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2D Shape Maze-Triangles
Developing problem-solving skills is a really important part of a student’s development. Unfortunately, with such a lot of curriculum content to cover and the time pressures teachers face, problem-solving activities...
Ladybird Contractions
Help your students learn the art of using contractions with this fun Ladybird Contractions activity. IT’S educational, THEY’LL love it, and YOU’LL save time resourcing. So DON’T wait any longer, hit download now!...
Number 6 Activity
When children are introduced to numbers, they are often first taught to count orally. Following this comes numeral recognition. This is when students are able to link a number’s written shape to its spoken number name....
Calendar Challenge
Learning to measure time is found in mathematics curriculums worldwide. With an emphasis on learning how to read analogue and digital clocks, it is also important to remember that days, months, and years are also...
Growth Mindset
Start to develop a growth mindset within your children with the aid of this super resource. It’s a good starting point for discussions relating to mindset and success. It will help realign kids’ thought processes when...
Combining Maths and Physical Activity
Studies have shown that breaking up lessons with physical activity can help children to focus, but what about combining them? Kids are always more excited to learn if it involves a break in the routine, especially if...
Matching and Sorting
Match the Faces The FACE MATCH CARDS activity is a great activity to develop fine motor development, coordination, concentration, learning about colours, features and characteristics. Sorting and Matching activities...
Learning To Love The Arts: 35 Benefits Of Art For Kids
The Mum Loves Best blog, is a wealth of information about all things children and motherhood. At Lizard Learning we are all about sharing relevant information to help you at home or make like a little easier in the...
Anxiety in Children
Psychologists warn that Marsden’s views - especially that a child’s bullying behaviours are prompted by the victim’s ‘unlikeable’ personality traits - erode self-esteem; making children susceptible to anxiety, stress...
Strategies for Reading Confidence
You could write a whole book on the various strategies to help children become more confident readers so this blog will be more of a starting point than a comprehensive guide. The strategies we found fell into...
How to Write a Simple Narrative
To help you out we’ve broken down the story writing process into its major parts with some suggestions to help get your kids writing. Generate Ideas Before we even get into the actual story writing, we have to come up...
Adding and Multiplying
Even with fun pictures, kids can struggle to master the fundamentals of maths. Just when they’ve got a handle on addition, they learn that there’s another type of maths that is similar to addition but also completely...