French Picture Books for Beginners: What to Look For
How to choose French picture books for a child starting French: repetition, pictures that carry the meaning, audio, bilingual or not, and using the library.
Play, count, spell and say it in French
Free games that run right in the browser for kids aged about 4 to 12. No sign-in, no ads, nothing to install, and nothing is saved about you.
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For parents and teachers
Every game comes with notes on what it practises and how to help. Below the games, the grown-ups section has longer pieces on fractions, sight words, times tables, French immersion at home and running game stations in class.
Math Manipulatives to Make or Buy: What Each One Teaches at Home
Counters, ten frames, base-ten blocks, fraction strips and more: what each math manipulative teaches, how to make one tonight, and which few are worth buying.
A Homework Routine for Primary Kids That Survives Weeknights
A homework routine for primary kids: the best time of day, a set spot, rough minutes by grade, how to help without doing it, and a weekly planner you can copy.
Five-Minute Brain Breaks That Teach: 15 Quick Games for Any Classroom
Fifteen five-minute brain breaks that still practise something: counting with movement, shape commands, word chains, estimation, mystery numbers and French songs.