BLOG PREP SUPERSTAR - I Rocked the First Week of Prep!My daughter started her first year at prep on Monday and with that came so many emotions. These emotions are the same as the first day of the new school year for...
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Classroom Theme Ideas
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Tally the Shapes
BLOG TALLY THE SHAPES In the age of technology the idea that we sometimes need to make counting easier or faster seems a bit old fashioned. Tallies are extremely useful for recording ongoing results, often from...
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Unfortunately, most of us can't afford a personal editor to perfect everything we write, so we have to learn to self-edit our work. Self-editing is difficult. It is incredibly tempting to just let spell check do all...
Robot Symmetry
BLOG ROBOT SYMMETRY Symmetry is all around us. It is so common that sometimes we don’t even notice it. But the human brain is a pattern recognising machine. It tries to find patterns in everything. Teaching it how to...
Area
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Fun With Words
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Rainbow Facts
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Using Prepositions
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