pan de Muertos - Bread of the Dead
Food
Las Velas - Candles
Calacas - Skeletons
Halloween vs Day of the Dead
Digital Activities
Where on the Map
Spanish and English Picture Word Match
Design a Skull
Word in a Word
Word Search
KWL Chart
Comprehension
Facts
Day of the Dead 123
Compare and Contrast
Poem
Poem Comprehensions
Tic Tac Toe
ABC Order
English Spanish Color Match
Opinion Writing
Writing Prompt x 2
Recipes
Printable Activities
Word Wall cards with pictures
Picture Word Match
KWL Day of the Dead
5 Senses Day of the Dead
Holiday Facts
New Vocabulary
Mexico on the Map
Skeletons Can Have Are
Deadly Facts
Pan de Muerto Graph
Favorite Treats Graph
Read Write the Room
Word Search
Venn Diagram Day of the dead and Halloween
Venn Diagram Blank
Words within words
Day of the dead facts
Original day of the dead poem and questions
Fill in the Missing Words
Opinion Writing
Picture Writing Prompts x2
Complete the Picture
Recipe procedure
Emergent reader
Short vowel color A/E/I/O/U
Long vowel color a/e/i/o/u
Digraph color ch/sh/wh/th
Word Search
Flip Book
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This 160 page Science Unit includes all your kids need to learn about LADYBUGS. This is a print version. If you want the DIGITAL version, click here All About Ladybugs Digital
Included in this pack are the following:
Posters:
•Insects
•Entomologist
•Ladybugs
•Location
•Habitat
•Anatomy
•Diagram
•Life Cycle
•Diet
•Colors
•Protection
•Predators
•Winter Warmth
•Hibernating
•Farmer Friends
•Ladybug KWL
•Ladybug All About
Ladybug Flip Book
Ladybug Spinner
Ladybug Leaf Book
Design an Insect Hotel
Word Wall
Did You Know? Ladybug Facts
Mini Book - 2 Levels
Research Report
Venn Diagram
Compare Contrast Ladybugs and Butterflies
Worksheet and Graphic organizers
â—ˆComprehensions
â—ˆLabel a Ladybug
â—ˆKWL Charts
â—ˆAll About Ladybugs
â—ˆ Ladybugs Can Have Are Eat Live
â—ˆ Ladybug Life Cycle
â—ˆ Ladybug Facts
â—ˆAcrostic Poem
â—ˆABC Order
â—ˆSyllable Sort
â—ˆNoun, Adjectives and Verbs
â—ˆDescribing Pictures
â—ˆIf I were a Ladybug
â—ˆTrue or False
â—ˆVenn Diagrams
â—ˆFill in the Blanks
â—ˆInvestigation
★Puzzles
★Syllable Sort
★Noun, Adjectives and Verb sort
Kids need a good grounding for number sense and what a number is. These posters show your kiddo’s how a number can be represented in many different ways. As kids learn number sense they learn to not only count numbers on a dice/domino but they learn to visualise a number, to recognise dots on a domino/ten frame or tally marks etc.
These posters come in 4 themes:
Soft & Calm Pastel
Rainbow Boho
Black, White and Grey
Bright and Bold
In the posters are the following ways to represent a number from 0-20:
**numeral
**number word
** domino
** tally marks
** number line
** ten frame
** base 10 blocks.
This 150 page Science Unit includes all your kids need to learn about Dragonflies and their life cycle.
Included in this pack are the following
Life Cycle Spinner
Life Cycle Flip Book
Life Cycle Crown
Life Cycle Puzzle
Did You Know? Dragonfly Facts
Word Wall
Mini Book (3 levels)
Research Report
Differentiated Comprehensions
Information Posters
•Insects
•Entomologist
•Dragonflies
•Location
•Habitat
•Anatomy
•Diagram
•Life Cycle
•Diet
•Predators
•Metamorphosis
•Compound eyes
•Eggs
•Nymph
•Dragonfly
Worksheet and Graphic organizers:
â—ˆComprehensions
â—ˆLabel a dragonfly
â—ˆKWL Charts
â—ˆAll About Dragonflies
â—ˆ Dragonflies Can Have Are Eat Live
â—ˆ Dragonfly Life Cycle
â—ˆ Dragonfly Facts
â—ˆ Dragonfly Acrostic Poem
â—ˆABC Order
â—ˆIf I were a dragonfly
â—ˆGraphic Organizers
â—ˆVenn Diagrams
â—ˆFill in the Blanks
â—ˆInvestigation Dragonfly
â—ˆAdjectives
â—ˆSketch it
â—ˆVisualise it
Bring nature into your classroom with these downloadable, printable alphabet posters. Included in this download are Uppercase and Lowercase letters that can be used in many indoor and outdoor learning environments! Use these as alphabet displays, in literacy centres, introducing beginning sounds, activities with playdough, loose parts or natural resources to build the letter etc.
Included in this download are
26 uppercase letters
26 lowercase letters
1 x Uppercase poster
1 x Lowercase poster
Aa - Yellow Flowers
Bb - Pebbles
Cc- Purple Flowers
Dd - Pinecones
Ee - White Flowers
Ff - Green Leaves
Gg- Cherries
Hh - Yellow Flowers
Ii - Pebbles
Jj- Purple Flowers
Kk - Pinecones
Ll - White Flowers
Mm - Green Leaves
Nn- Cherries
Oo - Yellow Flowers
Pp - Pebbles
Qq- Purple Flowers
Rr - Pinecones
Ss - White Flowers
Tt - Green Leaves
Uu- Cherries
Vv - Yellow Flowers
Ww - Pebbles
Xx- Purple Flowers
Yy - Pinecones
Zz- White Flowers
These christmas play dough mats are perfect for your Kinder / FS1 FS2 kiddos! They are great to help your students develop their christmas vocabulary as well as encourage them to use their imagination all while developing their fine motor skills. There are also number themed mats to encourage number concepts from 1 - 9 with a Christmas theme.
