Introduction to addition: pairs that make 10
This is the fifth video in my series about introducing learners to addition. The pairs that make 10 are one… more
Introduction to addition: Start with the biggest
Here’s the next video on introducing learners to the concept of addition. When your learners can confidently add 2 collections… more
Introduction to Addition: Slide and count
My third video on how to introduce learners to the concept of addition. Use this slide and count strategy when… more
Introduction to Addition: Count count count
The second in my series of videos explaining how to introduce the concept of addition to learners. Once your learners… more
Introduction to Addition: add 1 or 2 more
This is my first teaching video explaining how to introduce learners to the concept of addition. Use the strategy add… more
Empty numberlines
Visualising numbers again, this time with empty numberlines. We’re still working on the quantity model of number, which correlates with… more
Arrow Card Numbers
Exploring numbers in different ways. Once we had played around with bead strings, we started adding other resources into the… more
Visualising Big Numbers
Count to 100, easy peasy. But what do our children actually know and understand about these numbers? To start off… more
Happy Teacher Appreciation Day
Happy Teacher Appreciation Day! To show my appreciation to all the teachers I know, I’m sharing this place value clip card… more
Construction with Kapla blocks
Construction with Kapla blocks, look what we can do! I set this tricky challenge for my P1s, bridging this gap… more
Symmetry in Action: Numicon
Symmetry in Action: let’s bring out my favourite resource ‘numicon’. Just when I thought I had got everything I possibly… more
Symmetry in Action: Lego
Symmetry in Action: let’s explore with Lego! Sometimes you stumble across a new way to teach a concept and sometimes… more
Medaase and thank you
Medaase and thank you to everyone who made my project in Ghana such an incredible adventure. I’ve thought a lot… more
Brighter Futures
“Brighter Futures”, not just for the children here, but for Ghana itself. I’ve borrowed these words from the Sabre Trust,… more
There’s just no telling how far I’ll go
There’s just no telling how far I’ll go! We had planned a Moana moment as we sailed the seas on… more
Fun with phonics
Phonics really is the most fun. As we are training infant teachers on this project, I worked with a team… more
My Ghanaian classroom
Welcome to my new classroom. It is one of the three classrooms we have borrowed at a local school to deliver… more
Home sweet hut
Home sweet hut! This is where I am living for most of my 3 weeks in Ghana during my LRTT… more
Planning meeting 101
Planning meetings, things you will need: insect spray, sunshine, water bags, intermittent WiFi, pens and paper. After the school visits,… more
Kids in the classroom
The kids in the classrooms in Africa are very sweet! I’m not going to post my photos of the Ghanaian… more