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A cute angel
This week at the Carrot Ranch Charli Mills has set an angel prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that features an angel. Usually I include my responses to Charli’s prompts in longer...
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Who wants five-year old sheep? Bah!
Recently, thanks to a recommendation by Anne Goodwin, I read a great article on the website of The Writers’ Centre at Norwich. This article is called “Fuelling Creative Minds” and was written by Meg...
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Bully for you!
Everybody knows what a bully is. If you have never experienced bullying of some kind on a personal level, then you are probably pretty lucky. But you have possibly witnessed, or were at least aware of,...
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Displaying symptoms or true colours
For just over a year now I have been participating in the weekly flash fiction challenge set by Charli Mills of the Carrot Ranch. I enjoy participating for a variety of reasons, including: Challenge: I...
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Learning without knowledge
Earlier this week the television was on as I was getting ready for work. I wasn’t taking much notice as the voices droned on. I was lost in my thoughts of what needed to be done, what I’d be doing at...
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Spelling tests – How well do you score?
Familiar to most will be the weekly spelling test held on a Friday morning after a week’s practice at learning a list of words. Some will have dreaded the test fearing they may forget the “i before e”,...
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A sprinkling of semicolons
This week at the Carrot Ranch Charli Mills is talking about semicolons; but not the little squiggles on a page, the semicolons that are sprinkled liberally through life as new beginnings. Sometimes we...
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A garden where children flourish
The introduction to this TED talk The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen by Takaharu Tezuka states: At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into....
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Are you ready or what?
When thinking about schooling and education there is always a lot of discussion about readiness and the things that must be done to have a child ready for school, ready for the next class, ready go to...
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A garden party
The purposes of education are many; but perhaps one important purpose of “free” public schooling is to ensure that everyone is provided with the opportunity of being educated. While this goal is...
View Article#WATWB The Teacher Helping Hurricane Harvey’s Youngest Victims – And How You...
On the last Friday of each month in the We Are The World Blogfest, bloggers post positive news items that demonstrate that “love, humanity, and brotherhood” still exist in a world where negative news...
View ArticleSmorgasbord Posts from Your Archives. The Accidental Home Schooler by Norah...
Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life: The second post in the series by educator Norah Colvin and this week Norah shares a concept that she had to offer an alternative to the...
View ArticleWatching ink dry
Sometimes we think change occurs at an incredible pace. Other times it’s too slow–like watching paint dry. But what about watching ink dry? This week at the Carrot Ranch, Charli Mills challenged...
View Article#readilearn – Learning literacy and mathematics with Easter classroom...
The celebration of special occasions such as Easter may bring interruptions to the usual class program with preparation for special events and performances such as Easter Hat Parades. It may also...
View Articlereadilearn: What do we do when we read?
Have you ever considered what we do when we read? For many of us, reading has become such a natural and intuitive process that we rarely stop to marvel at the way we are able to make meaning from print...
View Articlereadilearn: Help your child read – some strategies
The importance of reading The ability to read is one of the most valuable skills we can acquire. It is a tool for thinking, learning and entertainment. Reading opens doors and minds; it gives us the...
View Articlereadilearn: Teaching children with ASD — ideas for the classroom- with guest...
Do you have children with Asperger Syndrome in your classroom and wonder how best to cater to their needs? Do you have friends with Asperger Syndrome, or maybe have it yourself? This week’s guest Kathy...
View ArticleStarting out right – classroom organisation – Readilearn
The importance of starting out right with classroom organisation Starting the year out right requires preparation and the establishment of classroom organisation routines that will assist the first and...
View ArticleSchool Days, Reminiscences of Carol Taylor
Welcome to the School Days, Reminiscences series in which my champion bloggers and authors share reminiscences of their school days. It’s my small way of thanking them for their support and of letting...
View ArticleSchool Days, Reminiscences of Pamela Wight
Welcome to the School Days, Reminiscences series in which my champion bloggers and authors share reminiscences of their school days. It’s my small way of thanking them for their support and of letting...
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