Included in the pack are the following winter mats.
Number sense:
1 bobble on the hat.
2 reindeer antlers.
3 bags of presents.
4 shoes for the elves.
5 presents by the tree.
6 cookies on the tray.
7 stripes on the candy cane.
8 decorations on the tree.
9 red balls on the wreath.
Face mats:
Elf x 3
Santa Claus
Mrs Claus
Reindeer
g is for gingerbread man: design a gingerbread man.
s is for sleigh: put some presents in the sleigh.
l is for lights: create a pattern with the christmas lights.
s is for stocking: fill the stocking with goodies.
o is for ornament: create a design on the ornament.
f is for fireplace: add some stockings on the fireplace.
c is for cookies: make some cookies on the plate for Santa.
p is for present: what is in the present?
m is for mice: what will the Christmas mice get?
This 43 page Bumper Pack includes the following:
*Flash Cards
*Aw/au word search
*Aw/Au crossword
*Au/aw Auto Color by Word Cars
*ABC Order
*Aw/Au Bump!
*Read/Write the room
*Word Sort Worksheet
*I have who has
*Picture word match
*Aw/au scrabble "Worddition"
*Au/aw sort and odd balls
*Aw/au bump
*Aw/au bingo
*Roll and Read
*Board game
*Worksheets
Did you know that there are other traditions besides the Tooth Fairy or the Tooth Mouse? Some children throw their tooth on a roof, some wrap it in cotton wool and put it in a river. Other children bury their teeth and some children make wishes.This research pack is student friendly and ready to go! Simply print and set up your research stations.
Included in the pack are traditions from the following countries:
USA, Spain, South Africa, India, China, Japan, Argentina, Australia, South Korea, Vietnam, Egypt, Jordan, Mongolia, France, Botswana, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, England, Greece, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Lithuania,Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Russia.
Student Research Sheets
Student Passport and Passport Pages
Writing Display
Tooth Tradition writing task - differentiated
24 Task Cards to promote higher order thinking- Blooms Taxonomy
Graphic Organizers
Tooth Tradition Spotlight on ______ country
Tooth Tradition Reflections - differentiated
This Tooth Tradition Around The World Pack has been tried and tested with my students and it was such a hit! :) I really hope your kiddo's enjoy this as much as mine did.
If you are worried about your kiddos questioning if the tooth fairy still exists, please don't worry, I have worded it in such a way so that your kids will be reassured. The "tooth fairy's" secret will stay a secret :)
The third 100 Fry Words.
All my kids LOVE using magnifying glasses! All you need to do is give your kids a magnifying glass so they can find the tiny Fry words in the picture. Your kids will get tons of reading practice as well as writing practice. There are 2 recording sheets included. Simply print and laminate for durability.
There are Color and BW versions included in this resource.
Arrrghhh you learning all about pirates or do you want to liven up your math centers? With over 100 pages these Year 2 Pirate Math Centers are what you need!
Included in the pack are 17 centers with the following Year 2 Pirate Math concepts:
Pirate Spin (Place Value)
Pirates Loot (Odd and Even)
X Marks the Spot (Number Riddles)
Measure the Jolly Rodger (Measurement)
Anchor Away (Addition NO regrouping)
Captain Hook (WITH regrouping)
Here Be Treasure (Fractions)
Walk the Plank (Perimeter)
A Pirates Time for Me! (Time - quarter and time to the 5 minutes)
Message in a Bottle (Fact Families - addition, subtraction, division, multiplication)
X Marks the Spot (Tallies)
Cast Away (Addition and Subtraction)
Treasure Chest (Number Order)
Ahoy Matey (100 grid)
Aarrghh (Addition)
Treasure Map (Coordinates)
Pirate Treasure (Counting by 10s)
This 114 page reading comprehension and fluency pack has three differentiated comprehensions for each phonics sound. Each passage has a shape next to it which shows the different level.
To help improve fluency and aid comprehension, each passage has the numbers 1-3 at the top. Students are encouraged to read the passage three times. Each time they read the passage, they color in a number.
Each sound has an original comprehension story with comprehension questions that cover who, what, where, when, why and how questions as well as rhyming and identifying sounds in the text.
Short Vowels
a
e
i
o
u
Digraphs
sh
th
ch
wh
ph
ck
ng
Split Digraphs
a_e
i_e
o_e
u_e
Long Vowels and Diphthongs
ai
ay
ee
ea
y-e
igh
y-i
ow
ou
oy
oi
aw
au
R Controlled Vowels
ar
er
ir
ur
or
If you are looking for a fun and easy way to pair your students then this is it! :) These can work for any grade level and will add an element of excitement to your random student groupings and partners.
This back to school resource can be great for your first week back and ice breakers. This pack has 36 cards in total. It can be used for pairs. If you would like it to be used in groups of 3 or 4, then just print extra copies.
These random groupings can be used for any classroom activity whether it is reading, math, games or paired work of any kind.
These 88 Task Cards are a great way to introduce or reinforce Types of Sentences / Kinds of sentences / Sentence Types: They are differentiated to include 3 levels so that you can challenge, support or meet your learners needs.
Task Card Set 1: Picture based: Telling and Asking sentences
Task Card Set 2: Statement, Question, Command, Exclamation
Task Cards Set 3: Imperative, Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory
Task Card Set 4: Change the sentence: From Imperative to Interrogative; from Exclamatory to imperative etc.