Monsters!

Some cute monsters to teach colours! (Or 'colors!)

These are fun and quirky, to engage students. They also have a lot of detail, so you can expand on them (such as stripes and spots, sad, crazy and happy monsters etc). Ask questions about them or play a game of 'Guess who?'


I have made a set of posters and matching flashcards, all available at tpt in both British/ Australian/ New Zealand and North American English (to account for small spelling differences):

FLASHCARDS (US)
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Color-Flashcard-Set-2660993

FLASHCARDS (UK)
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Colour-Flashcard-Set-2661034

POSTERS (US):
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/English-Colors-Posters-With-Fun-Monsters--2660776

POSTERS (UK):
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/English-Colours-Posters-With-Fun-Monsters--2660759

Hope you enjoy them!

Three Clocks for Learning Time - for Hours, Minutes and Phrases

Copyright 2015 Meg. English

One of my children was still really struggling to tell time long after I thought it would be an issue for her. I figure that much of the difficulty for children is in the different ways we talk about time, from '10 past' to 'o'clock', '8:35' to 'quarter to'.

The idea of these clocks is to separate these different descriptions of time. With the first clock, they can just learn o'clock and half past. Then children can estimate the time only looking at the little hand and seeing whether it is on a number, or closer to one number or the next. the next clock shows the minutes, going up by 5, and the last divides the clock more like a pie, into quarters and halves. This is the more verbal way of relaying time for children who are more exposed to digital time.

These clocks are available here https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Three-Clocks-for-Learning-Time-Tactile-Fun-2084544 for only $2.00.

You can print one clock per child, laminate them (to reuse), attach the hands with a butterfly pin and then the children can practise actually moving the hands to make each time you say or write.

Please also have a look out for my time Flashcards which pair analogue and digital time flashcards for pairing exercises and games. There are four sets, featuring hours, half past, minutes and 24-hour time, so they can be paced to be progressively more difficult.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Time-Flashcards-OClock-2084754
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Time-Flashcards-Half-Past-2084908
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Time-Flashcards-24-Hour-Time-2086409
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Time-Flashcards-Minutes-2086741

Blast Off! Counting Down Practise Sheets

Who doesn't like space themes?? I think it is a really useful motif for early learners as it engages both boys and girls.

These are two bright and fun practise sheets with a rocket motif for counting down either from 20 or 10, depending on your students' level. (Both use the same graphic).

 Images are resizeable pngs which can be printed either on small sheets for each student or onto a poster. The space theme makes it fun and engaging and only $1.00!

Copyright 2015, Meg. English

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blast-Off-Counting-Down-Practise-Sheets-1791972

If you like this, also consider the friends of 10 Activity Sheet in the same style: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Friends-of-Ten-Fun-Activity-Sheet-1991341

Pizza Clip Art

Well, the most engaging (and relatable) way I could think of to teach fractions to early learners was to set up a Pizzeria!

Here are some ideas for using this resource:
1.  Print out one pizza per student and get them to cut it up into ever smaller fractions to feed more people (e.g. halves, quarters and eighths or halves and sixths etc);

2. Ask students to roleplay the pizza maker and the customer. The customer has to tell the pizza maker how many people want a piece (if you can source or make pizza boxes, this one really comes to life!);

3. Ask the students to cut out (smaller) pizzas into set fractions (e.g. thirds, quarters, fifths etc). Ask them to  paste them onto cardboard, slightly separated and label the fractions. Then ask the students to write how many pieces that made.

As well as this, you can use the images to advertise fundraisers for your school such as pizza days or harmony days.

The images provided are resizeable so you can make your pizzas as small or as big as you like. (:

This sells for only $1.00 and you can find it at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pizza-Clip-Art-for-Fractions-Fundraising-and-Play-1774622

Copyright 2015 Meg. English